DIGITAL GAME DESIGN

Abstract

Game designing needs to apply a variety of learning process including creativity, human demand study, and the software’s accessibility so that the game design would be practically functional. Particularly, the game development is typically based on several concepts of game design including innovative design, creative design, imitative design, story or content design, player-based design, and limitation-based design. Basically, the game type can be classified either by the game display into a 2D game, a 3D game, and muti-dimensional game or by the gameplay mode including action game, platform game, fighting game, shooting game, adventure game, role-playing game, simulation game, puzzle game, sport game, arcade game.

In an aspect of game development industry, the design of a popular game requires a team of numerous game designers comprising the designing director, the head of designing, game content designer, game system designer, game level designer, technical designer, sound designer, and game tester. In the meantime, the game designing process consists of Step 1: Planning; Step 2: Game design document; Step 3: Program access; Step 4: Game object design; Step 5: Game preparation; Step 6: Game testing; and Step 7: Game publishing.

After a game had been finally designed and developed, it needs to be ranked for its level before publishing with 2 labels including: 1) the symbol indicating an appropriate age of game player and 2) the message indicating the game content and features to define a standard age restriction of the player before the game can be published legally.