Developing Online Games: An Insiders Guide (Nrg-Programming)

KEY TOPICS

• Console: Oh, Brave New World!

• One Problem: The Designers

• Development Issues

• Balancing Creativity with a Schedule

• The Test Process

• The Freeze: Closing the Loop to Launch

• Ramping Up Player Support

There are a number of other design and development issues that have to be addressed somewhere along the line. We've collected and will discuss those in this chapter.