Game Development Services

Conceptualizing

During the conceptualizing stage, our team generates a range of game concepts for our clients to choose from. If a client is producing their first game, we tend to start small by exploring different genres and subgenres, going through what is currently popular (or what was), and then compiling a list of all the video game ideas that suit the client's vision or needs the most. After the initial brainstorming has been undertaken, our team begins creating concepts for the potential features or mechanics that will feature in every one of the games on the list. We then work with the client to narrow down the ideas until they find the one that they think has the most potential to do well in the market. When it comes to customers who already have a fair idea of the sort of game that they want us to develop, this process is shortened. Over the years, we’ve managed to acquire a reputation as the best game development company in Chennai, India, because of our team’s extraordinary conceptualizing abilities.

Concept Art

Once the concept has been determined, our team starts working on developing the style of the game, which involves the creation of concept art. The concept art for a game reveals what all the characters, objects, buildings, and areas in the game will look like. They can be in a realistic style, a cartoon style, or otherwise. The work of our concept artists is vital as it provides the whole team with a visual guide on what the overall look of the game will be.

Map Development

Right after developing the concept art for a game, our team moves on to mapping out the layout for the game. The swiftness with which our team is able to jump from concept art to layout planning is one of the reasons why we’re the top game development company in Chennai, India. During this process, they ask questions such as 'Is the entire game set on an island?'' or 'Is it divided into different large territories or areas?'. These decisions are taken by the creative lead for a project unless already done so by the customer. This phase isn't usually too detailed as it is only intended to lay the game's foundation.

Game Design Document

The Game Design Document is commonly referred to as the GDD in game development parlance. Our team creates the GDD to serve as a guide that every one of our game developers can refer to whenever they wish. These GDDs are crucial to maintaining our standing as the best game development company in Chennai, India. It helps our team stay organized, providing direction throughout the game development process. It contains comprehensive details on the proposed game design, such as the game's concept, the genre, basic game mechanics, gameplay, timeline, artwork and sketches, story and characters, levels, and monetization strategies. The GDD is updated and regularly optimized as new ideas are thought of, and old ones are either refined or eliminated.

Game Coding

As the preliminary research work and guidelines have been laid out, our team will begin developing the framework for a game. Our team will start off by selecting the best game development tools and game engines for the concept. For small mobile games, they will not have the need for the same cutting edge technology that they would in the case of games that are more hardware-dependent. After choosing the most suitable programming languages and game engines, our game developers will start writing code for the game. The dedicated team of gaming programmers at our video game development services company handles the scripting of the code as this is the most time-efficient development approach.

3D Modeling

The 3D-specific modeling process involves creating art for games, movies, and other forms of visual media. It is a mathematical and visual art form where our 3D modelers create objects or characters for games or movies. 3D modeling is usually a time-consuming process, but since every one of our 3D modelers is a master at using their respective game development tools, having memorized shortcuts, we're able to breeze past the 3D modeling stage incredibly quickly. We believe that the value of our work is judged not only on the quality of the work but also on how fast our clients get what they want exactly the way they want it. Our modelers create 3D objects in such a way that the game engines we use are able to execute them efficiently and don't break outright. Our 3D modeling team is comprised of both character modeling specialists and general 3D modeling specialists. Our character modelers are highly specialized artists because they’re experts at executing the degree of detail in development that is required of them in relation to our general 3D modelers who only have to create background elements or set props. Our 3D modelers employ a technique known as high to low poly in order to create extremely detailed models that can be manipulated using the game engines they use. One of the reasons why we’re considered to be the top game development company in Chennai, India, is our excellence in 3D techniques.

UV Unwrapping

UV Unwrapping involves the process of taking a 3D object and rendering it 2D in order to paint on it. It can never be a perfect process, but our team makes use of advanced game development tools to do this as efficiently as possible. Our team makes sure that the 3D modeling tools that they use come with features that allow them to decompress and flatten the model to prepare it for texturing. Nevertheless, these days in order to keep up our reputation as the best game development company in Chennai, India, for getting a game developed on time no matter how complex the game, they resort to specialized tools such as Headus that help get the job done quicker.

Texturing

As part of the texturing process, the artists at our video game development services company color and paint the 3D objects that have been modeled. Once an object or character has been created, it is properly unpacked and then painted. This step plays a major part in cementing the essence of the art style of a game, which is why our texturing artists make sure to work closely with clients to nail this step. Depending on the creative vision, our texturing artists either make use of a specialized tool such as Substance Painter, use Photoshop to paint in 2D, or draw by hand using a tool such as Gimp.

Lighting

Lighting is one of the most integral elements in our game development process, irrespective of whether we’re producing an adventure game or a sci-fi shooter. Setting the correct mood for a game that we're developing is determined by the creative choices that we make. Lighting has the most influential role in a game world and can make or break visuals. As a top game development company in Chennai, India, all our lighting specialists have a concrete understanding of how lighting works for different genres of games and different mediums, which is what helps them make the right lighting choices for every project they work on. We utilize a lot of the same lighting techniques that we use in our VFX and animation production projects in our game development projects as well. However, the nature of the games makes the way we approach these principles and implement them drastically different. Video games, by nature, are interactive, and the lighting can often change depending on a character's actions. The lighting of a scene can also change simply depending on a player's current position and perspective in the game. When a player moves to a different location, the reflections and the light rays that they see will vary too. In the case of movies, or any other pre-rendered mediums, such challenges don't really exist. The light is determined by the angle of the camera and is designed to suit every shot in a scene. A viewer watching a movie does not have the option of moving the camera to get a different angle.

Level Blocking

This approach is used for designing the layout, shape, setting size, scale, etc., of each level. Each block can represent a cliff, a building, a vehicle, or an object. This allows us to quickly and effortlessly get a feel for the environment that we've built and make any necessary positional adjustments. Our team’s ingenious use of the level blocking approach is one of the many reasons why we’re considered the best game development company in Chennai, India. Level blocking is an effective way to break down a large level into more manageable blocks that can then be easily detailed individually.

