Media Products & Audiences - Production Process

Concept- The concept of the game is the main idea they have before they actually start making the game for example they can choose what genre the whole game will be e.g. Racing, Shooting or Platform. Some companies might also choose to make a sequel to one of their previous games and choose that in their concept.

Pre-Production- Pre-Production is basically when they come up with an idea of what game it will be and people like the Producers, Designers and Programmers will come together to start coming up with ideas on how the whole game will play and ideas for a title screen a main menu and a pause menu etc. During this process they might also brainstorm their ideas for their game. They could also think about what console to bring the game out on and if they include characters and design them. They may also make ideas of a logo for the game and they will also have to design the environments and the level design.

Production- The Production stage starts after the Pre-Production is finished and they have a general idea of how the game will play/look with more Producers, Artists and Programmers getting involved and the main game will start to be designed and created by the company and the main production will start. During this phase they will have think about the logo design the level design and also characters.

Post-Production - Post-Production comes after the main production of the game is complete and the games codes have been written. They also might test their game to see if it works and to see if there is no bugs in the game. They also need to make sure the game goes by the standards for the console it is going on  for example Microsoft the 'A' button is use to advance and the 'B' button is used to go back to menus or the title screen.