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Game Development with Construct 2
Mir Imad Ahmed
Meet Mir Imad Ahmed | @mirimadahmed• Indie Dev Background – Freelancer on Fiverr– Hundreds of International clients
• Online– Blog: http://Maddyz.com – Twitter: @mirimadahmed, Email: [email protected]
Workshop Topics
Game Development with Construct 201 | Introduction to Game Development & Tools 06 | Monetizing options
02 | Introduction to Construct 2 & making your first Game 07 | Custom Ideas
03 | Expanding Your Game in Construct 2
08 | Custom Ideas
04 | Understanding Behaviors & character building
09 | Exporting & Publishing to different Platforms
05 | Exploring Construct 2 Templates
01 | Introduction to Games & Tools
• Intro to Game Making• Essential Parts of a Game• Tools to make games
Modules Overview
Intro to Game Making
Intro to Game Making• Game are everywhere…
Mobile devices are everywhere!
• Successful/ popular games– Flappy Bird –Words with Friends– Candy Crush– Clash of Clans– Angry Birds
Why Make Mobile Games?• Money!– 3 main ways to make money• Ads (Flappy Bird)• In App Purchases (IAP) (Candy Crush)• Sell your game (Angry Birds)
• Resume/Portfolio– Student? Professional developer?
Stats…WOW!!• 100+ million U.S. gamers (almost 1/3 of population)• 34% of the top 100 grossing apps in the App store
are using the freemium model• Mobile gaming industry is predicted to reach $54
billion by 2015• Over 80% of all revenue by mobile in 2012 was from
games• Mobile games are the most popular App Category• 70-80% of all mobile downloads are games
Essential Parts Of A Game
4 Essential Parts Of a Game
1. Story2. Game Play3. Art4. Audio
1. Story• Combination of– Plot– Events– People
• Important for Game Experience
2. Game Play• Layout of Controls• The Combat System• Upgrading / Leveling Up• Special Moves• Difficulty of game
3. Art• Characters• Weapons• Environment• Icons • Fonts
4. Audio• Music– Clash of Clans, Stronghold
• Sound Effects– Candy Crush, Angry Birds
• Voices– GTA, etc.
Tools
Story + Game Play
General Game EnginesEngine Programming? 2D / 3D Available For Exports to
Construct 2 No 2D Windows All
GameMaker No 2D Windows All
Fusion No 2D Windows All except consoles
Unity Yes 3D Windows, Mac All
Unreal Engine Yes 3D Windows,
MacAll except Web
Art
Audio
More Tools = More Jobs
Thanks
See you tomorrow