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ABSTRACT
The game is a type of software which installed in the pc .and used to provide a 100% satisfication as well as full entertainment to the user. The game development is a type of software development process through which the video games are produced.
Development is undertaken by a game developer, which may range from a single person to a large business and normally funded by a publisher. Games are developed as a creative outlet and to generate profit. Well-made games bring profit more readily. However, it is important to estimate game's financial requirements, such as development costs of individual features .
The first games created had little entertainment value, and their development focus was separate from user experience—in fact, these games required mainframe computers to play them. OXO, written by Alexander S. Douglas in 1952, was the first computer game to use a digital display.
Game development is generally done by Game industry which requires innovations, as publisher cannot profit from constant release of sequels and imitations. The publisher, producer, development team i.e the artist, programmer, designer, sound engineer , tester plays an vital role in developing a game.
The game development process is categorized into three forms they are:
1.pre production.
2. production
3. post production.
These production process gives the quality assurance to the product(game). Some of the game industries are EA, UBISOFT, zynga etc. which are producing quality games.
CONTENTS:
1. Overview of game.
2. Introduction to game development
i) agile development
ii) software development methodology
3. History of game development
4. Roles
5. Development process
6. Conclusion
7. References
Overview of game:
The game is a type of software which installed in the pc and used to provide a 100% satisfaction as well as full entertainment to the user.
Games are developed as a creative outlet and to generate profit. Well-made games bring profit more readily. However, it is important to estimate game's financial requirements, such as development costs of individual features. Often game projects made with "heart and soul" turn no profit.
Introduction
Game development is the software development process by which a video game is produced.Development is undertaken by a game developer, which may range from a single person to a large business. Development is normally funded by a publisher
Games are developed as a creative outlet and to generate profit]. Well-made games bring profit more readily. However, it is important to estimate game's financial requirements, such as development costs of individual features.
Developers, such as BioWare, Blizzard Entertainment, Valve Corporation and id Software are famous for releasing quality games on completion, rather than being constrained by financial limitations. Game development, production, or design is a process that starts from an idea or concept .
Game development is undertaken by a game developer—ranging from an individual to a large company. There can be independent or publisher-owned studios. Independent developers rely on financial support from a game publishers. They usually have to develop a game from concept to prototype without external funding. The formal game proposal is then submitted to publishers, who may finance the game development from several months to years..
History
The history of game development begins with the creation of the first video games, although which video game is the first depends on the definition of video game.
The first games created had little entertainment value, and their development focus was separate from user experience—in fact, these games required mainframe computers to play them. OXO, written by Alexander S. Douglas in 1952, was the first computer game to use a digital display.
In 1958, a game called Tennis for Two, which displayed its output on an oscilloscope, was made by Willy Higinbotham, a physicist working at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.
In 1961, a mainframe computer game called Spacewar! was created by a group of Massachusetts Institute of Technology students led by Steve Russell.
Roles
Development is overseen by internal and external producers. The producer working for the developer is known as the internal producer and manages the development team, schedules, reports progress, hires and assigns staff, and so on. The producer working for the publisher is known as the external producer and oversees developer progress and budget.
Developers can range in size from small groups making casual games to housing hundreds of employees and producing several large titles. Companies divide their subtasks of game's development. Individual job titles may vary, however roles are the same within the industry. The development team consists of several members they are:
1. Designer: A game designer is a person who designs gameplay, conceiving and designing the rules and structure of a game.
2. Artist : A game artist is a visual artist who creates video game art
3. Programmer: A game programmer is a software engineer who primarily develops video games or related software (such as game development tools). The game's codebase development is handled by programmers.
4. Level designer : A level designer is a person who creates levels, challenges or missions for computer and/or video games using a specific set of programs.
5. Sound engineer : Sound engineers are technical professionals responsible for sound effects and sound positioning
6. Tester : The quality assurance is carried out by game testers. A game tester analyzes video games to document software defects as part of a quality control .