2D Animation

Our team of 2D animators either hand draw or digitally draw 2D animations, allowing their unique flavor to really shine through. Because 3D animation usually involves a number of specialists working on the same model before it takes the stage, it can sometimes seem less personal than 2D animation. 2D game design involves the use of sprite sheets which have many different images placed on one sheet and then cut (by the game engine that our team is using for a particular project) and played like a flipbook at a certain speed to produce the animations.

3D Animation

3D animation can be incredibly realistic and immersive for gamers. The challenging aspect of 3D animating for games compared to movies is that the animation has to look good from all angles. The models that our 3D modelers create have skeletons placed inside them and mapped to all parts of the model with fleshed-out controls so our 3D animators can actually animate them and bring them to life. The process of creating these controls is known as Rigging. As a top game development company in Chennai, India, our teams are proficient at both 2D and 3D animation.

Audio Design

Our voice actors, musicians, and sound effects specialists play a huge part in bringing the games that we develop to life. Sheet music from games like Halo have their own fan following, and the sound effects add an extra dimension to player interactions. Our team places these sounds in a game engine and links them to objects, interactions, or menus. The audio designers at our video game development services company make sure that every sound featured in a game sounds as authentic as can be - such as the sounds heard when a character is walking on the grass, running, or talking. They also ensure that the voices and tone of the characters convey the right emotions at the right time.

HUDs & Menus Design

HUDs (head-up displays) or status bars are the information panels that are displayed on a screen to help assist or alert the player of what is happening. A HUD offers the player information about the character's health, weapons and amount of ammunition in possession, current time and location on the map, and more. Menus offer the player information on objectives, details of in-game purchases, available items, and the like.

Game Prototyping

Prototypes help tremendously in spotting gaps and other issues early in the design process. It is crucial to resolve such issues as they arise, as they negatively impact the user experience. Our team ensures that every game we create contains all the vital elements - the right setting, enthralling quests, aesthetically appealing level designs, relatable characters, and mind-blowing sound effects. When we're creating role-playing games (RPGs), our team makes sure that they can follow the logic of the storyline and that the individual motivations of every single character in a game make absolute sense. Whether we're building a platform game or an adventure game, our team always takes care to ensure the worlds that they create are highly immersive and easily explorable. This is just one of the many factors that attribute to our reputation of being the best game development company in Chennai, India.

Game Testing

Our QA testers thoroughly examine every aspect of every game that we develop before it is released in order to keep up the very standards that make us the top game development company in Chennai, India. Our QA testers test the gameplay from a technical perspective. They do so by playing the game multiple times, writing detailed bug reports, and noting any crashes that occur. This is a lengthy but integral part of the game development process, as players are less likely to play a title that is riddled with issues or errors, even if it may be available to them for free.

Incorporation Of AI

In a lot of video games, we use AI to improve the gaming experience for players. With the help of advanced machine learning algorithms, our team is able to make use of the data at our disposal to create more realistic and immersive environments for players. However, in order to achieve this, AI doesn't need a little but an abundance of data. Our team first accumulates the required data from the right sources, sorts this data to make it easily palatable by the machine learning algorithms, and then uses the insights derived with the help of these algorithms to develop better games. As a top game development company in Chennai, India, we also use AI to develop games. Our team devotes a lot of time and resources to exploring the possibilities that AI can offer.

Cutscenes & In-Game Cinematics

Cutscenes are crucial in the world of video games. Although cutscenes rarely get the same attention as other game elements such as characters, they work to accentuate the gaming experience in a number of ways - right from elevating a game's storyline to being used for marketing the game. In-game cutscenes are a special genre of full-CG shorts, falling somewhere between visual effects and 3D animation. Creating cutscenes compelling enough to take on the gameplay or convince people to buy a game is an art, and this is one of our many proficiencies that makes us the best game development company in Chennai, India. Our cinematics specialists develop strategies that help audiences move from shot to shot, through the cut, with minimal confusion. Cutscenes in a game are most often the points in the gameplay where gamers are most likely to get confused. The objective is to be able to make cuts that go unnoticed by gamers. As a top game development company in Chennai, India, our team is effortlessly able to create the best type of cutscenes - the sort that gamers don't even notice. One of the central questions in cinematics designing is where and when to make a cut. And, in video games, the cut that occurs between gameplay and cutscene is the most delicate cut of all owing to the potential risk of discontinuity occurring. The reason there's such a risk of shocking discontinuity is that it's often challenging for game designers to know where characters are going to be when the cutscene does get triggered. Gameplay being what it is, we don't always have a perfect handle on the exact pose of a character as the transition occurs. If mishandled, this discontinuity across the cut will cause confusion amongst players of the game. The player will notice a jarring pop when the character jumps from their playing position to their cutscene position. We’re lucky to have highly experienced cinematics and cutscene design specialists at our video game development services company, who are able to effortlessly create cutscenes that captivate gamers.

Game Marketing

One of the reasons why we’ve managed to garner a reputation as the best game development company in Chennai, India, is that our work doesn’t just end with the development of a game. As soon as we near the completion of the development process for a game, our ace marketing team takes over. They start off by devising a marketing strategy that’s apt for the genre and style of the game, and then go about executing this plan. Typically, this involves designing and launching a website for the game and then promoting the game on popular social media platforms, channels, and other mediums. The websites that we develop also include playable demos that interested gamers can check out to get a feel for the game before opting to purchasing it. When a game is ready to release, we begin offering discounted copies or a free version of the game that can be downloaded from game or app stores, as part of our effort to get it into the hands of as many gamers as possible.

