Key Takeaways
- Carol Shaw yog tus paub zoo tshaj plaws yog thawj tus poj niam game designer.
- Shaw qhov kev ua si nrov tshaj plaws, River Raid, tau pab txoj hauv kev zoo rau cov poj niam game developers uas ua raws nws.
- Cov poj niam hauv kev lag luam gaming ua ntau yam los ua kev ua si suav nrog txhua tus.
Thaum cov poj niam muaj 46% ntawm tag nrho cov gamers, tseem muaj tag nrho cov poj niam tsis muaj nyob hauv kev lag luam gaming. Tab sis rov qab thaum cov poj niam zoo li Carol Shaw pib, muaj tsawg dua cov poj niam ua si.
Cov kws tshaj lij lees paub Shaw, tus tsim ntawm sab-scrolling arcade npe River Raid, rau nws lub zog ntawm kev lag luam gaming thaum lub sijhawm cov txiv neej ua lag luam (txawm tias ntau dua li tam sim no).
"Kuv xav tias nws yeej pab tau txoj hauv kev rau [tus] poj niam game designers uas tuaj tom qab," Julia Novakovic, archivist ntawm Lub Tsev khaws puav pheej ntawm Kev Ua Si Strong National, hais rau Lifewire hauv kev sib tham hauv xov tooj. "Nws tau ua pov thawj tias cov poj niam tsis yog cov kws tshaj lij tshwj xeeb, tab sis lawv kuj tsim nyog tau txais kev lees paub rau lawv txoj haujlwm."
Level Ib
Ua ntej nws nkag mus hauv kev lag luam gaming, Shaw ua si arcade games loj hlob hauv Palo Alto, California. Nws qhov kev txaus siab hauv kev ua si thiab kev paub ua haujlwm nrog khoos phis tawj tau txais nws thawj txoj haujlwm tawm hauv tsev kawm qib siab ntawm Atari, lub tuam txhab tam sim no paub txog kev ua si arcade thiab vintage video game consoles.
Raws li Lub Tsev khaws puav pheej muaj zog, Shaw ua haujlwm ntawm Atari tau ob xyoos thiab tsuas yog tus poj niam hauv nws pawg. Nyob ntawd, nws tsim kev ua si xws li Video Checkers thiab 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe (uas siv nws rau lub hlis los tsim).
Shaw tus neeg ua haujlwm sib koom ua ke, Mike Albaugh, uas ua haujlwm hauv Atari lub npib nyiaj npib, hais rau Lifewire hauv kev xam phaj hauv xov tooj tias Shaw yog ib tus poj niam ua nthwv dej ntawm Atari thaum 70s lig.
"Muaj ntau tus poj niam ntxim nyiam uas ua haujlwm ntawm Atari thaum lub sijhawm, suav nrog Carol Shaw," nws hais rau Lifewire. "Carol yog amazing ntawm qhov nws ua."
Novakovic tau hais tias Lub Tsev khaws puav pheej muaj zog muaj qee qhov ntawm Shaw txoj haujlwm hauv nws cov ntaub ntawv khaws tseg, thiab hais tias nws ua rau pom hauv Shaw lub siab thiab nws ua li cas nws ua haujlwm ntawm Atari.
"Nws yog qhov txias heev vim koj tau pom tias nws kos duab li cas ntawm daim duab kos thiab tom qab ntawd txhais tes-coded nws," Novakovic hais. "Nws kuj tau sau nws tus lej rau ntawm daim ntawv thiab tom qab ntawd ntaus nws rau hauv."
Qib 2
Tom qab nws lub sijhawm ntawm Atari, Shaw tau ua nrawm nrawm ntawm Tandem Computers ua ntej nws tus qub Atari cov neeg ua haujlwm tau txais nws rau lawv lub tuam txhab tshiab, Activision (Pitfall!, Zork). Qhov ntawd yog qhov uas nws yuav tsim River Raid, uas Novakovic tau hais tias muag 1 lab luam tawm thaum nws tso tawm xyoo 1982.
