Game Development Roadmap: From Concept to Launch with Farom Studio

How to create your Game with us?

Game development is a long term investment and to be able to reach the final stage of the game development You will need to consider lot of things.

Here are game development steps:

1. Conceptualization and Planning:

- Define the game concept: Start by brainstorming and coming up with a clear idea of the game you want to create. Consider the genre, gameplay mechanics, story, characters, and target audience.

- Market research: Analyze the market to identify trends, competition, and potential audience for your game.

- Define goals and scope: Determine the desired outcomes of the game development process and set realistic goals. Define the scope of the project, including the number of levels, features, and platforms you plan to support.

- Create a game design document (GDD): Document all the important details about the game, such as the game mechanics, art style, audio requirements, level design, and technical specifications. The GDD acts as a roadmap for the development process.

2. Prototyping:

- Create a basic prototype: Develop a minimal viable version of the game that demonstrates the core mechanics and allows for testing and validation of the concept. This prototype doesn't need to have polished graphics or audio, but it should give a sense of the gameplay.

3. Art and Asset Creation:

- Character design: Create visual designs for the game's characters, including their appearance, animations, and abilities.

- Environment design: Design and create the game world, including backgrounds, objects, and level layouts.

- User Interface (UI) design: Design the menus, HUD (Heads-Up Display), buttons, and other visual elements that the players will interact with.

- Audio design: Create or acquire sound effects and background music that match the game's atmosphere and enhance the gameplay experience.

4.Game Development:

- Choose a game engine: Select a game development framework or engine that suits your needs, such as Unity, Unreal Engine, or custom engines like Godot or Phaser.

- Programming: Implement the game's mechanics, controls, artificial intelligence (AI), physics, and other features using the chosen programming language and game engine.

- Level design: Create levels or game environments that offer a progressive challenge to the players and integrate them into the game.

- Gameplay mechanics: Refine and iterate on the core gameplay mechanics, ensuring they are fun, balanced, and engaging.

5. Testing and Debugging:

- Quality Assurance (QA): Conduct thorough testing to identify and fix bugs, glitches, and gameplay issues. Test the game on different platforms and devices to ensure compatibility and optimize performance.

- User feedback: Gather feedback from playtesters or beta users and make necessary adjustments to improve the game's user experience and address any identified issues. (optional)

6. Game Polishing:

- Graphics and audio polishing: Enhance the visual and audio elements of the game, including improving the quality of graphics, animations, and audio effects.

- User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) improvements: Refine the menus, HUD, and other UI elements to make them intuitive, visually appealing, and user-friendly.

- Performance optimization: Optimize the game's performance by identifying and resolving bottlenecks, reducing load times, and improving frame rates.

7.Release and Distribution:

- Publishing platforms: Decide on the platforms where you want to release your game, such as PC, console, mobile, or web.

- Build and package: Create the final build of the game for each targeted platform, ensuring all necessary files and assets are included.

- Marketing and promotion: Develop a marketing strategy to create awareness and generate interest in your game. Prepare promotional materials, such as trailers, screenshots, and a press kit, and engage with potential players through social media, forums, and gaming communities.

- Launch: Release your game on the chosen platforms.

8. Post-Launch Support and Updates:

- Continuously monitor player feedback and address any issues or bugs that arise after the release.

- Consider releasing updates, patches, or additional content to improve the game's experience and address player requests.

- Engage with your community, respond to player reviews and inquiries, and maintain an open line of communication to foster player loyalty and satisfaction.

If You have difficulties or lack of experience with any of this game development stage You can search for companies that can help You.

We can help with every aspect of game development. However, before asking for help You are able to consider few things that will increase the speed of negotiation and also will help You to understand the final result. 

Here things that you might want to consider for Yourself before reaching out:

1.Budget - one of the most important part of collaboration. How much You are willing to spend and of course how much You might able to receive from this investment.

2. Game engine - choose wisely, since the game engine defines what your game will be capable of and how long You would be able to support the product.  Unreal Engine is a good choice, because of how long it is supported.

3. Platforms - depending on the game itself it can be released on various platforms, some games are easier in development than others on different platforms.

4. Idea - a general vision of the game. What would attract the players and more importantly what will sell the game to players.  

5. Single player or multiplayer - very important aspect, single player games are always cheaper technically, but multiplayer games are always stay longer on the selling spot. 

Farom Studio offer consultation and full scale development. If you are interested in any aspect of game development go ahead and write to us.