Support & Maintenance

Our job doesn't end with the release of a game. This is just the beginning of a long process. Updates to the game are crucial for achieving steady growth in user base and high retention rates. To keep the games that we develop more exciting as time goes by, our team applies updates to them by adding new modes, features, levels, etc. The support and maintenance we offer well after the game development process and launch is what has earned us the title of the top game development company in Chennai, India.

We're Always Ahead Of The Curve

As game designers, we really love games and play them often. Beyond just being gamers, we're also constantly looking to stay on top of what's going on with our competition and the world of gaming in general. A lot of our best ideas often are inspired by existing elements from other games. The more we're able to absorb, play, and tear, the better we become at comprehending what is likely to make a game click with its audience. This quality immensely helps us refine and improve our own game ideas and designs, making us the top game development company in Chennai, India.

Our Planning & Organisation

The first thing our game development team does is to be sure of what type of game we're developing. We also identify the structure and rules for its design well beforehand. By setting goals and planning ahead of time, we're able to make the process much easier and smoother. Our planning involves - ● making ourselves self-aware of all the potential risks ahead; ● recognizing every one of the opportunities clearly; ● preparing ourselves to overcome both foreseen and unforeseen obstacles; ● devising solutions and alternative approaches to adopt; ● analyse the project information thoroughly and get to know the scope of the project; ● interpret all the data and details at our disposal. Our meticulous planning and organization are what make us a top game development company in Chennai, India, whose game development style is unique and much sought after. At the same time, our organizational skills help us pursue constant improvement.

Our Phenomenal Creativity

Among all other elements, game designer skills involve exceptional imaginative potential. This is one of the pivotal reasons for our game development prowess. The creativity of every one of our team members is what helps us develop games that are so ahead of the bend. Our game developers are able to complement and think of things from a user's point of view. Because of this, our game developers are able to develop games with extraordinarily immersive experiences and thereby sustain our credibility as the best game development company in Chennai, India.

Our Flawless Communication

Interaction is integral to developing a flawless game. Along with technical skills, we find that it is essential for every one of the artists at our video game development services company to have top-notch communication skills. Also, designing a game is the way to connect with mass media, which means the general public will have the right and the choice to share their opinion. The debate on the importance of communication does not end with this, although both internal and external communication mediums are equally important. Good communication overall (whether within a team, with members from other teams, or with our clientele) has a tremendously positive influence on our efficiency and design capabilities.

Our Active & Present Mindedness

As game developers, our team is always very active and partaking in different programs. This helps them gain the latest knowledge and more of it, in quick time. Our present mindedness as a game development team means we're able to better grasp and understand difficult concepts. We find that the key to being as creative as possible is being attentive at all times and absorbing information constantly. This mindset is what makes us a top game development company in Chennai, India, that is capable of designing and working on games across a range of genres.

Our Storytelling Capacity

Video games are indeed made up of different characters. These characters need a storyline and a plot with some twists and turns. This helps in keeping gamers entertained for long periods of time and reduces the chance of them dropping out. While mastery over the latest game development tools and engines is vital, it's our game development team's capacity for telling truly captivating, unique, and completely original stories that makes us successful. The story development skills of our team help us develop games that are more versatile and enjoyable for all sorts of gamers with varied interests and preferences. Our storytelling skills also help accentuate the features that we come up with for every game that we produce.

Our Extraordinary Teamwork

This is perhaps one of our biggest strengths. Our team is composed of those who have excellent game development skills and can work well both individually as well as also as part of a team because these qualities are crucial to the way we develop games at our video game development services company. Another aspect of the importance of teamwork is that projects that are slightly more complex cannot be handled by game developers working individually. In order to develop a game whose stages and levels all work in a cohesive manner, equally cohesive game development is required. Our capacity to work as a single unit affords us the following advantages - ● enhanced brainstorming capabilities; ● improved drafting abilities; ● improved efficiency leading to better results; ●enhanced productivity levels.

Our Mastery Of The Latest Game Development Tools

As game developers, our ultimate skill is our mastery over a range of game development tools and techniques. Our programming skills are one major factor that has a direct impact on our ability to do what most studios aren't capable of and thereby enabling us to earn the reputation of being the best game development company in Chennai, India. From coding to devising algorithms, our expertise in this area enables us to achieve what is often thought far-out or impossible when it comes to game development. Beyond coding, our game development specialists also have a flair for design. As graphics and animation are pivotal elements of all video games, our team of specialists ensures that the set design, user interface design, and character designs are nothing short of flawless. Possessing the artistic and technical skills in these areas helps us create vibrant and spirited games that feature realistic, life-like animation that make them stand out in the highly competitive gaming market.

Our Excellent Track Record For Meeting Deadlines

We've found that in order to properly use and implement our game development skills, it is imperative for us to set goals. Sorting and making to-do lists is an easy trick that helps us save time. Achieving our game development objectives in a timely manner is always our team's biggest priority. At our video game development services company, we place emphasis on meeting deadlines and making submissions on time in all areas. Also, for game designers, the finalization of a project and the development is the main objective.

We Value Constructive Criticism

Despite being completely immersed in the game development process, our game development team can sometimes miss out on errors and flawed aspects of a game. This is why we actively pursue constructive criticism for the games we develop. Despite our reputation for being a top game development company in Chennai, India, sometimes it takes someone with no involvement in the game development process whatsoever to tell us about obvious errors that we would never have been able to spot. For such feedback, we not only have a review team in place (the sole purpose of which is to spot errors and prepare error reports), we also organize control groups that are comprised of hardcore gamers assembled based on their proficiency and familiarity with the genre of the game that they will be testing.

