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- 1. Less Code More Fun Making a better Game Foundation
- 2. Part I Intro
- 3. Game Production Process Has Evolved Best Practices migrated across different platforms: C++ (Consoles), AS3 (Web), Obj C (iOS) Layered Architecture and modular components are common Open Source UI Frameworks and Game Engines Many Studios have their own Tech
- 4. Web and Mobile Slowly Converge Developers Leverage Tools and Techniques Between Different Platforms iOS, Android Web (Flash) Console Desktop
- 5. Are we up do date?
- 6. Common Problems in Development Very little planning ahead. Features are usually implemented on the fly Reinventing the wheel Duplicate implementation - Too much Copy/Paste No common foundation No distinct production cycle steps
- 7. Typical Results Developers are forced to choose quick and dirty over properly designed code. Team will often overlook features that take longer to implement. Production value and user experience degrade.
- 8. What is Missing? Clear Design / Architecture Common Foundation A Suitable Framework
- 11. Architecture
- 12. Framework
- 13. Engine Just another component in a Framework Not the Framework itself. Different Engines typically exist within a Framework.
- 14. Typical Layered Architecture Project Code Runtime / Browser OS and Drivers Hardware (CPU and GPU)
- 15. Typical Layered Architecture Game Application UI Components Game Engine 3rd Party Librarie s Project Code Runtime / Browser OS and Drivers Hardware (CPU and GPU)
- 16. Anatomy of Game Data Flow Flash was not exported from SlideRocket Flash was not exported from SlideRocket Flash was not exported from SlideRocket
- 17. The Client Code Game Application Game Engine UI Components Popups, HUD Elements, Buttons etc. Group was not exported from SlideRocket 3rd Party Librarie s And that can be used across different projects and platforms.
- 18. Having a Common Foundation == Taking Control Over Our Code.
- 19. Using a Common Foundation Provide a modular design, based on swappable building blocks Modernize our code base and promote best practices Allow specialization of developers in the team
- 20. Designed for Efficiency From the Ground Up Clean, simple and compact Reduced size and memory footprint Based on proven, bug free components Less Code
- 21. We Can Get Our Own Tech Simplify the Creative Process Focus efforts on game code / contents, instead of boilerplate code. Create with higher production value. Allows for quick iterations without cutting corners .. More Fun
- 22. Start Development Faster With the foundation, the base tier is ready to go from Day 1 Significant head start when starting production Choose from an array of ready made features, or add new ones
- 23. Foundation Supported Features Core Engine (Rendering, Asset Management, etc) Character Animation and Movement Particles Physics (Box2D / Nape) Common UI Elements Extension Layer for common gameplay systems Shop, Inventory, Item Placement
- 24. Demo Scroller / Action Game
- 25. All based on a common Framework
- 26. Part III Use and Reuse [Across Projects and Platforms]
- 27. Making Portable Code and Assets Get a portable project Just using the foundation Properly architected code makes porting much easier Assets and back-end interface should be reusable across platforms Modular structure supports one-time porting per block
- 28. Tools for content used across platforms
- 29. Tech and Libraries across platforms Cocos2D, ND2D, Starling, Flixel, Citrus, Box2D, NAPE, TweenMax 12, PBE / Smash Cocos2D-X Langauges: As3, Objective-C, C++
- 30. Flash ==> IOS ==> Android Fast Route Use Adobe AIR to create mobile apps. Native Port the common Framework to native IOS and Android, then port the game code
- 31. Bottom Line Shorter Schedules Each subsequent project would see better utilization and shorter timelines. Streamlined Process Better solutions for common problems, putting real knowledge and innovation into foundation code.
- 32. Thank You