Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
LEVEL 1
AAA (Animation,
Art, Audio)
Making Sense of Sound for Games
What's a Platform? •
A Video Game's Structure •
Is it a Story or is it Interactivity? •
“Make It So”—The Game Controller •
Let's Make Some Noise •
Learning Outcomes:
Understand what makes audio for games unique •
Develop a basic overview of hardware and software for games •
Gain insight into emergent behavior •
What's a Platform?
The physical electronic systems
used to play video games are
known as
platforms
. The term
describes the electronic or
computer hardware that runs
the software that allows a video
game to operate. A platform
may be anything from a large
mainframe computer to a small
handheld device. The platform
may also be called a
system
.
Video games are played on
several dif erent types of
platforms:
A variety of platforms on which games can run.
