Game Development 2042: The Future of Game Design, Development, and Publishing

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Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Game Development 2042
	INTRODUCTION
		Hardware Advances in CPU Power, Input Accessibility, and Battery Power
		Pervasive Machine Learning and Autonomy Fueled by Vast Increase in Data
		Ubiquity of High-Speed High-Capacity Data Networks
		Network Effect of Social Networks and Human Connectivity
		Increases in the Amount of Leisure Time Available for Humanity
	A ROADMAP
		Who Is This Book For?
	NOTES
Chapter 1 A Global Community of Players
	GAMING LIGHTS THE WORLD
	POPULATION GROWTH
		United States and Canada
		Europe
		Russia
		South Korea
		Japan
		China
	ON EMERGING MARKETS
		Purchasing Power of Markets by 2050
		Southeast Asia
		Indonesia
		Vietnam
		India
	INTERVIEW WITH ZAID AZMI: INTERACTIVE FICTION FOR THE WORLD
		Latin America
		Brazil
		Mexico
		The Middle East and Africa
		Saudi Arabia
	INTERVIEW WITH HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE FASIL BIN BANDAR: THE BRIGHT FUTURE OF GAMES
	CONTINUING IN THE LEVANT
		Turkey
		Egypt
		Israel
		The Rest of Africa
	ZOOMING OUT
		Conclusions Based on this Research and Demographic Data
		How to Tailor for a Region
	NOTES
Chapter 2 How to Reach the World
	HOW TO REACH THE WORLD?
	THE IMPACT OF GLOBALISM ON GAME DESIGN
	DISTRIBUTION MECHANISMS
	USER ACQUISITION
	BUILDING COMMUNITIES
	HOW TO REACH THE WORLD, THEN KEEP THEM PLAYING
	INTERVIEW WITH AARON LOEB: THE FUTURE OF COMMUNITIES
	CONCLUSION
		How to Reach the World, Then Keep Them Playing
	NOTES
Chapter 3 The Evolution of Game Design
	QUALITY IS KING
	WHY DO PEOPLE PLAY?
	A FEW THINGS ARE DIFFERENT…
	DEEP SOCIAL
	VISUALS
	ACCESSIBILITY
	CAPABLE DEVICES EVERYWHERE
	CROSS PLAY AND DEVICE AGNOSTICISM
	AI AGENTS
	VR, AR, IMMERSION, METAVERSE
	AR AND REAL-WORLD GAMING BLENDS
	VR & AR COMBINED MAKE… THE METAVERSE?
	NIANTIC AS METAVERSE
	ROBLOX AS METAVERSE
	TENCENT AS METAVERSE
	EPIC’S FORTNITE AS METAVERSE
	NVIDIA AS METAVERSE
	FACEBOOK AS METAVERSE
	MICROSOFT AS METAVERSE
	METAVERSE WRAP UP
	USER-GENERATED CONTENT
	MODS AS UGC
	THE WORLD WANTS TO PLAY FOR FREE
	APPOINTMENT MECHANICS
	EVERYTHING IS AN RPG
	GACHA, NEAR MISS, FOMO
	REAL-MONEY GAMING AND WAGERING
	PERVASIVE COMMUNITY
	THE NEED FOR SOCIAL SHEPHERDS
	Q AND A WITH JEFF MAHER
	NON-GAMING ACTIVITIES IN GAMES
	Q AND A WITH GAGAN AHLUWALIA OF GLOBALSTEP: THE FUTURE OF SERVICES
	EDUCATION AND GAMING
	WRAP UP IN THE FUTURE OF GAME DESIGN
	NOTES
Chapter 4 Web 3 Gaming: Crypto, Play to Earn, NFT
	CRYPTO-CURRENCY, DECENTRALIZED FINANCE, NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS, AND GAMING
	NFT BASICS
	NFTS AS THE FUTURE
	NFTS AS SNAKE OIL OR DIGITAL DUTCH TULIP CRAZE
	AXIE INFINITY
	PLAY TO EARN
	INTERVIEW WITH SIMON DAVIS “THE MIGHTY BEAR OF SINGAPORE”
	CONCLUSION
		Wrap Up
	NOTES
Chapter 5 Devices and Platforms
	MOBILE DEVICES
	PLATFORM AGNOSTICISM
	GAMING ECOSYSTEM OF DEVICES
	FORM FACTOR & FOLDABLE
		Mobile Devices as More Than a Phone: Watches, Glasses, Wearables
