Video Game Development
Alexander Madere
Pre-Production
Whenever an idea for a game rises from a studio, they pitch it to a publisher, who then funds the studio.Then the studio pays (or hires) new programmers and artists to help make the idea a reality
Pre-Alpha
-The most basic stage of development
-Programmers allow testing to help fix bugs and glitches
-Used to test the game's engine
-Only a select few allowed to test
-Majority of all work is in the Pre- Alpha stage
Alpha
-considered the "complete game" as the other stages are just improvements of Alpha
-select few are chosen to play
-the said few help programmers find bugs that were harder to find in the Pre-Alpha stage
Beta
-The final development stage
-The game is already complete
-Released to many people to test as a demo of what the actual game will be like
Official Game
-The Official release of the game to the public
-All production has ceased unless work on DLC and/or patches to the game.