The Art of Game App Development
Game development is the process of creating a virtual concept & idea that comes to life. The art of game development includes visual & sound effects, engineering, coding, rendering, testing, & turning the ideas & vision into a real game.
Game design is the first phase when a designer
creates a storyline & visionary environment through the art of
illustrations or visual designs to create a game.
Development is the production process start from the basic concept & the initial idea into the final release of a game.
After the design & development the next phase is the testing process like;
Checking the target audience & the players
Checking the user experiences
Checking the audience value
Checking the troubleshooting and errors
Checking the challenges comes through the playing
environment & game interface.
The idea of a game environment includes the
mechanism, rules, the movements & facing the levels of achievements
throughout the game.
The idea is the first phase of game
design but the second phase is the visual & sound effects in the game, which establishes the whole world of the game environment.
Now in the testing phase, the Prototypes test the concepts & process. The
coders or programmers created these prototypes for the testing & checking
process. Prototypes consist of key elements and create a draft engine &
finally develop a master engine. All the production & design processes are
written in a document named GDD or Game Design Document. This document contains
all the important information regarding the game features to assist & keep
on track of the production process. It will also define the features for
end-users.
The testing process consists of ensuring the
quality, checking the errors & bugs & ensuring the efficiency to attain
valuable feedback from the targeted audience.
The technical process in the final stage creates a
final touch to assure that the game is ready to launch. The support team
engaged the end-users to get feedback & keep updating the game to compete the market.
Game Development Frameworks:
The game frameworks have the tools provided for
troubleshooting & error fixing. These frameworks provide speed, features
& functions for developers. But it’s not an easy task to understand a
framework for non-programmers. In this case, the game engines are created.
These game engines provide all the functions & features build-in that a
game framework has but the game engines like Game Maker, Unity, and Unreal
provide a user-friendly graphical interface. The developers can easily develop
a graphical interface for the game.
The new game developers having no previous coding background can create a game from Scratch. It’s easily accessible that any developer can build a game without huge coding skills.
Popular Game Engines for Game Development:
Now, game development is not the big deal. Coding
& programming can be accessible by Scratch but developers usually choose to
develop a game using game development engines.
Game development engines are user-friendly and
provide all the build-in features & functions that enable developers
accessible easily instead of using frameworks.
Rendering for both 2D & 3D graphics, visual
& sound effects, scripting, identification of conflicts, errors & bugs.
The Construct2 is a very simple game engine, does not require coding & the
best option for beginners. Unreal & Cry Engine are a bit hard for freshers.
It required some coding and strong learning.
The Unity Game Engine is the first choice for new
developers, it’s the most popular game engine due to its user-friendly
environment. The most renowned commercial game build in this engine is PubG.
Popular game development engines are;
Unity Game Engine
Unreal Game Engine
Construct2
Game Maker
Frostbite
Cry Game Engine
Build box
Games App Development
Game App development is a
challenging but not a critical task in this digital age. Developers can easily
develop high-quality user-friendly game apps by using these Game Engines. Some
initial knowledge of coding may help to create awesome games with these game
engines. The users love to play games on mobile. The game developer must be
concerned to create responsive game apps for mobile & tablets.