	CONSOLES
	MULTIPLATFORM
	PC GAMES
	SETTING AND CONVERGENCE
	CLOUD GAMING
	ON BANDWIDTH
	STREAMING SERVICES AND THE CONVERGENCE OF LINEAR AND NON-LINEAR MEDIA
	INTERVIEW WITH MIKE VERDU: THE FUTURE OF PLATFORMS
	WRAP UP
		Wrap Up on Devices and Platforms
	NOTES
Chapter 6 Input and Feedback Mechanisms
	MOUSE AND KEYBOARD
	CONTROLLERS
	GESTURES
	EYE TRACKING AS INPUT
	Q AND A WITH ANAND SRIVATSA OF TOBII: THE FUTURE OF INPUT MECHANISMS
	CAMERAS
	DRONES
	FINGER TAPS
	MORE ADVANCED ANATOMICALLY INTEGRATED INPUT
	THOUGHT CONTROL
	SPEECH
	HAPTIC FEEDBACK
	DISPLAYS
	GLASSES AND VR HEADSETS
	CONTACTS AND RETINA PROJECTION
	WRAP UP ON DEVICES AND INPUTS
	NOTES
Chapter 7 Business Models
	RETAIL DISTRIBUTION OF GAMES
	DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION OF GAMES
	FREE TO PLAY
	IN APP ADVERTISING
	CARRIER BILLING AND REGIONAL PAYMENT SYSTEMS
	REGIONAL AND SACHET PRICING
	eSPORTS
	REAL MONEY GAMBLING
	PAID TO PLAY
	PLAY2EARN
	THE VALUE OF PLAYER DATA
	THE BUSINESS OF CREATION
	THE EVOLUTION OF GAMING LEGAL MATTERS
	INTERVIEW WITH KIMBERLY CORBETT: PUBLISHING FOR THE FUTURE
		Publishing for the Future
	REGULATIONS AND WRAP UP
		The Effect of Regulations on Business Models
	NOTES
Chapter 8 Data and Analytics
	DATA GATHERING
	DATA PROCESSING
	DATA ANALYSIS IN REAL TIME
	DATA —> AI BEHAVIORS AND RESPONSES
	DATA VISUALIZATION
	INTERVIEW WITH ROB FINK: THE FUTURE OF DATA
	DATA OWNERSHIP
		Data Ownership: People, Corporations, Governments, DAOs
			Who owns data?
		Using Big Datasets to Create Content
		Procedural Content Generation
		Using Data to Generate Music
		AI Helping Write and Find Bugs in Code
		AI and ML to Aid Game Content Design
		Helping Artists Make Art
		Using Games to Train AI
		WOW Event with a Contagion “Corrupted Blood Incident”
		Data and Analytics Wrap Up
		The Coming Impact of Big Data
	NOTES
Chapter 9 Artificially Intelligent Characters
	VIRTUAL CHARACTERS TAKE OVER THE WORLD. SOON
	ON AI CHARACTERS
	BUILDING AI COMPANIONS
		The Character Visuals
		The Dialog
	TEXT TO SPEECH
	INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM REAL HUMANS
	AVATARS
	THE FUTURE OF AVATARS
	ARTIFICIAL AND INTELLIGENT CHARACTERS WRAP UP
	NOTES
Chapter 10 The Future of Game Development
	THE ACT OF CREATION
	CROWDSOURCING AND NFT SALES
	INTERVIEW WITH MAURICO LONGONI: THE FUTURE OF USER-GENERATED CONTENT
	HITS
		Hits vs. Games
	INTERVIEW WITH THEA CHOW: BUILDING THE BEST IN THE WORLD
	TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
		Better Engineering Too ls
		Content Creation Tools
		Increasing Competition for Talent
		Increasing Competition for Licenses
		Distributed Teams
		Independent Contractor and Unionized Models of Talent
		DAO
	INTERVIEW WITH ALEXANDRIA SEPULVEDA: THE FUTURE OF REGULATION
	INCREASED COMPLEXITY
		Increasing Complexity of Publishing and Distribution
		Localization & Culturalization
		Adherence to Local Custom & Regulations
		Local Publishing and Community Management
		Forecasting
		On Bots and ID
		Wrap up on the Future of Game Development
	NOTES
CONCLUSIONS
INDEX