India is fast emerging as a key destination for Game development - It is already a $10 billion industry in United States. The overall development period takes around 24 months and the production budget is from $4 to $10 million now days. The game industry is under increasing pressure to reduce development time and cost of production. Many publishers and studios are looking for outsourcing development.
Computer games, Video games and Wireless games are three major segments. There are few companies in India - already in aggressive development in all these segments. The requirement is still high and it’s an excellent business and career opportunity for many. The development cycle includes concepts, scripting, programming, character design, animation, level making and testing – as an overall – pre-production, production and testing. There are many training institutes provide good training on all these. There are free-lancers and professionals work together for great results.
The skill-sets and software: basically the right combination of design, programming and creative art.
PC Games: Shockwave, Flash, Visual Basic, Java, visual C++, DirectX, Open GL, Graphics software like Adobe Photoshop, animation software like Maya, 3D Studio Max, Lightwave etc.
Pocket PC Games: Flash, Embedded Visual C++, Embedded Visual Basic, Personal Java, graphics software like Macromedia Fireworks, Freehand, Adobe Photoshop, animation software like Maya, 3D Studio Max, Lightwave etc.
Mobile phone Games: Visual C++ for native application development, J2ME, VB, WAP, ASP, JSP, graphics software like Macromedia Fireworks, Freehand, Adobe Photoshop, animation software like Maya, 3D Studio Max, Lightwave etc.
So guys – business application development and websites is not going to be the only option for career– there are a lot..!! Check them and do great in your business and career.
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