How Video Games are Made! (Skillshare)

Now a days, playing video games is a popular pastime for people of all ages. So it’s easy to think video games are no more than simply electronic toys, and can be made with a few clicks of a mouse.

But in reality, getting a game in the hands of consumers often times is a very long and tedious journey, that can take years from start to finish.

So how do they do it, how are games really developed?

Whether your looking to create a small indie game, a mobile game, or work with a big AAA game studio, the basic sequence of creating a game will remain pretty much the same, & falls into three stages.....

40 years ago, game production was a lot less complicated. Back then, it wasn’t uncommon for one person to write, design, & code a single game in as little as a couple months.

Nowadays however, the expectations for the average gamer is significantly more demanding. For a game to live up to the lofty standards of today's market, it will take much more than the ability to write a few simple lines of code, or to to draw a few rudimentary pixels on screen.

Working in the game development industry isn't just subject to artist or programmers. There are many roles in game development now a days that require a range of different knowledge & skill sets.