Our Highly Compact Team Structure

When it comes to large-scale game development projects, in particular, the need for various communications and meetings increases dramatically, and engineers and artists end up spending a significant amount of time in meetings instead of building a game. As a compact game development team, we care about the quality of the game as a whole, and as a result of this, we're able to detect bugs instantaneously. What happens in large teams often is that developers and artists tend to focus on one piece at a time and end up failing to see how their work fits into the game as a whole. At Massive Animations (widely acclaimed as the best game development company in Chennai, India), we advocate for good-sized teams on all the game development projects we take on, starting very small at the beginning and progressing cautiously as the design becomes clear and new talent is required. At our video game development services company, game projects start with an experienced and already-trained core team of four to six professionals and grow to fifteen to twenty as the project moves from concept to pre-production and then production to live operation. Our team growth is organic, as new team members hop on to projects only when absolutely needed. For several reasons, ambitious team sizes actually slow development rather than accelerate progress. Overall, we try to keep it light and make sure the people joining speed up the progress instead of slowing the team down.

We Valuable Actual Gameplay Over Presentations

Essentially, as a video game development services company, we have only one goal - to create a hit. At the start, progress towards this end goal is showcased through prototypes and later through internal and external playtesting. At Massive Animations, our game development team progresses quickly to early playable material and starts to iterate based on the qualitative feedback generated by those releases. Ultimately, the greatest test for us is the soft launch, where the game must meet key performance indicators (KPIs). As a top game development company in Chennai, India, we've always been courageous enough to close projects that haven't met KPI goals or successfully responded to the qualitative feedback we receive. Closing projects is important because launching a poorly performing game globally can turn out to be a horrendous long-term decision for our studio as a whole. Moreover, it can cause us to consume the resources needed to launch new projects or support growing games. Rapid, tangible progress can be made and measured by constantly playing a game and changing internal builds. Focusing on playable items allows our game development team to hit milestones with improved versions that are developed entirely based on feedback. Regularly reviewed internal playables also boost our team's morale and give us a sense of progressing towards the launch as releases improve and feedback becomes more and more positive.

Our Use Of Benchmark Games

Benchmarks are what allow us to maintain our reputation as the best game development company in Chennai, India. Using benchmarks, our game development team builds a game quickly and makes it playable so that game testing and soft-launch data can be used to further guide development in the right direction. The more unusual and complex a game gets during development, the greater the risk. Our game development team sometimes limits the risk of over-innovation by choosing very clear benchmark games from mobile, web, or board games. By establishing such clear-cut benchmarks, the development we carry out during pre-production and production is based solely on proven concepts, meaning the features or systems that we build exist in one or two benchmarks. Along with reducing risk, strong benchmarks also help reduce development time because designers, engineers, and artists have a playable version to learn from. Another approach to using benchmarks that we adopt at times (despite being riskier and more time-consuming), is first completely deconstructing the benchmark game. After that, our game development team creates their own significantly differentiated game based on the benchmark.

We're Gaming Aficionados Ourselves

At Massive Animations, our game developers aren’t just masters at using game development tools. They also love playing games and thereby know what it takes to create a great game. Oftentimes, especially early in the development process, it can be difficult to play the game that is being built. The game tends to be buggy and lacks most of the final art. Yet by constantly playing it, our game development team ends up not only eliminating all those bugs and nagging user experiences but also conjuring up and creating elements that gamers are guaranteed to go gung ho about. Playing a game to the point of exhaustion is actually our secret sauce for developing successful titles. While using simulators helps our developers to finalize the set in-game values, the playtests they carry out help push user experience to the limit.

We Don't Take Gamers Lightly

The people who play the games we create are our fans. They play the games we create even more than we do. They create communities in and around our games that make them cult phenomena and integral elements of pop culture. At Massive Animations, we've always aimed to create games that not only delight gamers but challenge them as well. When a video game development services company doesn't value those who play their games, it tends to show in the games they create. Whenever game developers and designers consider gamers to be too simple to grasp the complexity of a game and its deeper mechanics, the game will more often than not lack elements of metagame and deeper exploration. When the metagame is taken away, what results is repetitive loops and poor long-term retention. Losing respect for players is a dangerous path that not only hurts a developing game but can also hurt the loyal fan following/community around a successful game, regardless of how much marketing may be put in place to support it. What makes Massive Animations a top game development company in Chennai, India, is our deep respect for the global gaming community. This is what enables our game developers to create long-lasting, highly successful games that are further strengthened by strong communities around the game.

The Autonomous Nature Of Our Teams

We’re considered to be the best game development company in Chennai, India, because we allow our game development teams to make their own decisions and take responsibility for the decisions made. Our game development teams are privileged to be able to receive a constant inflow of expert critique and feedback as a result of the playtesting groups and mechanisms we have in place. This feedback will then be converted into quantifiable milestone goals by the team leaders. As a result of being empowered to make decisions regarding the development of their game, we ensure the increased commitment on the part of our game development teams to perform as they continue setting higher milestone goals. It also improves the quality of the decision-making because once the decision is made, there isn't anyone else to blame the outcome on but themselves. By extending our game development team the freedom to make decisions, we bring in accountability and quicken the learning curve. Decision-making requires careful analysis, and with increased responsibility, our gamer developers are able to formulate better assumptions and action plans. We've found that we've been able to release more successful titles in the shortest possible time when we've given our game developers the freedom to experiment and fail than when we haven't done so. Whenever we've denied any decision-making power for our game development teams, we've downgraded them into groups with less ownership of the product they build. By challenging and listening to the views of our gamer developers, we at Massive Animations have managed to create the best environment for empowerment and accountability.

