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Assignment 2 – Understand Organisational Structures within the games industry.

Unit 13

Date : 30-08-2012Gulshan S. Golechha

IntroductionVideo game development is the generally involved and

lengthy process of creating a video game. Development is undertaken by a game developer, which may range from a single person to a large business. Mainstream games are normally funded by a publisher and take several years to develop. Indie games can take less time and can be produced cheaply by individuals and small developers.

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Types of company

Game Development

Studio

Game Publishing houses

Independent Game Studio

Type Of Game Company

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Game development Studio :-- Developers can range in size from small groups making casual

games to housing hundreds of employees and producing several large titles. The development team consists of several members.

- The most represented are artists, followed by programmers, then designers, and finally, audio specialists, with two to three producers in management.

Game Publishing houses :-- A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games

that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer.

Independent Game Studio :-– Independent games or indie games are produced by individuals

and small teams with no large-scale developer or publisher affiliations.

– Indie developers generally rely on Internet distribution schemes.– Many hobbyist indie developers create mods of existing games.

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Departments In Organisation

Design

Programming

Quality Assurance

Marketing

Distribution

Legal Aspects

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Design :-In this department , all persons are artists and design gameplay, characters,

animation, etc. In short they consent with all User Interface designing.Programming :-

In this department, all persons are well skilled in programming the game interface, actions, motions, etc.Quality Assurance :-

In this department, the persons overseas on the quality of game i.e. animation, characters/ models, game level, game special effects, etc.Marketing :-

In this department, persons are skilled with marketing techniques for increasing the sell of game .Distribution :-

In this department, persons are responsible for the demand and supply of games. It can be either online or hard copy on retail shops.Legal aspects :-

In this department, persons consent with all legal matters , regarding company, each game, copy right , etc..

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REFERANCESWeb Sites :-• http://forums.elementalgame.com/404298/page/1/#2872677• http://

www.slideshare.net/Mranthony/games-industry-organisational-structure-9538640• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_industry

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