Qhov kev ua si yog qhov kev ua si tua phom yooj yim uas cov neeg ua si yuav tsum ya dav hlau hla "River of No Rov Qab" hauv cov yeeb ncuab thaj chaw. Shaw ua qhov kev ua si kom thaum koj txav mus rau sab laug thiab sab xis, koj kuj nrawm kom txav mus los ntawm qhov chaw nruj dua.
Zoo heev vim koj tau pom nws kos duab ntawm daim ntawv thiab tom qab ntawd txhais tes-coded nws.
Ib qho ntawm qhov kev ua si qhov zoo tshaj plaws, raws li Novakovic, yog tias thaj chaw keeb kwm yav dhau los yuav nrawm lossis qeeb nrog rau cov neeg ua si acceleration, ib qho kev tsim tsim nyob rau lub sijhawm.
Thiab, tau kawg, tej zaum ib qho ntawm qhov ua tiav tseem ceeb ntawm River Raid yog Shaw lub npe tau tshwm sim ntawm lub thawv game, ua rau nws thawj tus poj niam ua tiav qhov kev lees paub.
"Nws yog qhov zoo heev uas tau pom qee lub thawv game peb muaj ntawm lub tsev khaws puav pheej hais tias, 'Carol Shaw's River Raid,'" Novakovic hais.
Qib peb
Shaw tau lees paub tias yog tus neeg taug kev hauv kev lag luam gaming hauv 2017 thaum nws tau txais Kev Lag Luam Icon Award ntawm Game Awards, ua kom nws muaj kev cuam tshuam hauv ntiaj teb kev ua si.
Kuj nyob rau xyoo 2017, Shaw pub ib tuj ntawm nws txoj haujlwm Atari rau Lub Tsev khaws puav pheej muaj zog rau nws cov ntaub ntawv. Novakovic hais rau Lifewire tias Shaw cov ntawv sau suav nrog cov ntawv luam tawm, cov ntaub ntawv tsim game, sau ntawv, kos duab, memos, cov ntaub ntawv siv, thiab lwm yam uas Shaw, nws tus kheej, siv thaum nws lub sijhawm ntawm Atari.
Tam sim no, muaj ntau tshaj li ib tug poj niam ua lub npe rau lawv tus kheej hauv kev lag luam gaming-piv txwv li Brianna Wu lossis Jay-Ann Lopez. Tab sis, kev txheeb cais tseem qhia tias cov poj niam muaj ntau dua hauv kev lag luam.
Raws li tsab ntawv ceeb toom xyoo 2017 los ntawm International Game Developers Association, cov neeg uas txheeb xyuas tias yog poj niam tsuas yog muaj li ntawm 21% ntawm kev lag luam gaming.
Nrog rau 14 lub tuam txhab kev ua si saum toj kawg nkaus, tsuas muaj ib tus poj niam CEO: Ann Sarnoff ntawm Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc, raws li Forbes '2020 Ntiaj Teb Kev Ua Si Ntawm Cov Poj Niam Txiv Neej Balance Scorecard. Daim ntawv tshaj tawm kuj qhia tau hais tias tawm ntawm 144 tus thawj coj hauv cov tuam txhab no, 121 yog txiv neej, thiab tsuas yog 23 tus poj niam (kwv yees 16%).
Kuv xav tias nws yeej pab tau txoj hauv kev rau [tus] poj niam game designers uas tuaj tom qab.
Nws yog qhov tseeb tias tseem muaj txoj hauv kev mus ntev rau cov poj niam hauv kev lag luam gaming, tab sis Novakovic tau hais tias kev kawm txog cov poj niam zoo li Shaw ci lub teeb rau cov npe tseem ceeb ntawm cov poj niam hauv kev ua si.
"Qhov tseeb tias tib neeg txaus siab rau [Shaw] thiab nws zaj dab neeg zoo heev," Novakovic hais. "Peb xav txuas ntxiv qhia rau tib neeg paub txog keeb kwm ntawm cov poj niam thiab lawv tau ua dab tsi hauv kev ua yeeb yaj kiab."
