Creative Game Pitching Guidelines for Student Presentations
Discover essential guidelines for pitching game ideas in a student presentation setting, including slide requirements, time limits, and key considerations. Gain insights into popular game engines, biases, ethical considerations, and more to enhance your pitch.
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ART 485 / CMSC 493 Game Pitches
How to Pitch Look at rubric Create six slide pitch in Google Docs. Share it with me. Due midnight SUNDAY I will merge into one mondo presentation (to avoid switching time) 3 minute presentations + 1 minute question(s) 35 students * 4 min each = 140 min. 2 classes = 150 min. Over 3 minutes = 10% (practice!) At 4 minutes, I will cut you off
Your Pitch Slide 1: Title Tell us the name of your game; your name Slide 2: Elevator pitch 2 sentences, 10 seconds Slide 3: Demographics Who is your target player, why will they like it? Similar games that succeeded Slide 4: Mechanics What do your players do? Why is that fun? Slide 5: Style What will the game look like? (possible screen mock-up) What is the artistic style? (images from other games or artists) Slide 6: Resources Best guess at time and resources for full semester game
Considerations Can this game be finished in a semester? What about it stands out? Artistic style Unique or unusual tech Theme or gameplay Will it enhance team member s portfolios?
Unity3D / Unreal Engine Two most popular (free) game engines: Unity Used primarily for indie and mobile games Easier to learn, better support for 2D and mobile, C# Unreal Used for many AAA games Better scaling, full engine code available, C++ and Blueprint I ll select the tool I think will work best for you Unless you have a compelling reason to use something else And can convince me (Unless you own the company, you don t typically get to pick the tools)
My Biases At least one 3D game, rest 2D 3D for modeling & animation experience At least one Unreal game, rest (probably) Unity Unreal for C++ & because I teach a class on using it Possibly a mobile game BYO devices, Unity has a remote app to make mobile dev easier Possibly a VR game Need access to VR equipment
In-class Ethics You can use external toolkits and code If you have the rights And you credit them But you need to make your own game The design must be yours The art must be yours The core game code must be yours
After-class Ethics Students at UMBC own work they create class Though if you re paid for it, UMBC owns it If you want, some or all of the team can continue working on your game after the semester is over. And you can release it (e.g. steam, app stores, etc.) If you make any money, be fair to your teammates, even the ones who didn t want to continue after the semester.
