Game Developer (site web)Game Developer (known as Gamasutra until 2021) is a website created in 1997 that focuses on aspects of video game development. It is owned and operated by Informa and acted as the online sister publication to the print magazine Game Developer prior to the latter's closure in 2013. Game Developer has five main sections: News: where daily news is posted. Features: where developers post-game post-mortems and critical essays. Blogs: where users can post their thoughts and views on various topics.
Game design documentvignette|Le GDD du jeu Iron Sand : Heart of Darkness Un game design document (que l'on peut traduire en « cahier des charges du jeu »), souvent abrégé en GDD, est une notice qui, lors de la phase de conception d'un jeu vidéo, présente en détail tous les éléments devant faire partie de ce jeu : gameplay (action), univers, règles, effets audio, vidéo, modélisation, aspect graphique, programmation, storyboard, etc. Un game design document peut être constitué de textes, d's, de diagrammes, de concepts artistiques ou de tout autre média qui permettent d'illustrer les décisions de design du jeu.
Game development toolA game development tool is a specialized software application that assists or facilitates the making of a video game. Some tasks handled by tools include the conversion of assets (such as 3D models, textures, etc.) into formats required by the game, level editing and script compilation. Almost all game development tools are developed by the developer custom for one game, or by a console manufacturer (such as Nintendo or Microsoft) as part of a game development kit.
Game art designGame art design is a subset of game development involving the process of creating the artistic aspects of video games. Video game art design begins in the pre-production phase of creating a video game. Video game artists are visual artists involved from the conception of the game who make rough sketches of the characters, setting, objects, etc. These starting concept designs can also be created by the game designers before the game is moved into actualization. Sometimes, these concept designs are called "programmer art".
