{"id":311,"date":"2020-12-04T08:30:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T08:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2020\/?page_id=311"},"modified":"2020-12-11T14:00:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T14:00:21","slug":"is-my-game-done-a-checklist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2020\/is-my-game-done-a-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Is my game done? A checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-776\" src=\"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamestudio2019\/files\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-02-at-4.18.41-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Games are never actually done, but at some point you need to stop working on them because they need to be <em>shipped<\/em> or submitted as assignments. Still, there are a few things you should consider before publishing anything. Here&#8217;s a handy checklist:<\/p>\n<p>Does the game run?<\/p>\n<p>Does the game run <strong>outside<\/strong> of Unity (or whatever development environment you are using)?<\/p>\n<p>Does the game run on a computer that is not yours?<\/p>\n<p>Did you build the game for the other major operating system that is not the one you use?<\/p>\n<p>Does the game open in fullscreen?<\/p>\n<p>Does the game look fine on different resolutions?<\/p>\n<p>Does the game have a title screen?<\/p>\n<p>Does the game display the authors&#8217; names?<\/p>\n<p>Can a player understand how to play without relying on external information?<\/p>\n<p>Does the game have a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.unity3d.com\/Manual\/class-PlayerSettingsSplashScreen.html\">splash image and a custom icon<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Does the game have sound?<\/p>\n<p>Can you <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.unity3d.com\/ScriptReference\/Application.Quit.html\">quit the game<\/a> without alt-tabbing or killing the process?<\/p>\n<p>Is there a way to restart the game without quitting?<\/p>\n<p>Does the game restart when you reach game over or any end state?<\/p>\n<p>Are the names of the files you are publishing consistent with the name of the game?<\/p>\n<p>Does the game support <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.unity3d.com\/Manual\/ConventionalGameInput.html\">game controllers<\/a>\u00a0(if they make sense for the gameplay)?<\/p>\n<p>Does the game comply with the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/app-store\/review\/guidelines\/\">content guidelines<\/a> of the platform?<\/p>\n<p>Does the game meet the Technical Requirement Checklist of the platform you are targeting?<br \/>\n(the actual list may only be available when you subscribe as developer)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Games are never actually done, but at some point you need to stop working on them because they need to be shipped or submitted as assignments. Still, there are a few things you should consider before publishing anything. Here&#8217;s a handy checklist: Does the game run? Does the game run outside of Unity (or whatever &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2020\/is-my-game-done-a-checklist\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Is my game done? A checklist&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-311","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312,"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311\/revisions\/312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/gamedesign2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}