Mark Haigh-Hutchinson Senior Software Engineer Retro Studios, Inc.

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Mark Haigh-Hutchinson 21 years in the games industry 40+ published titles Programmer / Designer / Project Leader Camera systems and player controls Metroid Prime Metroid Prime 2:Echoes
Agenda Why talk about camera design? To raise awareness Avoidable camera problems persist Small amount of literature Set a high standard
Page 1: Fundamentals of Real-Time Camera De
Page 5 and 6: Camera System Overview
Page 7 and 8: Camera System Goals Present best vi
Page 9 and 10: Camera Fundamentals What do we mean
Page 11 and 12: Camera Properties Presentation styl
Page 13 and 14: Third Person Camera External to pla
Page 15 and 16: Camera Orientation Look-At position
Page 17 and 18: Game Genre Cameras Genre-specific c
Page 19 and 20: 3D Platform Elevated position Often
Page 21 and 22: Racing Multiple viewpoints Defined
Page 23 and 24: Camera Design Principles Avoid play
Page 25 and 26: Player Control
Page 27 and 28: Control Reference Frame Maps player
Page 29 and 30: Game Genre Cameras Part 2
Page 31 and 32: Fighting Must frame multiple charac
Page 33 and 34: Sports Matches TV presentation styl
Page 35 and 36: Camera Design Process Important par
Page 37 and 38: Camera Design Process Per Area Dete
Page 39 and 40: Camera Design Questions Player Abil
Page 41 and 42: Camera Design Questions Aesthetics
Page 43 and 44: Conclusions
Page 45 and 46: Conclusions No-one will notice if y
Page 47 and 48: Further Reading Game Programming Ge
Page 49 and 50: One Last Thing...
Page 51: Contact Info mhh@computer.org www.r

Mark Haigh-Hutchinson Senior Software Engineer Retro Studios, Inc.

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