ABSTRACT
Computer Games Computer games have grown from being developed by individuals to being major commercial projects produced by teams of people working, in some cases, on projects that can take years to come to fruition.The definition of what is a game is almost a waste of time, but I would say that whatever you produce that allows user interaction is a game. The games industry is a rapidly growing industry, employing large numbers of people.As the complexity of games has increased, so has the delivery medium and development roles have become more defined. The games industry now has clearly marked areas of specialist knowledge and skills. The purpose of this chapter is to give the animator an understanding of the complexity of this industry and at the same time allow the animator the skill to both design games and contribute to the look and feel, and animation of, games programming and games graphics/design.
