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A People's History of the First Person Shooter
Robert Yang@radiatoryang
Parsons the New School for Design
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Some storylines:- FPS as institution
- console FPS market- the death of modding
- eclectic indie scene
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“... a game that weaves together image, sound and narrative into a new form of experience.”
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“... a game that weaves together image, sound and narrative into a new form of experience.”
– “A New Art Form May Arise From the 'Myst'”, 12/4/1994
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CD-ROM
~6 million sold
(1993-2003)
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ART TECHNOLOGY
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1993 1993
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DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY
DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION
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1972 2010
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FIRST PERSON FIRST PERSON
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HARD-CODED MODULAR
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CD-ROM The “Internet” (?)
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INNOVATIVE INNOVATIVER
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DEAD ALIVE
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DEAD ALIVE
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Some storylines:- FPS as institution
- console FPS market- the death of modding
- eclectic indie scene
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Mods!
(modifications)
“UGC” (user-generated content)
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Total Conversion(“the moddiest”)
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Total Conversion(“the moddiest”)
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Graphics “upgrade”
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Map pack / map
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Maps are mods.
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Maps are mods.
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Trends / waves
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Trends / waves
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Trends / waves
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Trends / waves
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Trends / waves
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Mods were...- new rules / content
- free, nonprofit- existing assets, engine
- required retail copy
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Mods were...- new rules / content
- free, nonprofit- existing assets, engine
- required retail copy
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Mods meant- a way to “break in”
- a commentary- a “default audience”
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DEAD
MODSTOTAL CONVERSIONS
NON PROFIT
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DEAD ALIVE
MODS MODS
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Garry's Mod
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2009 2010
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Some storylines:- FPS as institution
- console FPS market- the death of modding
- eclectic indie scene
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THE INDIE FPS
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MADE INDIE FIRST PERSON GAMESMADE INDIE FIRST PERSON GAMES
BEFORE IT WAS COOLBEFORE IT WAS COOL
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Sense of embodiment
“At A Distance”
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Sense of embodiment
“Fotonica”
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Sense of embodiment
“Hockey”
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Sense of embodiment
“Valentinel Hopes”
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Vision / camera
“MirrorMoon”
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Vision / camera
“I Can't Find My Glasses”
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Vision / camera
“Unmanned”
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Vision / camera
“Perspective”
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Perspective / understanding
“Cities of Day and Night”
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Perspective / understanding
“TRAUMA”
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Perspective / understanding
“TRIP”
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Perspective / understanding
“Kairo”
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Soundscapes
“Proteus”
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Soundscapes
“FRACT OSC”
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Digital mediation
“Dirac”
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Digital mediation
“Memories of a Broken Dimension”
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“There's sort of this zeitgeist
of people saying the first-person
perspective is really interesting. What happens if you take out shooting?”
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MADE INDIE FIRST PERSON GAMESMADE INDIE FIRST PERSON GAMES
BEFORE IT WAS COOLBEFORE IT WAS COOL
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Some storylines:- FPS as institution
- console FPS market- the death of modding
- eclectic indie scene
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TAKEAWAYS
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a takeaway:
the revengeof Myst
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a takeaway:
the mod scene was a proto-indie scene
fragmented by engine-tech fundamentalism
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a takeaway:
the “mod” “died” because engine
licensing and modes of distribution changed
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a takeaway:
the indie fpsscene is HUGE and
ADVANCED.
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THE takeaway:“Amateur” game
developers have been deeply involved in the
first person genre since it first began.
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NO
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Game dev history...●Tech / engine?
●Distribution model?●Geographic location?
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WHO WILLWRITE OURWIKIPEDIA
PAGE?
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Thanks.
Robert Yang@radiatoryang