Index_G

G

game agents, 203–208

game bible, 210. See also design documents

Game Developer magazine, 196

game developers

developer/producer relationships, 55–64

developer/publisher relationship, 12

misconceptions, 5–12, 107–108, 201

role of, 15–20

game development

art production, 19, 300–301

costs, 16, 36

post-production stage, 255–257, 261, 270

pre-production stage

box & docs process, 267–268

concept development, 246–248

console games, 267

convergent iteration, 248–249

design documents, 251, 262

goals of, 250–252

licenses, 262–264

marketing, 264–267

ports, 269

quality assurance, 268–269

production hierarchy, 58–59

production stage, 252–255, 261, 269

product path, entity positions, 16

product types, 187

stages of, 245–258, 268

technical disciplines of, 15–16

game development companies

Absolute Quality, 22

Acclaim, 67, 198–201

Accolade, 71

Activision, 20, 66, 263

Actualize, 72

Argonaut Software, 70, 72, 73, 74

Beta Breakers Software Quality Assurance Labs, 22

Big Red, 69

Bioware Corporation, 17–18

Black Cat, 71

Blue Sky, 71

Bullfrog Productions Ltd, 89

Capcom, 66

Cardoza Entertainment Inc., 288

Centre Gold, 67, 70

Chronic Logic, 88

Clockwork, 72

CogniToy, 147–148

Core Design, 70

Cryo Interactive, 68, 71, 73, 75

Dark Horse Interactive, 71

Delphine Software International, 74

Denki Ltd., 72

DID, 72

Digital Integration, 71

Digital Tome, 148–149

DMA Design, 72

Domark, 69

3D Realms, 17–18

Dreamcatcher, 71

Eidos Interactive

acquisitions, 67, 72

finances of, 68, 73, 75

general discussion, 66, 69–70

Electronic Arts, 20, 66, 89

Electronics Boutique, 30

Elixir Studios, 72

Empire Interactive, 73, 75

Firaxis Games, 44

Frogwares Creative Game Design Labs, 286

Gremlin, 71

GT Interactive, 71

Hasbro Interactive, 71

Havas Interactive, 67

id Software, 17–18

Infogrames Entertainment

finances, 73, 75

games sales, 66, 67

general discussion, 20, 45, 68, 71

Innerloop Studios, 72

Interplay, 65, 69, 71

Just Add Monsters, 72

Kalisto, 73, 74

Konami Global Entertainment Company, 66

Kutoka Industries, 35, 50

LTStudios Ltd., 72

Mainstream Interactive, 72

Midway, 67

Namco Group Worldwide, 67

Ocean Ltd., 71

Particle Systems, 72

Path Interactive, 68

Pivotal Games, 72

Pixo Inc., 139

Pure, 72

Pyro Studios, 72

Rage Software, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75

Red Storm Entertainment, 71

RenderWare Studio, 191

Samu Games, 150–151

Sarbakan, 40

SCi, 70–71, 72, 73, 74, 75

Silicon Graphics, 24

Simis, 69

Simutronics, 276

Sinister Games, 71

Square USA, 66

Strategy First, 45, 50–51

Tams11 Gaming Lobby, 151–152

Themis Group, 276

THQ, 20, 66

Titus Interactive, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75

TLC, 71

Ubi Soft, 66, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75

Valve Software, 17–18

Virgin Interactive, 69, 71

Vivendi Universal Publishing (VUP), 66, 67

Wayward Design, 72

WildTangent, 24

game release license, 26

gamer-heavy stores, 31

games discussed

Aggressive Inline, 199

Alien, 263

Aliens vs. Predator, 263

Anarchy Online, 277, 278, 282

Arcane, 40

Artifact, 150, 151

Asheron's Call, 155, 276, 277, 278

Burnout 2: Point of Impact, 199, 200

Card Dash, 154

Castle Wolfenstein, 107

Centipede, 154

Disciples series, 50

Doom, 88

Dragonrealms, 277, 278

Edge, 23

Elast-O-Mania, 88

Europa Universalis series, 50

Everquest, 276, 277

Ghostbusters II, 263

Mind Rover: The Europa Project, 147

Myst, 107

Rayman, 69

Shanghai Second Dynasty, 264, 268

Siege of Avalon, 148

SteppenWolf, 40

Striker, 70

Tomb Raider, 67, 70

Toyota Adrenaline, 155

Ultima Online, 276, 277, 278

GameSpy, 156–157

GameSpy Arcade, 157

Game Spy 3D, 157

GameSpy Daily, 156

GameSpy On Demand, 157

game testing

contract testing, 22

functionality testing, 303–304

localizations, 303–304

playtesting, 21

regression testing, 323

test and integration plan, 252

test bed, 22

Gateway Computer Corporation, 25

generalist freelancers, 160

Ghostbusters II, 263

Gibson, Nick, 75

Golden Rule of Management, 84–86

gold master milestone, 257

Gremlin, 71

gross revenue defined, 46

gross unit price defined, 46

GT Interactive, 71