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

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Conclusions Camera design greatly impacts game play Essential part of the overall game design task Requires dedicated development staff Player control linked to camera design No single camera solution Prototype early and design away problems Successful camera systems are unobtrusive
Conclusions No-one will notice if you truly succeed
Page 1 and 2: Fundamentals of Real-Time Camera De
Page 3 and 4: Agenda Why talk about camera design
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: Conclusions
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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