Overview
- 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
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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
Game developers looking for a guide and checklist on how to get their game finished to the highest possible standards. They will know how to write a game, and get it released, but not necessarily how to make it shine. They will be professional developers, indies, university students and graduates.
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Book Title: Polished Game Development
Book Subtitle: From First Steps to Final Release
Authors: Steven Goodwin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2122-8
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Copyright Information: Steven Goodwin 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-1878-5Published: 12 July 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-2122-8Published: 15 July 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 259
Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations
Topics: Game Development, Programming Techniques