What is Game:

A game is a structured form of play, usually

undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes
used as an educational tool.
 Video Game
Indoor
Chess
Game
Ludo
Game
Cricket
Outdoor
Football
Game
Polo
What is Video
Game:
A video game is an electronic game that
involves interaction with a user interface
to generate visual feedback on a two- or
three-dimensional.
 History Of Video Game:
Globe start:
1980s

Start In Pakistan:
Around 2000s
 Generation Of Games:
• Generation 1: 1967 – 1975.
• Generation 2: 1977.
• Generation 3: 1983 – 1986.
• Generation 4: 1988 – 1990.
• Generation 5: 1994 – 1996.
• Generation 6: 2000 – 2001.
• Generation 7: 2005 – 2006.
• Current Generation 8 : 2013 – 2018
 Revenue Of Game Industry World Wide:
It accounted for a global revenue of over $137.9 billion in 2018, up
by 13.3% from the previous year.

Revenue Of Game Industry In Pakistan:

$2.7 billion in revenue is earned locally across the industry each year; with
more than 8,000 professionals associated with videogame development.
Mindstorm:
mainly based in Lahore but also in Islamabad and
Karachi 2006
• world wide famous : Whacksy Taxi.
• Cricket Revolution
• Mafia Farm and Kingdom of Heroes.

Caramel Tech Studios:

a Lahore studio founded in 2011
• Fruit Ninja(more then 500 million download)
• Age of Zombie
• Blabes of battle
We’R’play:
Islamabad-based studio based in a converted
warehouse on the outskirts of the city 2010
• Dream Chaser
• Loopy Roads
• Funny Wings
• HEX:99- Incredible Twitch Game

Stick Sports Ltd:

2006
• Stick Cricket,
• Stick Tennis,
• Stick Soccer,
 Shahmeer Chaudhry:
• A 20 year old game developer.
• He started when he was only 14 and
has now developed around two dozen
games on Android.
• More then million downloads on
Google's Play Store.
• Found a Company name “INeedPlay”.
According to the “Girls Make Games website”, 47% of gamers are
women but they make up less than 12% of the game industry.

This Forum also provide workshop every year for Beginner.

After attending work shop Girls Make Games, Fatima Naveed

from “Pakistan” and her team called “The Indefinites” won an
award for the Most Original Game Idea at Demo Day 2016 for
their game “Umbra” and are now developing the game on their
own.
 How to Become a Game Developer:
• Must have high knowledge of programming,
• Must have high knowledge of graphics,
• Logic,
• Should have high knowledge of math,
• Should have high knowledge of physic,
 Another way To become a Developer:
Gaming engines.
• Unity
• Unreal
• Gamemaker
• Amazon Lumberyard
• Cry Engine
• and many more
 But For This you have to also have a
good Knowledge of Graphic Designing
and programming.
One important Thing if you want to
become a game developer so the first
thing you have to make a team, if you
want to survive.
 Issues & Challenges:
• Gap between the Professional Industry and Academic
Institutes
• Shitty Government Support.
• Online Payment Methods
• Piracy
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