Game Development: an Unexpected Journey

Game Development: an

Unexpected Journey

BY WIJANARKO SUKMA [email protected]

Wijanarko Sukma

PamungkasTechnical Director & Lead Game

ProgrammerAlkemis Games

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ContentsPlanning Phase

Prototyping Phase

Production Phase

Development Tips

Questions and Answers

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Planning PhaseBY WIJANARKO SUKMA PAMUNGKAS

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Game DesignTarget market

Project scope

Game flow

Gameplay

Etc.

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Development Setup

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Git Hosting Services

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Game Engine Research

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Things should be considered

Features

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Things should be considered

Technical Support

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Things should be considered

Performance

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Things should be considered

Flexibility

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Things should be considered

App Size

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Embrace New Technology

Character Animation

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Skinning

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Special Effects

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User Interface

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Cloud Services

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Prototyping PhaseBY WIJANARKO SUKMA PAMUNGKAS

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Iterative PrototypingDesign

Prototype

Testing

Evaluate

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Prototyping

MVP

Basic Gamepla

y

Basic Flow

Basic UI

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Framework Setup Data driven “Entity-Component System”oCommonly used techniques in Game Devo“Entity” just consists of ID number of a GameObjectoWhereas “Component” consists of all the data that

represent the EntityoMeanwhile “System” handles all the logic and mechanics

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Production PhaseBY WIJANARKO SUKMA PAMUNGKAS

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Guidelines

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Programming

Art

Animation

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Data Design

• Data that construct the entities in the game and it won’t be changed unless the designer want to do it

• i.e. Unit base data, Enemy data, Item data, etc.

Static data

• Data that will be changed very rapidly over the time• i.e. User/Player data, Unit data, Inventory data, etc.

Dynamic data

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Data Design (II)

Attack

Base Attack

Attack Multiplier

Bonus Attack

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Health

Defense

Accuracy

Data Design Tools

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Development TipsBY WIJANARKO SUKMA PAMUNGKAS

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Computer Architecture

Understand how things work

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Do NOT Reinvent the Wheel

Game Engine Framework Mechanics UI Elements

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OptimizationCode optimization

Specific Game Engine optimization

Assets optimization

Sprite sheet / Texture atlas

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Support Multi-Resolution Screen

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Different Hardware SpecsAssets Quality HD

SD

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Scripting Use scripting to handle some specific mechanics (formulas, AI, etc.) or even UI placement if possibleoe.g. lua, javascript, boo script, go script, etc.

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9-Slice/9-Patch

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Utility Tools

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Utility Tools

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Questions & Answers

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Thank You“MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU”

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