We're Always Ready To Ship

As a top game development company in Chennai, India, we launch games with the sole purpose of creating hits. Surprisingly often, studios that have a lot of the other essential qualities of a high-quality game development studio don't quite have the temerity to pull the trigger and ship their games. These studios tend to be overly critical of their own work to the point where their review processes hurt rather than help development. When the reviewing process starts to undermine the abilities of a game development team, it more often than not also tends to impact development time as changes and new features are added to respond to feedback. While we find constructive criticism to be crucial to our development process, we also have no qualms about standing up for what we think is right rather than constantly adapting to endless internal commentary. The only way that a game development project can fail is by failing to launch the game. This is because of the fact that if the game isn't launched, its popularity or lack thereof amongst the global gaming community will never be known. Certainly, the game trials offer a fair indication of this, but in the end, it is the market that will pass the final verdict. Sometimes it is just better to release the game on soft or beta launch than to develop all the endgame features in production just to find that the endgame features don't actually work or the game can't achieve its goal. This is why at our video game development services company, our team always makes sure any game they're working on is in a 'ready-to-launch' state. This makes it possible for our team to launch games, no matter what stage of development they may be in, should our clients feel like they may benefit from an early launch. Ultimately, the launched version of a game will remain one of its many versions.

Sandbox Games

The term 'sandbox' may be more recognizable because of its use in technology or even as an open mode available in some games. It's often associated with non-linear gameplay, player choice, and open environments. The sandbox genre has grown from just a small, relatively unknown niche to a popular one with a range of highly popular titles. Sandbox games are characterized by the fact that gamers often have less concrete goals and narrative paths to pursue. Instead of defeating the antagonist, gamers face a variety of tasks that they can accomplish in different ways. This results in extremely immersive gaming experiences that stimulate gamers into experimenting with what may seem unfamiliar game mechanics. Sandbox titles can be very conceptual at times and can also not feature some of the most recognizable gameplay aspects. The 1984 game 'Elite' is a key instance, featuring straightforward design and gameplay focused on combat, exploration, and trade. It was also presented as the first example of procedural generation. Games such as 'The Sims' which is a simulation game, are also increasingly touted as sandbox titles, as are many popular franchises like 'Minecraft' and 'Grand Theft Auto'. Even as the world of gaming is expanding and the genres are becoming more diverse, we can look forward to extensive overlapping between several gaming genres.

Real-Time Strategy (RTS)

The term 'real-time strategy' was originally coined as a marketing ploy in connection to the game 'Dune II' which was developed by Westwood Studios. RTS games have been around for years before most gamers even knew what genre was. As a result of their burgeoning popularity and the sprouting of innovative subgenres, RTS games will continue to play a pivotal role in the world of gaming. In the RTS title archetype, human and AI players in 'Dune II' take control of different factions and compete against each other simultaneously in 'real-time', hence the term 'real-time strategy' as opposed to turn-based strategy. Such games usually include map and resource management features along with a top-down view. Command & Conquer', 'Age of Empires', and 'Warcraft' are some of the most popular RTS titles, but the list doesn't end there. As far as turn-based strategy games go, gaming aficionados prefer the 'Civilization' series and other notable franchises.

Shooter (FPS & TPS) Games

Shooter games are another long-standing genre that developed several early variations and branched out into two main subgenres - First Person Shooter (FPS) and Third Person Shooter (TPS). There is also the possibility for overlap here, as many contemporary titles allow gamers to alternate between first and third-person points of view. The vast majority of battle royale games (which is a subgenre of games) function as either first or third-person shooters. Popular examples of this are ‘Battlegrounds’ by the PlayerUnknown Studio and 'Fortnite'. The main difference is the perspective. An FPS takes the stance of a typical human POV, in essence portraying what a gamer's in-game character would be looking at. Titles such as 'DOOM', 'Half-Life', and 'Call of Duty’ are the most popular examples of this genre. A TPS brings perspective and highlights a gamer's entire character and surroundings, as in the 'Gears of War’ and Tom Clancy's 'The Division' series. The premise of these games is simple, but it has been repackaged in several ways over the years. Older gamers would be able to recall the gallery-style shooter games and arcade games of yesteryear that featured relatively simplistic gaming environments. Then there are shoot-em-ups (or shmups) and hellish ball games, both of which rely heavily on nervous gameplay involving a lot of shooting. Although the vast majority of shooting games are sub-divided into the TPS and FPS genres, they often feature as just elements of other games. 'Grand Theft Auto V' is a fine instance of such an overlap. It takes advantage of the new wave of modern sandbox games while also packing some substantial TPS elements (and gamers can play it in first person if they want). In contrast, the 'Halo' series is primarily known for its revolutionary FPS gameplay. At our video game development services company, our team is capable of building FPS and TPS games that feature immersive environments and gameplay features.

Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) Games

An increasingly popular sub-genre with connections to a variety of other styles, multiplayer online combat arena games contain many of the same features as real-time strategy games. The main difference between MOBAs and RTS games is in the character and role of the player. In the MOBA genre, gamers usually have a roster of the different factions that they are in control of. There are also numerous RTS bases in play simultaneously, although they usually are only able to exercise their control over one character. MOBA games as a result are quite different from RTS games, where the objective of gamers is to develop communities and commandeer numerous battle units. MOBA games also favor multiplayer and team play. Although some popular titles feature AI-controlled elements, gamers typically play and compete against other human players to complete a set of objectives required to win the game. This niche is dominated by the global phenomenons - 'Dota 2' and 'League of Legends', both of which have developed cult status.

Sports Games

Sports games simulate sports like golf, baseball, basketball, and soccer. Olympic sports such as skiing and pub sports like darts and billiards are also included in this genre. Opposing players in such games are usually computer-controlled, however, in the case of multiplayer modes, they are live opponents.

● Racing

● Team Sports

● Competitive

● Sports-Based Fighting

Role-Playing Games

The fundamental gameplay of all role-playing games although simplistic is also a part of games of numerous other genres, involving gamers designing and exercising complete control of a character. As the game progresses and the character evolves, they gain more experience points that come in handy for numerous things - buying new weapons, upgrading weapons, etc. RPGs are the lifeblood of the game, but no game can represent the genre as it has developed and flourished into many sub-genres. Detailed below are the most popular subgenres.

