game programming

Software development of video games

EntityQ1753830

Also known as video game programming

Subclass of: video game development

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Game programming, a subset of game development, is the software development of video games. Game programming requires substantial skills in software engineering, computer programming in a given language, and expertise in one or more following area: simulation, computer graphics, artificial intelligence, physics, audio programming, and input. For multiplayer games, knowledge of network programming is required. In some genres, e.g., fighting games, advanced network programming is often demanded, as the netcode and its properties are considered by players and critics to be some of the most important metrics of the game's quality. For massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs), even further knowledge of database programming and advanced networking programming are required. Though often engaged in by professional game programmers, there is a thriving scene of independent developers who lack a relationship with a publishing company.

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