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Production Notes
- Early Access Games: What Players and Studios Should Expect — An Early Access game is an unfinished but playable release offered while development continues.
- Game Development Stages: From Pitch to Live Support — A useful game-development map has six overlapping stages: concept, pre-production, production, validation and quality assurance, launch preparation and.
Industry Basics
- Game Developer vs Publisher: Who Does What? — A game developer builds the game: design, engineering, art, audio, production, testing, and related work.
Business Models
- Video Game Revenue Models: How the Main Options Work — Common video game revenue models include a one-time premium purchase, paid downloadable content, consumable and non-consumable in-game purchases,.