● RPG

● ARPG

● CRPG

● MMORPG

● TRPG

● Roguelike

● Roguelite

Simulation Games

These genres have evolved quite a bit over the years and gamers can actually see them from the same perspective. However, it was only with the development of graphics technology that simulation began to become increasingly immersive. The latest iterations offer impressive levels of detail and demonstrate the extraordinary lengths that games can be developed to. The simulation genre includes a lot of sandbox titles, world-building games, and virtual reality games. The emphasis is normally on designing and developing immersive and life-like gaming environments combined with gripping storylines, while also featuring smaller plots that center on a smaller area or particular experience. Some examples of popular simulation games that can also be classified within the sandbox niche are 'Minecraft' and 'The Sims'.

Puzzlers & Board Games

Puzzlers and board games also overlap significantly, with both emphasizing game mechanics. One can expect to play a theme-based game or a traditional board game with particular rules. Board games take it a step further and often include multiplayer elements. They also double the gameplay. The 'Mario Party' series is a popular example that has spawned over ten different installments and spinoffs. 'Puzzlers', also called 'puzzle games', are games that can be as uncomplicated as 'Minesweeper' or even highly detailed featuring hybrid gameplay and intricately developed environments. The 'Tomb Raider' series is the best example of such a game. In these games, puzzles were built into a traditional adventure and storytelling setting, making it an integral game mechanic. Additionally, mini-maps are often presented as puzzles that gamers solve (or discover) throughout the game

Action-Adventure Games

Among the first recognizable hybrid genres, action-adventure games focus deeply on intrigue and combat through story involvement and precise gameplay mechanics. As a result, many games fall into this category, including the classic 'Legend of Zelda' franchise which paved the way for many modern games. Most gamers draw the line between action and adventure when it comes to the manner in which a game maintains the equilibrium between its story and features such as simulated combat. The 'Assassin's Creed' series has been a mainstay since 2007 with new releases almost annually offering loyal gamers a high degree of immersion. This series also took players to a myriad of historic locations and landscapes right from Industrial Revolution-era London (Syndicate) to ancient Greece (Odyssey). 'Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order', which was released in late 2019, is another well-received action-adventure title from Respawn, which is also the video game development services company that developed the 'Titanfall' series earlier. Some modern examples include the 'Watch Dogs' series, 'Sekiro', and the 'Arkham' games. It should be noted that adventure games also encompass their own genre. Most of these titles come under the point-and-click category. Such games conventionally involve players solving puzzles or mysteries from a first-person POV.

Survival & Horror Games

Survival and horror games have been overlapping quite a bit over the past decade. This has resulted in the emergence of a new subgenre of gaming called 'survival horror'. Horror games usually feature a lot of the same functionality as survival games. The opposite is however not common. Even as game developers continue including more FPS and other traditional shooter features into the horror and survival games that they develop, the gaming industry is contending with the question of whether to label such games under a new subgenre or leave them be. Survival games at their core are all about efficient management of resources, oftentimes featuring scavenging or crafting mechanisms that gamers have to make use of in order to keep their character alive. Games such as 'The Long Dark' focus entirely on elements of survival with a dedicated mode that increases the level of difficulty. Horror is an even larger category, encompassing arguably dozens of survival titles. Almost anything that contains zombies, a post-apocalyptic storyline, or tonnes of fear-shock scenes, is considered horror. These titles are also often psychological and use the element of tension to get gamers thoroughly immersed.

Platform Games

Platform games are just one of those genres that haven't developed much over time. As far as nostalgia and devotion to craftsmanship are concerned, the platform genre covers a wide range of games that still boldly showcase their roots in early 2D side-scrollers. Platforms involve jumping, climbing, and running, the player continues to explore the surroundings and progresses from one stage to another. Platform games feature a side view and straightforward controls, with 'Donkey Kong' often seen as the first real example. This game has passed the torch to 'Super Mario Bros.' and later to 'Sonic the Hedgehog'. The platforms are extremely popular with independent studios and gamers, as well as legacy versions. There are also a number of RPG crossovers and excursions into even more unrecognized niches. 'Ori and the Blind Forest' is a widely recognized platform game that contains puzzles and elements of adventure, as is 'Cuphead', which is both challenging for gamers and also animated beautifully.

Educational Games

Educational games combine education and entertainment in a concept termed 'edutainment'. This concept generally assumes that educators are delivering lessons in recognizable entertainment formats such as television, computer games, movies, music, websites, multimedia software, and so on. It is well known that computer simulation has long been used to train civilian and military pilots. Modern flight simulation games are so developed that they have far surpassed commercial software, especially in terms of sound quality, graphics, and overall realism. Today, there are similar video games that simulate driving a car in town and on open roads. The advantage of these flight and car simulations is that they represent an inexpensive way to simulate incidents and improve participant response. The downside is that compared to modern video games they are reminiscent of clumsy attempts at 3D animation from the twentieth century. The primary factor for success is to achieve a balance between pleasure and learning in the model of the design of the game. Unfortunately, doing so is no easy task. Game design is not an exact science, mainly due to the sophisticated nature of the entertainment being offered. However, as the best game development company in Chennai, India, our team of game developers has produced many successful games that have succeeded in achieving a given goal, and which are presented to players who are not interested in the themes, motivate them to play the game to the end, and learn without realizing it, just by playing the game.

Construct

As a block-based game development tool, Construct needs no installation as it runs right from the browser, and can even be connected to a preferred cloud service. When our team wishes to create games in their simplest form, this is the tool they use because of the easy-to-use drag and drop interface on offer. Construct is ideal for creating 2D games, and it's also known for its simplicity. This is one of those game development tools that’s used by both the experienced and inexperienced members of our game development team because no programming language skills or coding knowledge is required to use this software. Construct features customizable timeline animations, comes built with an image editor, and offers our game developers a suite of visual effects including particle effects, artistic blends, distortions, and shadow projections, among other things. It is also very fast and works on all popular platforms.

