Game Development Process
https://t.me/game_developmentThe most popular scheme of GameDev Process:
- Prototyping
- Pre-production
- Production
- Beta-test
- Soft launch
- Release
Prototyping
Prototyping means writing a lot of small prototypes, which express a part of a future game. For example, you have an idea of a perfect control for character. Just do on a grey boxes a few variants of realisation, make sure that idea good/shit, continues/gives up development. Mean of this phase - check idea without wasting a lot of time and money, and if you are lucky, you will find new ideas.
Pre-production
In pre-production, creates big prototype, AKA vertical plan of the future game. For example we will take simple platformer, vertical plan is 1-2 level with use of all mechanics. Like Demo. To this time, it have to be setting, graphics and music can be not finall, but have to be near . For some games vertical plan is useless, instead of it, creates horizontal plan - all game from beginning to ending with minimal resources in use. In this variant you get core of your game.
Production
Production its phase, when makes core work. To this time you already knew what and how you have to do. In this phase you cant change your ideas, all experiments you have to do in previous phase. Surely, it can be, that final result is bad and you must return to 1-2 phases. For example Prey, Overwatch and Rainbow Six Siege.
Closed Beta-testing
In beta-testing, game is ready, but with bugs and not all content. On beta-testing checks all assumptions of game design. Game is being polishing.
Soft launch
Soft launch its like open beta-test, but in context of phones, players can dont know what game they are playing. In mobile development is popular practice of releases games in small markets with another name. For example, in New Zeland with another icons. Game is given in hands of real players, but in variant of fail, reputation of your company is not broken. On this phase UI is being changing, makes A/B testing and in generaly trying to estimate results of normal release. If predictions are sad, game could be not released, for not to wasting money in PR.
Release
With realease all simple, publicate, PR, earn money.
