ABSTRACT
The process of game development is typically partitioned into three stages: pre-production, production, and post-production. The specific steps of each stage may vary from game genre to genre and also from studio to studio. In general, the pre-production stage includes sketching the game characters, composing the storyline, creating the storyboards (visual representations of the storyline), and writing the design document. The game design document is the blueprint from which a game is to be built, and states what the goals and rules of the game are, how the maps and levels are defined, how the characters and objects are controlled, and how the screen and menus are organized.
