Polished Game Development: From First Steps to Final Release

Goodwin, Steven

Learn the things you need for a complete game, such as translations and tutorials, and improve the things you've already written to raise their standard to a professional level. This is a practical guide covering every discipline: art, music, writing, and code. In the case of the latter, code examples are included to demonstrate how to implement functionality to make the game shine.

Polished Game Development acts as a comprehensive checklist of everything your game should, and should not, do, in order to be as good as it possibly can. It is more than just a book on theoretical game design principles.

• Explains the difference between a pet project, and a professional one.
• Covers how to test for the problems and bugs you don't know you'll have.
• Details simple, but effective, visual improvements that can be done with very little effort.

Regardless of platform (web, mobile, or console), or language (C++, C#, JavaScript) there is a wealth of common (and specific) tips within these pages that will enable you to make the most professional games you can.

What You Will Learn

• Learn what essential elements are often missed
• Stay on-brand, visually and verbally
• Use audio to enhance your game
• Improve game balance
• Test effectively

Details

Published by: Apress

Publication Date: 2016-07-12

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781484218785

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4842-2122-8

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 259