Computer Games Resources
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This wiki contains links to online information and resources for computer games. Please update or add any useful links you find.
The Field
- Game Design
- Theories and perspectives on creating good games
- Game Designers
- Info about great game designers, including interviews when available
- Game Genres
- Taxonomies of computer games
- Game History
- Histories of the early days
- Classic Games
- A gallery of classics, with clips and online play, when available
- Indy Games
- A gallery of alternatives and genre-breakers — help us track this moving target!
- Game Companies
- Listing important studios and publishers, of today and yesterday
- Game Platforms
- Listing important gaming hardware
- Game Mechanics
- A gallery of classic gameplay elements — the design patterns of gaming
- Game Development
- On the processes and methods of game development
Product, Tools and Venues
- Game Technologies
- The technologies used in gaming, and how they are adapted to gaming
- Game Engines
- Game development environments — including platform specific tutorials
- Game Coding
- Resources for coding games — code, tutorials
- Game Art
- Art that could go into games — models, textures, sounds
- Game Education
- Game design courses and curricula
- Game Books
- The tomes you need on your shelf
- Game Organizations
- The industry's organizations
- Game Conferences
- Conferences, conventions, expos
- Game Journals and Magazines
- Academic and professional publications
- Game Sites: Information & Social
- Websites for enthusiasts
- Game News
- News, discussion and opinion