What do you need to create online multiplayer game: most essential stuff:
- Idea
- Game designer
- Programmer(s) for these components:
– Gameplay
– Network communications
– UI, input processing
– Scripting, AI
– graphics, sound, etc
4. Artist
– Graphics
– Sound
– Writer
– Level design
5. Project Manager (also know as ‘lead’, ‘producer’, ‘director’)
– dev team
– schedules
– budget
– website
– community
6. Tester
7. Publisher
Minimum 2 persons:
1st person: Gamedesign + Artist
2nd person: programming
General rule for success:
Everyone should have their own job and mind their own business!
Remember! Commercial development costs a lot – 50k$/year for one employee per year. So in most cases it’s better to start with small-scale free open-source project.