Top 5 MOST SIGNIFICANT Aspects of Your Game

So you've made a decision to plunge yourself in to the world of game development, have assembled a team of mighty warriors to tackle all the big issues and are ready to create another best game in the market... trumping WoW, Guild Wars... (you obtain the point). You've chopped up all your brainstorming and assembled some really keen concepts for a storyline and you're all set. But amongst all of the programming, the type concepts, the dungeons, and the quests - what are truly the main aspects of your game that may determine whether someone enjoys themself? Read on, and allow me to share with you what I think.

When we do decide to take that plunge in to the development of a fresh game, there are five things you should consider very carefully, and pay a lot of attention to. There are probably more of these that will hinder or help you along your way, as well as your ordering may be unique of mine, but these are what I always hold to be the most important. Over the next week we will reveal each aspects, and at the end of the week culminate with the entire article. For today we'll begin at the very top, with # 5 5.

Number 5: Storyline

When crafting your game, there is no better inspiration for features and activities, quests and dungeons, than your own highly developed and custom tailored storyline. Some may balk at this statement, claiming that storyline is easily overshadowed and un-necessary if you have intense graphics that make your fingers tingle, or once you have combat so intense that you're literally ducking out of the way from behind your monitor. While these exact things definitely contribute to an incredible game, and can result in a lot of excitement (actually, they're on the list too!), they cannot make up for too little storyline. A very important factor many players crave whether consciously or not, is a strong storyline that leads them into caring concerning the game - it entices you - and enables you to feel as though your wildest dreams may in fact be possible in this environment. Storyline could be simple and to the idea while being so flawlessly done that it serves as the crux of the entire game (EVE Online: We're flying through space, blowing people from the sky...) and at exactly the same time being so rich and deep with lore (the complexities in lore and story surrounding EVE is so great that it entangles even the standard ships and inventory items) that it compels players to write their own histories.

Not merely does storyline help players become engaged with all you've slaved over and worked for, nonetheless it helps you the developer along the way. If you've been smart, and right from the start dreamed up an intoxicatingly deep history of your game setting, it will constantly serve you throughout development. It'll provide clues into what features wish to be a part of the game, what doesn't need to be included, and what does or doesn't fit. idoslot of mine once said, when referring to the site analysis portion of architecture that we may find out a good deal about what we ought to be building on the building site simply by visiting the location, and "envisioning the invisible building that wants to be built". That is true in architecture, in fact it is particularly true in game development and dreaming up your storyline/game setting.

Storyline could be important, but is it more important when compared to a snazzy game setting so rich and vibrant that your tempted to remain indefinitely? Well, maybe - just as long as your 3d representation isn't bogged down by thousands of nasty polygons or quads. Why on earth is Artwork important, anyway?

Number 4: Artwork

I've heard many, many times that the artwork/3d models/characters within your game won't make or break things. I agree with this in that it won't make or break the complete game, but artwork and professional looking/feeling models definitely help you out along the way. Think about any movie you've seen recently where the sets were absolutely incredible and stunning - one such example (although not necessarily as "recent") are the Lord of the Rings movies. Throughout the entire group of movies, rich and diverse settings are abound, and help the immersion factor as if you wouldn't believe. Would the movie have been "broken" by less awe-inspiring scenes? idoslot not, because regarding The Lord of the Rings, there were plenty of other incredible aspects. Did the awe-inspiring scenes make the movie that much better, and present it just that much *more* to drool over? Yes, Definitely. The same kind of effect is seen in the game industry. I play games that have incredible graphics (EVE Online) along with other that don't (Dark Ages). I am however, addicted to both of these games for different reasons, nevertheless, you can bet that the beautiful environment in EVE certainly helps to inspire its large player base.