The growth of the exchange rate, the departure of Western companies, hunger and personnel … The Russian game industry is experiencing difficult times. In an interview with Ia Runews24.ru, Gam -Designer Roman Vienna said the main reasons why the development of games in Russia began to increase prices.
According to the dialogue of the publication, this is affected by a number of factors due to inflation, punishment, currency and the departure of large companies that increase the costs of tools and services.
Modern games should look beautiful and stylish, even if there is no desire for realistic graphics. It is necessary to buy the completed content and the corresponding license for it or contain your art – part, nor cheap. The development of the game movements, the more situations that arise that the necessary experts – artists, programmers, screenwriters, testers, lawyers, accountants and other experts, He explained Roman Vienna.
At the same time, according to experts, an important factor is to optimize products for different devices. To do this, you need to have a high -class equipment park and experts. Marketing costs are not excluded. Competition in the market is very high and the advertising budget is usually equivalent to the development cost.
In addition, GameMerator answered whether a good game is always a game created with a lot of money:
“Of course not. And many independent projects are loved by the audience, this evidence. But finance opens up new opportunities that developers cannot use. For example, spending more time on the project and not earning the development and content of the family.
Experts emphasize that today's games provide a unique experience, social interaction or convenient gameplay are being required. According to Roman Vienna, the main thing is not the budget, but the ability to capture the benefits of the audience and provide something new or to improve the old.
However, the budget is still important. Based on it, you can offer a specific action plan to create a brief project and partner.