Friday, July 19, 2013

Crafting An Excellent Space Game

By Pattie S. Schaefer


There is a considerable amount of competition in the world of space game designers and programmers since they are all trying to make the very best games possible and to attract the most players. Today's video game market is huge and encompasses millions of gamers, each of whom prefer a specific type of game in a certain genre. Younger games normally like simple games that do not present extreme mental challenges but instead are fun and moderately easy; adult gamers tend to prefer more difficult games that push their minds to the creative limit. There is a lot of time and effort that goes into programming and testing modern games before they are released in the hopes of becoming popular with their target audiences.

A space game can be built around a fairly common gaming concept, such as a first person shooter or a strategy game, and then enhanced with creative features conceived by the game's designers. Designers have to make characters that fit into their game's setting and that will be fun for players to develop and watch change over the course of the game. This can be hard, as they have to fit the character's design with the type of gamer they are trying to entertain; children will prefer simple, fun characters while adults like to relate to their game's characters and see them as both realistic and complex.

Another challenge encountered by a space game design team is creating the game's overall background setting. Games have to have creative backgrounds that remind players of core science fiction themes without seeming like they are copies of other popular science fiction games or movies; striking this balance and being creative yet familiar is a challenge. Concept art must be prepared and then programmed; it is not always easy to turn the visual ideas that the design team has into real visual gaming features on a computer or TV screen.

Even once a game has been designed and programmed, a lot of testing must be done to ensure that gameplay will keep gamers entertained. As the time for the game's release gets closer, more and more effort is put into polishing up the game so that it is free of bugs and graphical errors when it is finally released to the public.

Space game design takes a lot of effort and is not simply a matter of gathering several science fiction ideas and throwing them together. When you come to know what designers do to make your favorite games, you will appreciate them more.




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