Abasetyhini abaBaluleke kakhulu kwiMbali yeMidlalo yeMidlalo

Abafazi abathintekayo kwiiMidlalo yeMidlalo

Iintsuku zebhizinisi lomdlalo weqonga liqela lebhola yenkwenkwe liphelile kunye nabaphuhlisi bezemidlalo abasetyhini ngoku bathatha inxaxheba njengabanye abaphathi abakhulu bezo shishino. Nangona kunjalo, kwakungelula ukunyuka. Kwii-70s kunye nee-80 xa imarike yemidlalo yevidiyo imiselwa nje, abafazi babefanele balwe kanzima ukuze bavale ilizwi labo kwishishini elilawulwa yindoda. Abo baphumelele benza amanqaku amaninzi kumashishini okudlala kuba iingubo zabo kunye neempembelelo zatshintsha ihlabathi leemidlalo zevidiyo ukuba zibe ngcono.

Nantsi iimpembelelo kunye nabasetyhini kwimbali yemidlalo yevidiyo.

URoberta Williams: U-Co-Creator weMidlalo ye-Graphical Adventure neSierra

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URoberta Williams ungomnye wabantu abaluleke kakhulu kwimbali yemidlalo yevidiyo. Ngo -79, uWilliams waphefumlelwa emva kokudlala umdlalo wekhompyutheni kuphela yomboniso we-computer kunye nokufaka kunye nomqulu wokuqulunqa okhankanywe umdlalo odibanisa ukudibanisa umbhalo kunye nemifanekiso. Umyeni wakhe uKen, umprogram kwi-IBM, uvelise injini yesofthiwe kunye ne-tech usebenzisa ikhompyutha yabo yasekhaya yase-Apple II. Xa kugqibile, umdlalo, i- Mystery House , yayiyintsimbi esheshayo, kwaye i-graphical adventure genre yazalwa.

Esi sibini sakha i-On-Line Systems (eyayibizwa ngokuba yiSierra) kwaye yaba yinto elawulayo kwimidlalo yekhompyutha.

Ngaloo xesha uWilliam wasethatha umhlala-phantsi ngo-1996, wayedityaniswe nemidlalo engaphezulu kwama-30 ekhompyutheni yekhompyutheni, ininzi yawo ebhalayo kwaye yenzelwe, kuquka i- Kings Quest kunye neFantasmagoria .

UCarol Shaw: UmLungiseleli weMidlalo yoLutsha kunye noMyili

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Umprogram weComputer uCarol Shaw uyaziwa kakhulu ngomsebenzi wakhe ku-Activision kunye neR retro kwiRaid Raid , kodwa iminyaka ngaphambili, uShaw wayesebenzela igama kwiimidlalo zevidiyo . Ngomnyaka we-1978 wayengowesifazane wokuqala ukulungiselela nokuyila umdlalo wevidiyo, i- 3D Tic-Tac-Toe kwi- Atari 2600 .

Ngowe-1983, umdlalo wokugqibela uShaw owenzelwe ngokupheleleyo waza wazakhela wona, Iindlela ezivuyayo , zikhutshwe nje njengoko imakethe yemidlalo yevidiyo iphazamisekile. Ngorhwebo kwiinthambano, uShaw wathatha isikhewu ekwenzeni imidlalo kodwa wabuyela ngo-1988 ukujongana nokuveliswa koMlambo uRidid II , ingoma yakhe yokugqibela yengoma kwilizwe le-console yokudlala.

UShaw nomyeni wakhe uRalph Merkle, oyingcali kwi-cryptography kunye ne-nanotechnology, bahlala phantsi.

UDona Bailey: Umfazi Wokuqala Ukuyila Umdlalo we-Arcade

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Ezimisele ukugqithisa kwi-biz eyenza umdlalo, uDona Bailey wamukelwa isikhundla njengenjineli e-Atari ngo-1980. UCarol Shaw wayesele eshiye i-Activision, ngoko uBaley wayengumqambi wemizi wesibini kwinkampani. Ngethuba apho, udibanise kunye kunye noEd Edgog, i-classic hit arcade, iCentipede .

Emva kokukhululwa kwayo kwimpumelelo yangoko, uBaley wanyamalala kwimboniso yemidlalo yemidlalo kuphela ukuvelisa iminyaka engama-26 kamva njengesithethi esikhethekileyo kwiNgqungquthela ye-Women Women Games. UBaley wambonisa ukuba ingcinezelo kunye nokugxekwa kwabalandeli bakhe abesilisa bamgxotha kwi shishini.

Namhlanje iBaley ikhuthaza abafazi ukuba baphishekele imisebenzi kwimidlalo. Usebenza njengomqeqeshi wekholeji ekufundiseni izifundo ezininzi, phakathi kwendlela yokwenza umdlalo.

U-Anne Westfall: uMququzeleli kunye noMququzeleli we-Free Fall Associates

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Ngaphambi kokuba u-Anne Westfall aqalise ukusebenza kumdlalo, wayengumprofeti onobuchule odale inkqubo yokuqala ye-microcomputer ukuseka iziqendu. Ngo-1981, i-Westfall nomyeni wakhe, uJon Freeman, baqulunqa i-Free Fall Associates, umqhubi wokuqala ozimeleyo oqeshwe yi-Electronic Arts. Phakathi kwemidlalo yabo eyayiyilwe nguFreman kwaye ihlelwe yiWestfall yayiyihloko ekhompyutheni yaseArchon , eyayingowomthengisi omkhulu kwi-EA.

