1. Teaching Video Game Genres
in SWC 200
Danielle LaVaque-Manty

2. “All the Games You Played Before”
Genre and audience: A
player’s interpretation of
a game depends on the
player’s experience and
expectations

3. Genre-Blender: Puzzle Quest

4. Tile-Matching Game

5. Role-Playing Game

6. Genre-Blender: Puzzle Quest

7. All the Genres We’ve Played Before?
• Role-playing (RPG) • Platformer
• Tile matching • Music
• First-person shooter • Sports
• Third-person shooter • Time management
• Tower defense • Action adventure
• Real-time strategy • Hidden object
(RTS)
• MMORPG
• Alternate reality (ARG)

8. Layoff

9. Genres We Write in for This Class?
• Blog posts
• Group game proposals
• Oral presentations
• Games
• Analysis of group process

10. The Big Take-Away for Students
Successful writing/creating in any genre requires
understanding audience expectations