Foundation Questions

1. What is a video game?
2. What is an action-platformer game?
3. What benefits are there to using Adobe Flash to make a game
4. Are there alternative programs to making a game?
5. What is a raster image?
6. What is a vector image?
7. does the type of image (raster vs vector) affect how the game would play?
8. What is a sprite?
9. What is a 3D model
10. Would it be more effective to use sprites or 3d models for a game
11. How does a game get started?
12. What is collision detection?

Topic

Project: I am going to create a flash game using Adobe flash
Research: The history of games and flash games. How to make a flash game
Tangible product: it's pretty obvious what this is
Programs: Adobe flash, Adobe illustrator
Websites

How to make a flash game in minutes
http://www.gameinnovator.com/quickflashgame.php

Flash Kit
http://flashkit.com/

20 free tutorials
http://www.dezinerfolio.com/2008/02/06/20-free-tutorials-to-create-your-own-flash-game

manga tutorial
http://www.mangatutorials.com/

topic of project

The main thing that I heard about this graduation project was that it was required to do it and that it was worth alot of points. I would probably like to structure a project around game-designing. I could probably create a game in Adobe flash or something like that.What are the stipulations for something like what I mentioned earlier would be something that I would like to know as far as questions