Game Maker Studio

Designed specifically to cater to amateur game developers and beginners, GameMaker Studio 2 has to be one of the most user-intuitive and simplistic game development tools existing in the market today. This tool also offers a simple drag-and-drop interface style and workflow options for multiple platforms that allow our game developers to export a game to desktop, web, UWP, mobiles, and most consoles. GameMaker Studio is the ideal tool for the beginners at our studio to use as it offers toolkits for object editing, script editing, docking, and skinning. The C programming-based GameMaker language also allows our developers to tap into other languages as and when required. Bespoke toolkits such as the Image Editor, the Room Editor, and Tilesets, along with support for physics-based gaming engines such as Spine 2D animator (developed by Esoteric Software), LiquidFun (developed by Google), and the incredible Box2D, are what make this tool formidable.

AppGameKit

As one of those game development tools that was primarily developed with the aim of serving as a mobile game development engine, our game developers also use AppGameKit to create 2D and 3D games as well as cross-platform applications. This is our first choice when we're looking to create games specifically targetting the App Store and Google Play Marketplace. As a game engine that's best suited for those of our game developers who possess intermediate skills, it offers features such as the Vulcan, the drag and drop system, a completely integrated editor, OpenGL rendering, a scene editor, as well as an easy-to-use sound/music editor.

Stencyl

Stencyl is one of the most preferred game development tools for those in our team who don't want to deal with the challenges that come with coding and associated issues. The tool offers a basic drag and drop interface for our game developers. A lot of 2D games that top the App Store and Android market are created using Stencyl. Beginners and lesser experienced game developers at our video game development services company start off using Stencyl to create adventure games without having any code writing experience whatsoever.

Godot

As one of the many completely free and open-source game development tools, Godot is fantastic for creating both 2D and 3D games. Adopting a node-based architecture has enabled Godot to drastically simplify its user interface. The tool offers developers a drag-and-drop system that can be made use of to design and develop everything from UI elements and objects to sprites and game assets of all sorts. Godot has a dedicated 2D game development engine and also comes with a great tool called 3D Render Design to bring three-dimensional creations and 3D models to life. The tool makes use of its own scripting language which is called 'GDScript', and also supports other popular coding languages such as C++ and C#.

RPG Maker

Another excellent tool for those developers at our video game development services company with limited coding experience. RPG Maker as the name indicates is an RPG game development tool that doesn't require developers to have any programming skills to create immersive games from scratch. It can be used for making games on platforms like Windows, Mac, IOS, Android, all without any coding experience whatsoever. RPGs are one of the most popular gaming genres out there and the RPG Maker game development suite is the ideal tool for developing games from this genre. This tool comes in a number of different versions. It also provides a drag and drop interface for users just like all the best game development tools.

Incredibuild

Incredibuild instantaneously quickens all game development tasks by as much as thirty times for all sorts of game development companies, be they small-time independent game development studios, globally renowned AAA game publishers, or any others. The tool’s VDP (Virtualized Distributed Processing) technology helps developers transform every single host under their control into an individual supercomputer. What makes us the best game development company in Chennai, India, is the fact that at our studio, we’re able to use this tool to put hundreds of cores to work, reclaiming idle processors on our network and the cloud. This distro makes things super-fast, and the tool's virtualization ensures it's seamless as well. At our studio, we consider Incredibuild to be a powerful tool that offers the much-needed processing capabilities that our team was desperately in need of. Fast, efficient, and uninterrupted game development requires a lot of processing power, especially when working with many large files. With Incredibuild, time-consuming processes like builds, shader compilation, asset creation, rendering, data conversion, texture processing, and lightmap are drastically shortened, making this one of the very few no-hassle, easy-to-use game development tools in existence today. Incredibuild is also able to integrate with other engines such as Amazon Lumberyard, CRYENGINE, and Unreal Engine, helping speed them up drastically.

CeltX

Games require good writing and engaging dialogue, even if that's not the primary focus. Celtx is a robust and extensive scripting tool that’s being used by over 6 million users in close to 190 different countries. CeltX offers solid flowcharts and scripts that enable the game developers at Massive (widely acclaimed as the best game development company in Chennai, India) to bring their stories to life. CeltX provides our game developers with a number of toolkits to make this possible, including the capacity to collaborate with their partners or another external team in real-time, making it possible for them to make changes instantly as well as check out the changes that others may have made. The tool's interface is also simple and straightforward. For both beginners and experts in our team, CeltX has proven to be one of the best game development tools for writing, visualizing, and observing a story from a bird's eye view.

GameBench

GameBench offers our developers an easy means for testing the impact that the games that they develop have on diverse hardware. In the last stage of any development, our developers usually will submit the game to beta testers and prepare for its initial release. In turn, GameBench is a great way for us to test the impact of a game and get a good idea of the minimum as well as recommended system requirements so that the players of the game are aware of what they will be working with. Skilfully using tools such as GameBench to our advantage is what makes us the top game development company in Chennai, India.

Character Creator Pipeline

As the industry standard when it comes to the realistic 3D modeling of characters, Character Creator is able to accelerate the game development process substantially. Right from the sculpting stage to the animation stage, this feature makes it easy to export to the engine of choice. Earlier, creating 3D characters was prohibitively expensive - in terms of money, manpower, and time. The entire process involved in creating 3D characters, right from concept design and sculpturing to UV encapsulation and texturing, takes weeks, especially in the case of humanoid characters. Character Creator was a game-changer in this sense. While not the first, CCP helped save a tonne of resources helping our developers pack games with rich, lifelike characters. Some of the most integral of all the features of the CC Pipeline are the abilities that it offers to be fully manipulated and the ease that it offers for exporting to a preferred game engine or rendering software. The Character Creator Pipeline tool is a pipeline that offers the only way to progress through the workflow, right from concept to demo in quick time, while also making up for the differences between all other game development tools that may be utilized. The full pipeline enables facial animations and full-body animations within the app itself or with a live link to applications such as Unreal Engine and Unity. Our developers easily determine weights, ages, body tones, body types, as well as many customized sliders made by the community for sale in the market. Our developers combine sliders and create their own morphs from existing morphs or import new morph meshes for custom morphs. This is all done before they export a character's mesh.

