EVOLUTION VAULT

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With a team of only a handful of people, we are committed to prove that a small determined team can still achieve BIG things on the game development scene. Our passion for games goes hand in hand with our passion for fun. DESIGNING GAMES the fun way!

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What do the top videogame techs of the world go through to create games, besides years of school that is? It's a question that a lot of people want to know the answer to. Not always are we interested in the conception and actual technical specificities of the games we play; but every now and again, the gamers' mind ponders.

When you check out those online slot machines, do you wonder how everything is kept so random? If there's one program flaw, every spin could conceivably be the jackpot. Talk about a vital error. Even in games with no real plot, only monetary prizes at stake, so much time and effort goes into the design alone. When it comes to the many role-playing and first-person shooter games out there, thousands of man-hours are logged from conception to release.

In the mind of a videogame designer, the first aspect that needs to be addressed is the entertainment value. Even if it were easy to create games, no one wants to play a bland game with no appeal. One of the first steps techs take when designing games is to think outside the box; think about not what you want, but what the public would want. After that, the next step taken to create games involves a story.

Various designers and writers are sometimes brought in to work on storyboards, storylines, and ultimately reach a completed piece to formulate the actual game around. The 'levels' or 'worlds' are all mapped out before the real creation gets underway. Many months of planning and design went into a simple, old game like Mario Brothers; can you imagine how much goes into a game like Grand Theft Auto?

Next up are the game's characters. The single most important aspect of a videogame, the main characters - the centerpiece of which the story revolves around - need to be painstakingly perfected and flawless in their design. Characters are refined hundreds, sometimes even thousands of times before finalization. The men and women who create games have fun, no doubt, but at times, as with any job, the process can be grueling.

After the storyline and characters are developed, it's time to set the wheels in motion. Various game programmers work to bring it all to life. Some employ the use of human actors to wear sensors to map an accurate 'skeleton' for the purposes of mapping human movement. And others are all CGI, mapped out from sophisticated computer software. The environments then have to be cleaned up and perfected. Even the subtlest of details need to be addressed in order to create games of the realistic variety.

Polygons make up the majority of 3D objects in a game. Polygons are defined by lines and each has a set to define its particular shape. Texture mapping is employed to transmit the information into a realistic, playable format. Think of the texture as skin to the polygons' muscle and bones. Code language is then used to bring it all together, making it possible for the game to have "logic" and playability.

After the game parts are put together accordingly to their design, the testing phase starts. Everyone who works to create games knows that the process is going to be long and drawn out. Thankfully, and hopefully, the testing is the homestretch. Different things like bugs and inconsistencies are looked for. After everything checks out okay, the game's ready to be marketed. If you're playing it, you know it's gone through a rigorous process. So think twice before throwing it out of the window.