Game Development - Seemal Naeem
- 1. Presented to Prof. Atif Butt Presented by Seemal Naeem SS17-16 Bs 3rd Semester ( Morning )
- 3. “ A game refers to any interactive content played by electronically manipulating images produced by any computer program or application on any display. ” • Mobile and tablet games • Web games • Console games • Pc games
- 4. What’s the difference? • Interactivity is what makes games differ from movie and other art forms. • The content of game as a medium is what makes it differs from other software. And obviously it is more fun.
- 5. Indie game • Indie games often rely on digital distribution. • Indie gaming has seen a rise in the later half of the 2000s decade, primarily due to new online distribution methods and development tools.
- 6. Genres Action Games Shooter Games Action Adventure Adventure Games Role playing Strategy Games Sports Games Memory & Puzzles Simulation Games
- 7. Game industry The dark knight $239 million as its first week revenue Grand Theft Auto 4 $500 million as its first week revenue Grand Theft Auto 4 $500 million as its first week revenue
- 8. Development of a video game Pre-Production Production Postproduction
- 9. Pre-production • Pitch • Game Design Document (GDD)
- 10. Production • Game Design • Game Art • Programming • Audio • QA
- 11. Game Design • Game Genre • Design Documents. • The content and the rules of the game. • Game design is very critical and require experience and knowledge.
- 12. GAME ART 2D 3D
- 14. Programming • Game Engine • Gameplay programming • AI Programming • Graphics Programming
- 15. Audio • Recording, design and editing of sound effects. • Sound design and audio engineering are growing in importance. • These people will produce music, sound effects, dialogue and oversee voice performance.
- 16. QA • QA means testing from functionality and game play to localization (testing in-game text and audio in foreign languages). • QA is one of the best entry points into the industry for first-time job seekers .
- 17. Postproduction • Maintenance • Customer Service • Patches and updates
- 18. What are the roles in the video games industry ? • Producer • Publisher • Development Team
- 19. Game Loop // a simple game loop in C++ int main() { Initialize(); while (true) { Process(); Update(); Render() } ShutDown(); }
- 20. Mobile game • Usually mobile games are published as early as possible, often after five months of development, in order to see how they perform. • mobile games can still be developed by a lone developer. However, the largest game studios can have up to 100 people working for a single project.
- 21. Monetizing • Advertising • Selling Content • Virtual Economy • Merchandising
- 27. Thank you