Getting started with Game Development
From the past several years, the gaming market in the world is growing at a greater pace. Therefore, if you have got an idea about gaming and want to bring your idea into a perfect game for the core gamers, then you can be among the riches of the world. Before that, you need to know all the three stages involved game development, which are as stated below:-
Pre-production
Production
Post-production
Here in this article, we will be discussing the first stage involved in bringing up a game which is the “Pre-Production”.
What is the Pre-production of the game?
Pre-production is the primary stage involved in game development. It is so far the most important stage in which the game developer analyses the market and based upon that he prepares the complete layout of how to turn his idea into reality.
How is the Pre-production of the game is carried out?
There are a large number of steps that are involved in progressing the gaming idea to another stage. There are several steps involved in Pre-production of games, which are as discussed below:-
Know your audience
The very first step involved in the Pre-production of the game is understanding the needs of people. One must be well aware that the game that he is trying to bring in the market suits the age group, meets the expectations of the people and must be over a trending concept. Therefore, the game developer will be able to prepare a battery and a revenue model and know the platform to be used.
Select the best platform
Another thing a game developer must keep in mind is the platform for which he is developing the game. For instance, give the targeted audience is “rich” all lives in urban areas, then the gamer can select the iOS platform. However, if the target audience is “average” then the game developer can build a game for the Android platform.
Further, it must be noted that an iOS game can generate 4 x more revenues in comparison to the Android game.
Ideation
After deciding the platform, the next important thing for a game developer is to determine what kind of game he wishes to build? Is it to be a racing game? Or an adventurous game? Or a sports game?
Storyline
Now the most important thing which comes into the picture is the framing out the gaming characters into the gaming background. Thereby, setting up of storyline of the game.
Designing and setting up of the effects
Now it comes to the aesthetic appearance of the game, which involves designing the gaming characters, the gaming background and introducing sound effects into the game.
What people are saying about the Pre-production of the game?
“Gamers can feel when developers are passionate about their games. They can smell it like a dog smells fear. Don’t be afraid to hold onto -your unique vision: just be aware that it may not turn out exactly how you envisioned.”
― Scott Rogers, Level Up!: The Guide to Great Video Game Design
“It’s a truism in the game industry that a well-designed game should be playable immediately, with no instruction whatsoever.”
― Jane McGonigal, Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
Summary
Therefore, to set up a better game, the game developer is required to make more efforts on the first level of game developing, which is “Pre-production of games”.
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