This document provides an overview of game development. It defines a game as an interactive form of entertainment and art differentiated from other media by user interactivity. It discusses major game genres and the large game market focused on mobile, console, PC, and online games. The document outlines the typical game development process including idea/documentation, design, development, and testing phases. It describes key activities in each phase such as concept art, gameplay design, programming, and quality assurance testing. In closing, it notes the appeal of game development is that it is very enjoyable to both play and create games.

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.

6. Game Genres
Categorized based on gameplay interaction and styles.
Action Adventure Puzzle
Sci-FiRacing

7. Game Market Overview
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MMO's
Casual/Social
Mobile
Consoles
Pc Boxed Download
Revenue: 70.04 Bn (2013E)
Revenue
Source: www.newzoo.com

8. Game Market Overview
How much revenue can be made
by publishing games on the
mobile app stores?

9. Game Market Overview
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10. Game Development
Process
Idea/Docum
ent
Prototype
Design
Testing
Developmen
t
Design
Testing

11. Idea and Document
 Story & Gameplay
 Concept Art
 (Characters, backgrounds, etc.)
 Platforms
 (Desktop, consoles, mobile, browser, etc.)
 Technology/Game Engine
 (Java, C++, 2D/3D, native, cross-platform)
 Restrictions
 (Time, budget, resources, skill, technology)

12. Design
 Storyboard Design
 Gameplay Design
 Interface Design
 Level Design
 AI/Procedures

13. Development
 Assets Development
 2D – Sprites, Textures
 3D – Models, Animations
 Audio
 Programming
 Interface Programming
 Gameplay Programming
 Graphics Programming

14. Testing
Design
Develop
Testing &
Reporting
Debugging
QA

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.

16. Thank you!