Make your own video game
In today's changing global world video games play a very important part in our lives. Earlier people use to play video games on their TV sets, but slowly the situation changed and the mini video game hands gadgets take their place. With the arrival of hands video games 
the video games became more popular among children. Today, with the excess use of internet and mobile phones the video games became more famous among all age groups. Now people want to play new games every day and some of them may be thinking of making their own video games. Learning to make a video game is not challenging as some of us believe. In fact, because of the new software the programming is not required for making a video game. This lets gaming creators to pay more attention to the writing and level designs rather than programming. For those who are new to game design, do not know where to start and how to start.
There are many free for public use video game software suites, which are very similar and can be easily found on internet. If you know how to use then you can easily transfer your skills to the other. If you are serious about your video game making, the skills you learn with free software can be very helpful for working with high-end software tools that all professionals use. You can easily find this software by using any search engine. By following below steps you can create you own video games.
Step 1: Be ready with a fresh idea. Before you make video games, you need some idea on which you can work upon. If you want to design a role-paying game, you are going to need to place heavy emphasis on original story-telling. For instance, if you design a platform game where the hero is to save the princess, there you need to focus more on gaming action rather than the plot.
Step 2: The very important thing you have to do while designing a video game is to write it down on a paper. This is the most over-looked step and many budding game designer make. If we compare the process of making of a video game to the process of building a house this step would be like drawing up the blueprint. Before you start making your video game you have to conceptualize every step, so that you can work on it efficiently. The script should not be so complex that you are not able to give it the actual shape.
Step 3: Always plan a layout, which is an important aspect to consider when you make video game. This determines the type of atmosphere your game will going to create for the player. Write down your layout on a note book step-by-step, so that you will not miss even a single thing. Always arrange the objects in the order in which you want them to in the actual game. Try to make sure the importance and significance of each object within the scene.
Step 4: Create a flow chart of all the actions. While making video games, it's important to organize all the action that occurs in the game. Flow chart will always help you as it create a logical and systematic approach towards all the actions. Create the flow chart in a ways that first it define your process and then it should lead to all the actions in row.
Step 5: Choose a console on which you are going to work. After you are over with your writing part, you are ready to lease a life to your thoughts. Of the current gaming console the PC is most simple platform for beginning game designer. It is not too tough to find game design software. We should never forget that each console has its limitations when it comes to game design.
Step 6: Design your game with video game software. The Reality and Genesis 3D are two examples of gaming design software you can use for the PC. Both the programs are free. There are some other programs also like XNA game studio link, Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360 which are not free and not easily available. You can choose the software according to your requirement. You should always use read the instruction manual before using the software.
Step 7: Add multimedia to make it more live. Multimedia is very important when it comes to making a video game. It helps your players to give more bounce and liveliness and they look more real. For voice-over ask your family and friends to do voice-overs. For photographs and images you can buy them from stock photo site. If you know how to use the Photoshop then you can create wonders with the photos as you can change them and modify them according to your requirement. You can also get the music online through marketing and through Amazon.
These are the few simple steps which you can use while making a video game for your own. Now, you just need a plot to work upon and good software. You can make your own video game or while working these amateur games for your self you can also think to become professional of this field.
Author: Shiksha Team
Date: 16th Dec., 2009
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