Software Development Processes Employed in Video Game Development

1. Software Development Processes Employed in Video Game Development Zhanna Seitenova April 20, 2012

2. Agenda • Video Game Development • Software Development Models • Agile • Iterative Design • Scrum • Personal Software Process • Team Software Process • Sum

3. Video Game • Video Game = Software with • Art • Audio • Gameplay • Games • Mainstream – funded by publisher, take several years • Indie – less time, produced cheaply

4. Game Development • Games with poor development methods • Run over budget • Run over schedule • Have many bugs • Planning important for both mainstream and indie games

5. Game Development Process

6. Agile

7. Iterative Design • Generate • Ideas Problems with Design No Problems Good Enough Evaluate Results Formalize Ideas gthj Test Ideas

8. Scrum

9. PSP

10. TSP

11. Summary • Iterative • Incremental • Spiral

12. References • [1] Game Design Workshop, Second Edition, by Fullerton and Swain. Morgan Kaufmann, 2008. • [2] The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses, by Jesse Schell. Morgan Kaufmann, 2008. • [3] Software development process • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_development_process • [4] Game Development Process • http://design4dev.wetpaint.com/page/Game+Development+Process • [5] Game Development Process • http://www.programace.com/games/services/full-cycle-dev/game-dev-process/ • [6] The Game Development Process, by Simon Hill • http://www.brighthub.com/video-games/pc/articles/36166.aspx • [7] The Process of Game Creation & the Game Design Document • http://digitalworlds.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/the-process-of-game-creation-the-game-design-document/ • [8] Design related articles • http://www.e-games.tech.purdue.edu/GameDesign.asp • [9] GDC Lectures • http://www.gdcvault.com/free

13. Questions • Thank you!