The technology in a game may be written from scratch or use propriety software specific to one company. Game creation by small, self-funded teams is called independent development. Teams can be many hundreds of people, a small group, or a even a single person.ĭevelopment of commercial video games is normally funded by a publisher and can take two to five years to reach completion. Development is supported by project management, production, and quality assurance. Each of those may be made up of more specialized skills art includes 3D modeling of objects, character modeling, animation, visual effects, and so on. It is a multidisciplinary practice, involving programming, design, art, audio, user interface, and writing. Video game development (sometimes shortened to gamedev) is the process of creating a video game.
