Game Development - SDSU CS596
Kris Stewart GMCS 535 Computer Science
San Diego State Universty

Timeline 1 [1958-72] Timeline 2 [1975-83] game crash of 1983 Timeline 3 [1985-95] Timeline 4 [1996-2009]

Games have been around since people evolved a social organization that would allow their behavior to go beyond finding food and shelter.

These references are mostly Wikipedia entries.

Game Development and especially Video game development

Roles in game development process

• Game producer
• Game designer
• Game artist
  • Art director Hierarchy Hierarchy (object oriented languages)
  • Visual Arts
  • Role Playing Game [RPG]
  • Collectible Card Game [baseball cards and such]
  • Video Game
• Game Programmer (Physics Engine, AI, Graphics, Sounds, GamePlay, Scripter, UI, Input, Network, Game Tools, Porting, Lead Programmer)
• Level designer
• Sound Engineer, which has several sub-tasks performer by the Composer, Sound Effects, Voice Acting
• Game tester

Commercial Game Development Process has evolved into distinct steps

• Pre-production
• Production
• Milestones
• Nearing completion with its Testing
• Completion and
• Maintenance

Indie game development

Early computers fostered the idea of a single individual creating a computer game, which were simple since the hardware could not support a lot of refinement. The Stewart's first game was Adventure game from Colossal Cave Adventure [1976 Crowther], which ran on the IMSAI 8080.

Stewart has her Xbox 360 and Rock Band in GMCS408 now, looking for a way to to make it useful to a wider audience.