Tuesday, January 27, 2009

DigiPen One

Game Development:

The Development Team of a game creates a game, and codes it so that it responds and looks the way they want it to. Development teams can have anywhere from 20-150 people all working on various aspects within a game, depending on the game's scope, game play, storyline, difficulty, and several other variables.

Each of these things will be run by different branches within the Development Family. Some of these are Directors, Game Designers, 2D/3D Artists, Game Testers, etc.

This huge industry has an ever-growing demand for all positions for creating a game. By 2009, it is projected that US employment for the gaming industry will grow from 145,000 to 250,000. Also, gaming technology is also leaking into other areas such as military and medicine.

The people that are coders are the driving force behind how a game reacts, how it feels, looks, and sounds. Everything from the game physics to the visuals for the background, is all because of coders. It is because of this branch that a 2D/3D character can go from standing there idly, to jumping into battle wielding an assault rifle with a chain-saw bayonet.

3 comments:

DivingRhino said...

The coders do seem to bring it all together. Though, everyone else is necessary to make what the coders do worth while.

Rachel said...

I agree that the coders are the most important of the team members. Every 'group' is necessary to bring a game completely together.

DanielN said...

The coders are definitely necessary, but they obviously need the rest, because invisible motion is just as useless as a motionless picture for a game.