CryEngine

This gaming platform was first built, not to make games en masse, but to develop just one popular game. This popular game is the legendary first-person shooter ‘Far cry’. Although CryEngine is considered to be a specialty tool specifically meant for the development of first-person shooter games, its capabilities are far more diverse. The Sandbox offers support for FBX files, an intuitive level design, a track view kinematics editor, a flowgraph scripting system, as well as material editor substance integration. It also offers spectacular physical simulations as part of its feature set. Its other capabilities include the ability to render in real-time and an easy-to-use audio translation layer, which is one of the most unique game development tools ever. This feature enables our game designers to effortlessly create the sound workflow of a game. Other features also include a bespoke artificial intelligence and animation tool armed with skeletal and parametric character animation technology, a multi-layered navigation mesh, and a geometry cache.

Unity

Most indie games and mobile games that people can't seem to get enough of (as well as also games on the IOS, Android, Windows, Mac platforms, including both 2D games, and 3D games), are developed using Unity. With an extensive reach that spans millions of users worldwide, Unity is by far the most popular game development engine out there. In addition, Unity also offers Prefabs that make workflows smoother, a visual effects graphic that makes it possible for our developers to drag and drop ready-made effect nodes, a camera system interface intelligent Cinemachine, and exemplary photogrammetry capabilities that allow for the easy conversion of photos and videos into tangible game assets as part of its toolset.

Unreal Engine

Developed by Epic Games, Unreal Engine is one of the most extensively used game development tools by our team. Unreal Engine 5, which offers support for multiple platforms, including the next-gen PlayStation 5 and X box Series X game consoles, is the go-to game engine of the vast majority of our game developers. One of the many reasons that Unreal Engine is used a lot by game developers not just at our game development company in Chennai, India, but also worldwide, despite its steep learning curve, is its physics engine which makes it possible for developers to render incredibly realistic visuals. Unreal also has a full list of platforms it offers support for, including current generation consoles such as XBOX, Playstation, Valve, Nintendo Switch, VR, AR, Oculus Rift, HTML5, iOS, Windows, Android, and many more. The Unreal community has also proven to be a great resource that our lesser experienced game developers can count on for questions, tutorials, and full-scale support.

Houdini FX

Houdini FX is the first preference of many of our game developers who particularly appreciate the functionalities it offers for procedural generation and simulations. The Houdini suite of products and its large community greatly help us sustain our credibility as the best game development company in Chennai, India, by providing the sort of advanced functionality we need for complex projects that we take on, especially those that involve intricate visual effects. Houdini Core provides a unique 3D animation experience, making it one of the most versatile game development tools in the world market. The node-based methodology that Houdini operates under makes it possible for our developer team to be able to customize node networks to make them shareable. Currently, programs with visual node systems are not common. However, Houdini is building on this feature in a way that makes projects more consolidated and better organized. With Houdini, our game developers are able to find quick solutions to procedural simulations from smoke to building generators.

Mixamo

Mixamo is an animation-focused video game development tool from Adobe. Once registered on this online platform, we can download free characters and animations (thousands of them). Using Mixamo is as easy as choosing a character, animating it, saving it as a sequel, and downloading it. Thanks to the tool's auto rig feature, our game developers at Massive Animations, the top game development company in Chennai, India, can preview and download a character's animations in minutes. In addition, our game developers also don’t have to download the software as it’s a tool that’s hosted on the browser of users. All they need is an active Adobe account and they’re set.

Helix Core

Perforce's Helix Core is a tool that helps keep individual members of our game development team all on the same page, helping in storing source code efficiently and allowing for the sharing of digital assets without having to put up with the challenges posed by conventional repositories such as Google Drive or GitHub. As a top game development company in Chennai, India, that produces games solely as team projects, we are well aware that although additional manpower is great, it also gives rise to a lot of problems. This is where Helix Core's capacity for source control has proven to be integral to us managing any team project effortlessly. Using the Helix Core tool, our team is able to manage different versions of a project and also keep track of all the changes being made without having to disrupt production. One of the benefits of Helix is the ability it offers to sync in real-time with the changes that individual members of our team have made. Instead of pushing changes to GitHub, Google Drive, Dropbox, or other alternatives Helix Core makes it possible for the source code to be updated instantly, while we work. This feature proved to be especially helpful during the COVID-19 pandemic when our team members were scattered all across the globe.

Amazon Lumberyard

Amazon Lumberyard is a completely free-of-charge game development suite. Because of this, we didn't have to buy a commercial license or pay royalties for the console or mobile games that we release or worry about copyright claims coming our way from Amazon. The only condition that Amazon imposes is that if the need for using a cloud service to host online multiplayer setups arises, the cloud service has to be AWS. Amazon Lumberyard is based on CryEngine, although Amazon has provided its tool with a few integral updates. Therefore, as game developers, we can rely on CryEngine's ability to develop superior game mechanics and produce games for a variety of mediums ranging from IOS and Android, to Xbox, Playstation, and PC too. Amazon Lumberyard also comes with support for Twitch, a community feature, and a graphics component that makes it possible for the game developers at our video game development services company, to create stunning visuals using shaders, dynamic lighting addition toolkits, vegetation addition toolkits, a system of particle effects, volumetric fog addition toolkits, and more.