A game is structured playing, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool .Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements. . Key components of games are goals, rules, challenge, and interaction. Games generally involve mental or physical stimulation, and often both. Many games help develop practical skills, serve as a form of exercise, or otherwise perform an educational, simulational, or psychological role.A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device.These platforms range from large mainframe computers to small handheld devices. Specialized video games such as arcade games, while previously common, have gradually declined in use. Video games have gone on to become an art form and industry. The input device primarily used to manipulate video games is called a game controller, and varies across platforms. For example, a controller might consist of only a button and a joystick, while another may feature a dozen buttons and one or more joysticks.

1. Learning Game Development
6
Lessons

2. LESSON 1
BE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN ABOUT THE
GAME OBJECTIVE

3. Make sure to tie down to a
singular objective;
One that is achievable
given the game mechanics

4. Eliminate game mechanics that
do not explicitly tie to the
outcome

5. LESSON 2
THE GAME ENVIRONMENT NEEDS TO BE
DYNAMIC

6. Even in non-play condition,
the game
environment
must still change

7. There must be some
penalization of the player
for not making moves

8. LESSON 3
BE SURE OF HOW YOU
SCORE PLAYERS

9. Decide on what variables
the score will depend

10. Decide what
clearly
defines a winning score

11. Decide how the system
will compute it

12. Work out the formulae to calculate the
score right
at the beginning

13. Ensure that the player understands how actions
in
the game relate to an increase/decrease
in score

14. LESSON 4
INCLUDE A
HOW-TO-PLAY

15. Do not take the game
play
experience of other
stakeholders for granted

16. Right from prototyping stage
include instructions on
how to play the game

17. LESSON 5
DESIGN IS ONE THING;
DEVELOPMENT IS ANOTHER

18. Know the budget and timelines
and tailor your game design
around it

19. Be practical during development. Do not get carried
away by the vision of
the game designer

20. LESSON 6
EARLY,
PLAY TEST OFTEN
PLAY TEST

21. To avoid incurring huge costs on play
testing, use paper
prototypes that
model game-play

22. Play-test all through
design and
development
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