Ukongezelela kumsebenzi wakhe njengomprofeti kunye nophuhliso, i-Westfall nayo yakhonza kwiBhodi yonxibelelwano yabaphathi beMidlalo iminyaka emithandathu. I-Westfall kunye neFreman baqamba kabusha iqela labo le-Free Fall Games, nangona i-Westfall iye yachitha iminyaka emininzi edlulileyo njenge-transcriptionist yezokwelapha.

UJane Jensen: Umlobi weMbali weMidlalo kunye noMyili

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Lapho uRoberta Williams eshiya khona, uJane Jensen wathabatha itotshi kwaye wagcina ukubhala umdlalo we-adventure ephezulu kunye nokuyila. UJane wasebenzela uWilliam ekuqaleni kwe-90s apho waqala khona kwiNkonzo zoLuntu eSierra, ekugqibeleni ebhala kunye nokuyila iifayile ezifana neKumkani i-VI , i-series Gabriel Knight kunye nabanye abaninzi. Umsebenzi wakhe kwimidlalo yeklasi iye yabumba indlela ibali kunye nokuyila kwezemidlalo ezidibeneyo kwiintetho zamanqaku ezinje kunye nokuchofoza.

UJensen waqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe kwimidlalo ye-computer adventure kunye nomgca we- Agatha Christie kunye nezihloko ze -Women's Murder Club Club . Wakha iprojekthi yakhe yephupha, i- Gray Matter , nge-Wizarbox, waza wavula i-studio entsha yokuphuhlisa umdlalo ogama lingu-Pinkerton Road kunye nomyeni wakhe, uRobert Holmes.

UJenson ubhala ubuxoki phantsi kwegama elithi Eli Easton .

UBrenda Laurel: Iingcali, uMbhali kunye noMyili we-Human-Computer Interaction

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Ubomi bukaBrenda Laurel buye kuhlolisisa indlela esisebenzisana ngayo neekhomputha kunye neenzuzo ezivela kuyo. Waqala ukusebenzisa imidlalo kumsebenzi wakhe kuma-80s okuqala njengelungu leqela le-Atari yophando kunye noMphathi weComputer Software. Ngomnyaka we-1987 waqulunqwa ngokubambisana nemfundo, yezokwelapha sim game Laser Surgeon: I-Microscopic Mission, eyayibukeka kakuhle kwinkqubo yokuhlinzwa kwengqondo.

Kwi-90s, u-Laurel waqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe njengenye yezona zinto zomeleleyo kunokwenene nophando nophuhliso lwakhe nenkampani yeTelepresence kunye kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo owasekelwe enye yeenkampani zeplastiki zokuqala ukuzakhela ekuphuhliseni imidlalo yamantombazana, i-Purple Moon.

ULaurel usebenza njengomcebisi, isithethi kunye noprofesa, ukufundisa ukudibanisa kwe-2D kunye ne-3D.

U-Amy Briggs: UMdali weMidlalo yokuQala yokuPhumela kweMantombazana

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Ku-Amy Brigg, umgca omfutshane kwihlabathi lokudlala, wabonisa umbono ode phambili kwexesha lakhe kunye nomdlalo we-adventure equkethe iincwadana kunye nabadlali abajongene ngqo nabaphulaphuli besifazane.

Ngowe-1983, uBriggs wasebenza kwinkampani ye-adventure yemidlalo ye-Infocom njengomhloli. Iimbono zakhe zokubhala ezinamandla kunye nomoya wokuhamba-mandla waqinisekisa ukuba abaphathi baqhelise ngokucacileyo umxholo wakhe wokubambisana nomdlalo wamantombazana, Iintliziyo eziphangiweyo . Emva kokubhala nokuyila i- Hearts , uBriggs wabhala iqela leGamma Force: I-Pit yeeNgxowa zeeNkulungwane kunye neengxenye ezidibeneyo zeZork Zero .

UBriggs washiya imboni yokudlala ngo-198, ebuyela esikolweni ukuze azuze i-degree degree. Unayo inkampani ejolise kwiinkalo zobunjineli kunye nengqondo yengqondo kwaye iyaqhubeka ibhala.

UDoris Uqobo: Okokuqala Umfazi kunye neGama eliDala kakhulu leMidlalo eliPhambili

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Ngeminyaka eyi-58 ubudala, uDoris Self wayengomnye wabadlali bezemidlalo abadlala ngokukhawuleza xa bengena kwi-1983 yeMidlalo yeMidlalo ye-Masters Tournament kwaye baqhekeza irekhodi eliphezulu eliphezulu le-Q * iBert ngamaphupha angu-1,121,300. Nangona amanqaku akhe atshaywe kwiminyaka embalwa kamva, u-Self waqhubeka nokusebenza ekunqobeni iQ-Bert .

Ukuzimela kwakuboniswe kwi-documentary U- King of Kong: I-Quistters ye- Pac -Man , xa uBilly Mitchell we - Pac -Man wamnika umshini we- Q * iBert arcade. .

Okubuhlungu kukuba, ngo-2006, eneminyaka engama-81 ubudala, u-Self waphelelwa kwingozi eyayifumene engozini yemoto. Nangona engasekho kumdlalo, ilifa lakhe lizakuhlala kwii-annals zokudlala imidlalo yokuncintisana.