Whether you're just a video game fan or are actually planning to take a game programming course, it's always interesting to know and understand how our favourite games are produced. Knowing the long process of video game development helps us enjoy our video games more completely as we learn about all the people, the time and the work involved in providing you with hundreds of hours of play. So in this short article I will give you the basics of video game development. Maybe you'll find that there’s a job in there for you!

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Video games are different from regular software because they include and integrate art, sounds and gameplay, often with a narrative keeping everything together. So developing a video game is a different process from software development and involves a large number of teams and individuals with different but compatible qualifications.
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