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Game Design Basics: How to Start design a video game

&NewLine;<p>To create or design a video game used to take a lot of technical know-how&comma; but modern tools have made it much simpler&period; However&comma; knowing the fundamentals of game design might be the difference between a merely good game and a truly excellent one&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>We&&num;8217&semi;ll walk you through some of the fundamentals so you can get the ball rolling on your game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Here are the basic <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cgspectrum&period;com&sol;blog&sol;game-design-basics-how-to-start-building-video-games">building blocks for making a video game<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">How to Start design a video game<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">1&period; Think of a fun idea for a game&period;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;game-designers&period;net&sol;best-books-on-game-design-the-art-of-game-design-a-book-of-lenses&sol;" data-type&equals;"post" data-id&equals;"14578">Developing a game begins <&sol;a>with thinking of a fun and original premise&period; You&&num;8217&semi;ll also need to settle on a genre for your game &lpar;e&period;g&period;&comma; racing game&comma; shooter&comma; RPG&comma; etc&period;&rpar;&period; You might also have thoughts about the game&&num;8217&semi;s overall theme&comma; features&comma; and visual aesthetic&period; Your game design document is where you should be keeping all of these notes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">2&period;Draft a Game Plan &lpar;GDD&rpar;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The most crucial parts of your game are documented in a dynamic document called the Game Design Document&period; If you&&num;8217&semi;re going to be working on your game with others&comma; the Game Design Document &lpar;GDD&rpar; is a valuable tool for communicating and coordinating everyone&&num;8217&semi;s contributions toward the final product&period; Your game&&num;8217&semi;s pitch and funding efforts will also benefit from its use &lpar;investors want to see a solid plan before investing&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In your Game Design Document&comma; you should have the following&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list">&NewLine;<li>A thought or theory<&sol;li>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<li>Genre<&sol;li>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<li>The plot and the main players<&sol;li>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<li>Fundamentals of the Game<&sol;li>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<li>Gameplay<&sol;li>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<li>Planning of Spaces and Worlds<&sol;li>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<li>Images and drafts<&sol;li>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<li>Profit-making Methodology<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A GDD aids in organization&comma; helps spot dangers and provides insight into who you might need to hire or outsource to bring your project to life&period; Even if you think your game concept is simple&comma; laying it out in a GDD can help you recognize how involved and time-consuming it is&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">3&period; Acquaint yourself with the fundamentals of game design<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Learning the fundamentals of game design and how games are created will help you create a great one&period; When putting together your Game Design Document&comma; keep these three guidelines in mind&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Limit yourself to a single&comma; central gameplay feature&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>When creating a game&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s best to zero in on a single central mechanic&period; An essential gameplay mechanism is an interaction with the game world with which the player will engage frequently&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>To win&comma; players in Pacman must devour all the dots on the screen&semi; in Clash of Clans&comma; they must plunder neighboring villages to build their own&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>If a game&&num;8217&semi;s mechanics are boring&comma; players will lose interest fast&period; Take a close look at the games you enjoy most and see if you can identify any recurring gameplay elements&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The best games are the ones that are the easiest to pick up and play&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Make your game intuitive if you want more people to play it&period; Don&&num;8217&semi;t presume your player knows as much as you do&period; Players will pick up the rules more quickly if you keep them straightforward and introduce them one at a time&period; Facilitate your players&&num;8217&semi; acquisition of new abilities and strategies to help them overcome your challenges&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;game-designers&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;design-a-video-game-Nintendo-Playstation-Prototype-1024x735&period;jpg" alt&equals;"design a video game - Nintendo Playstation Prototype" class&equals;"wp-image-16732"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption">design a video game &&num;8211&semi; Nintendo Playstation Prototype<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">4&period; Identify the necessary tools and expertise<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In larger studios&comma; both game designers and game programmers work together to create games &lpar;compare and contrast the roles of a programmer and designer&rpar;&period; At the same time&comma; in smaller firms&comma; everyone may need to wear multiple hats&period; The same holds true if you&&num;8217&semi;re developing your own game&period; You&&num;8217&semi;ll need to learn to code and design a game if you have the resources to hire somebody to do it for you&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>You can determine the program to create your game by analyzing your available resources and personal abilities&period; It takes greater knowledge of programming to use some gaming engines than others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The cost of using many game engines is zero until you begin to monetize your game&period; If you wish to produce games for a living&comma; you should familiarize yourself with popular game engines used by major studios&comma; such as Unreal Engine and Unity 3D&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In case you&&num;8217&semi;re looking for some free resources&comma; here are five that you can try&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Multi-Platform Game Development Platform Based on Unreal Engine 4 and Unity 3D<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Studio 2 Build 3 Godot Engine GameMaker<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Even a novice programmer can make a playable game&period; To make a graphic game&comma; you need to know more about computer languages&period; More time learning to code may be required if you want to get fancy&period; Some of the most widely spoken tongues are as follows&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>C&plus;&plus;&colon; This widely used language is responsible for developing complex games like World of Warcraft and Counter-Strike&period; The C language dominates video game development&period; Although challenging to master&comma; they give you more agency in the game&period; If you aspire to work for a large game developer&comma; learning C&plus;&plus; is a wise investment of your time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Java is the most popular programming language for use with Android Studio due to the flexibility it affords in terms of design&period; You can quickly become proficient in Java with some effort and time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>JavaScript&colon;<&sol;strong>&nbsp&semi;JavaScript is the easiest programming language to pick up and can be used to create simple mobile games&period; Games for mobile devices can be developed using a combination of JavaScript and other languages&comma; such as CSS and HTML&period; The learning curve is short if you&&num;8217&semi;re entirely new to game design&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;game-designers&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;Design-a-video-game-&period;-Playtesting-a-game&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Design a video game &period;- Playtesting a game" class&equals;"wp-image-16734"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption">Pleased gamer celebrating video games championship win&comma; streaming online gaming tournament&period; Cheerful adult winning action rpg gameplay competition on computer&comma; having fun on stream&period;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">5&period; Get going on your first video game today&excl;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>This is the exciting part&excl; It will take a lot of experimentation to determine what works best as you construct your game&comma; and you may find that some of your first assumptions need to be corrected&period; Get your loved ones involved by having them try out your prototypes and provide feedback&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Keep in mind that it&&num;8217&semi;s one thing to create a fantastic video game for your amusement&period; But considering your target demographic is essential if you want to make money off your game&period; To what end do they live&quest; Where do they get their drive&quest; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In what manner do they prefer to absorb information&quest; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Incorporate this analysis and testing into your design process to increase the likelihood of creating a successful game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Video reference<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"675" data-videoid&equals;"G8AT01tuyrk" title&equals;"Basic Principles of Game Design"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;G8AT01tuyrk"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;G8AT01tuyrk&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Basic Principles of Game Design"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube>&NewLine;<&sol;div><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption">design a video game &&num;8211&semi; 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