Game development using Unity3D May 2015 This lecture was given by Ebtihaj at various universities in Peshawar, Pakistan. The talk begins with what really a game is, and how can you differentiate it from an ordinary software and a movie. After that the focus is shifted to how are games made and how big is the gaming industry. Later on Unity3D and its basic components are introduced with a hands on workshop.

1. GAME DEVELOPMENT
AN INTRODUCTION

2. WHO AM I?
EBTIHAJ
Serial Entrepreneur
Game developer by profession
Graphic Designer by passion
@ebtihajkhan
linkden/ebtihajKhan

3. OUTLINE
• Definition of “Video Game”.
• Video Game industry overview.
• Game development process
• Game Design
• Game Art
• Programming
• Audio
• Live Demo
• Q & A session.

4. Video Game?
Software MovieGame

5. INTERACTIVITY AND FUN
• Interactivity is what makes games differ from movies and other art forms.
• The fun factor in a game is what makes it differ from other softwares.

6. GAMES HAVE GOT IT ALL

7. GAMES ARE SIMPLY COMPLICATED
GAMEPLAY
SHADERS
GAME ENGINE
RIGGING
SFX’s
ANIMATIONS
SCRIPTS
LIGHTMAPS
POSTPROCESSING STORY
MODELSTIMELINE
BEHAVIOURS

8. TECHNICALLY
• Games have a different structure than any other software.
• Startup
• Introductory Movie
• Front End (Menu)
• Main gameplay
• End game movie
• Credits
• Shutdown

9. CHA-CHING
Now that we know what games are lets talk BUSINESS

10. GAMING INDUSTRY

11. SUPERCELL

12. SUPERCELL
$5.15 million

13. SUPERCELL
$5.15 million
PER DAY

14. GAMES VS MOVIES
$239 million
First week revenue
$500 million
First week revenue

16. GAME DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
• Pre-production
• Production
• Post production

17. PRE-PRODUCTION
• Pitch (Concept Document)
• Game design Document
• Project plan

18. PRODUCTION
• Design
• Programming
• Art production
• Audio production
• QA (Testing)

19. POST PRODUCTION
• Maintenance
• Customer Service
• Patches and updates

20. MILESTONES
• MVP
• Beta Version
• Production Version

21. COORDINATE SPACE

22. GAME ART
• 2D Art
• Concept art
• Sprites
• Texture art
• UI artist

23. GAME ART
• 3D Art
• Concept art
• Modelling
• Wrapping and Texturing
• Animations

24. • Cross platform game development engine.
• Augmented reality apps
• Medical apps
• Architectural visualizations
• Mainly uses C# and Javascript
• Monodevelop
UNITY3D

25. UNITY TRANSFORM
• Position
• Rotation
• Scaling

26. PHYSICS
• Mass
• Velocity
• Friction
• Force
• Gravity
• Collision Detection

27. Q&A