Game design

Game design

-Game design
-I know that my topic Game Design has to do with designing games for computers.
-Some questions and things that I wonder about my topic are ,

• How long does it take to design a game?
• What programs and tools are used to design games?

-Things Learned from the Topic: 

Links I used:  http://www.ehow.com/how_4576908_how-long-does-video-game.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_2384382_design-video-game.html

http://www.appnext.com/?ref=gg_%2Bdesign%20%2Bgame%20%2Bonline_b

• Things needed to design a game: 

-Producers Designers 

-Artists Programmers

- Level designers

- Sound Engineers

- Voice actors

- Testers

- Appropriate budget

• Steps to Design a Game:

1. Brainstorm an idea
2. Choose platform
3. Hire video game developers
4. Design the graphics
5. Write about the game and the characters background
6. Test everything
7. Launch Video Game

• Designing a game cost a lot money , for example  Tetris costs about $20K 
• The cheepest games : 

-Puzzle Game (Tetris, Bust-A-Move)-Pinball Game (Kirby Pinball, Pokemon Pinball)-Sports Game (Football, Baseball, … (*))-Fighting Game (Tekken, Dead or Alive 2)-Racing Game (CTR, Wipeout (+))-Charater Action Game (Crash Bandicoot, Mario)-Action Adventure (Zelda)-RPG (Final Fantasy 7,)

• Online game designing pages : 

http://www.appnext.com/?ref=gg_%2Bdesign%20%2Bgame%20%2Bonline_b
http://www.animationarena.com/video-game-design.html

•  How this Topic relates to my life :

This topic realtes a lot  to my life since I daily play games all day on many technology tools like for example  online, on my ipad, on my phone and more. Now a realize everything behind all those games I play.

• Questions:

How many people are needed to design a game?

How much money do you loose?

How much money do you earn?