Transcript Game development - Telerik Academy

Why Game Development ?
About games and the industry
Atanasov &
Georgiev
Telerik Corporation
www.telerik.com
Games
Not just a waste of time
Games
 Games
 Been around for thousands of years
 Most natural way of learning
 Stimulate creativity and logic
 Usually don’t harm anyone
 A form of entertainment
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Computer games can…
 Broaden the world
of normal games
 Stimulate ideology
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Computer games can…
 Develop competitive spirit
 Teach basic
computer skills
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Computer games can…
 Simulate real-life situations
 Raise awareness,
reaction time,
productivity, etc.
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Computer games can…
 Be bad for your
health…
 … it’s up to you
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Game Development
What about it?
Game development
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Modern game development includes
 3D Art
 Modeling, Level editing, Concept art
 Game programming
 Graphics, Physics, AI, Interface
 Storyboarding
 Story-line, Characters, Ideas
 Project planning, Teamwork
 Testing, Deployment, Maintenance
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Game development
 Professional
(good) game developers
 Need to know a lot
 Need to be creative
 Are used to starting from scratch
 Undergo considerable stress
 Can take up other kinds of software
development
 There’s a reason why Blizzard have pools in their
offices
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Game development
 Summing up:
 Developing professional games is not a trivial
task
 Not a lot of people are in game development
 Harder to find learning resources
 Game development enhances your learning and
developer skills
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Game development (2)
 Summing up:
 You can’t make a good game on your own
 Learn the basics, not the high-level APIs
 Knowing the low-level stuff is essential
 Have fun, you’re developing it!
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Why Game development?
Questions?