How to Make a Game: Go From Idea to Publication Avoiding the Common Pitfalls Along the Way

© Minhaz-Us-Salakeen Fahme, Tanimul Haque Khan 2021

M.-U.-S. Fahme, T. H. KhanHow to Make a Gamehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6917-6_10

10. Game Feels and Effects

Minhaz-Us-Salakeen Fahme¹   and Tanimul Haque Khan²

(1)

Narayanganj, Bangladesh

(2)

Dhaka, Bangladesh

 

This chapter is about how to make a game feel alive. Can you tell what makes a game feel alive? Okay, let’s make it easier. What makes anything feel alive? How do we know what’s alive and what’s dead? The answer is feedback. Feedback or response can be in any form; it can be auditory or visual or both. But it has to exist and we need to feel it. For example, if we see something moving, we can assume it’s alive. If it’s making a sound, we can assume it’s alive. For games, it is the same. ...