2. Outline
Define: Game
What is a game?
Game Genres
Game Market Overview
Game Development Process
Idea & Document
Design
Development
Testing
Why Game Development?
3. Define: Game
What is a game?
A Source Of
Entertainment
Movies, Music
A Software
Word, Excel, Ev
ernote
A Form Of
Art
Painting, Movies
4. How is it different?
From other sources of entertainment and forms of art.
Here’s how.
- Interactivity is what makes it different from other sources of
entertainment and forms of art.
- In movies, you see the hero in action but in games you play the
hero, you save the day, you make it all happen.
5. How is it different?
From other software products.
Here’s how.
- With general software, the business need is “useful” while with
games the business need is “fun”.
- The development process, requirements, budget, time, etc.
15. Why Game Development?
However fun it is to play, its at least 10x as fun to
make! - corsiKa
How often do you get to play GOD? You create the
universe, you set the rules, you define good and
bad.