Game Design

What is it?

Video Game Design as an Industry

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Video Game Design as an Occupation

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Game Creation

We are going to produce a basic platformer game. It will not be complete by the end of this session but hopefully it give you an idea of what is possible.

Godot

Godot Engine is a feature-packed, cross-platform game engine to create 2D and 3D games from a unified interface. It provides a comprehensive set of common tools, so that users can focus on making games without having to reinvent the wheel. Games can be exported with one click to a number of platforms, including the major desktop platforms (Linux, macOS, Windows), mobile platforms (Android, iOS), as well as Web-based platforms and consoles. -Godot

Piskel

Piskel is a free online editor for animated sprites & pixel art. -Piskel

Next Steps

I hope you enjoyed the presentation. If you did you may want some advice on what to do next. If you didn’t like creating the game, that is fine as well. Now you know it’s something you don’t want to pursue.

You should

• Finish this game! Finish more games. Follow tutorials and make more and more complex games. If you’re making games, you’re a game developer!
• Make a plan. If you are a driven person, you can absolutely succeed in becoming an independent developer, but this is very difficult without a plan.