Some people like cheats. Why? Because it’s make your life easier. Some students will prefer to cheat to get good marks. It works in game too. People use cheats in the game to make the games easier. They can get what they must struggle for in only few minutes. Like god mode that will make your character never dies. Infinite money, so you can buy anything. Maybe you prefer other cheats. But, what are the benefits and the weaknesses?
1st Benefit : Just for fun
You play to have fun, don’t you? When you use cheat you will get whatever, play it as the way you want. You don’t need to struggle. You will have the fun from very beginning.
2nd Benefit : Short the time
Some people don’t have lot of time to play, but they want to know the story of the game. Games like final fantasy, kingdom hearts, and other long game need lot of hours to finish the game, around 40 -70 hours. People who want to know the story quickly can use cheats, so they won’t need to leveling the characters, they only need to follow the story
3rd benefit : Make yours very great
Of course it refers to your character. In online games, you can cheat the system so your character can be so strong. You will be unbeaten. They will think your character like god. But how to cheating on the online games? Ask hacker to do it.
1st Weakness : Break the fun
Your character will be very great, so you will be bored very soon. You have nothing to chase. You don’t have any purpose to play it again. You just wasting your time.
2nd weakness : Banned from the game
If you do it on online game, and your action is discovered, how shame are you. The game master will ban you for good. What you have done in long time will be nothing in just few minutes. Of course this action is illegal because you get something that you don’t deserves.
So what will you do? Cheat the game? It’s depends on your goal of playing.
Make a game maybe can be easy or maybe hard. It depends on your game which you want to make. Of course more complex game needs more skill. But what you need for making the game? All digital goods like games need programming language, so of course you need programming language to make a game. After that, if you want to make the game interface looks good, you need design skill. What else? Basically, those are the skills you are needed, but you will not make any great games only by that skill. You also need creative and teamwork. Creative needed to make fresh idea so your game will be liked. Teamwork needed if you want to make complex game, you will need to separate the work because you can’t master anything and it can quicken the work.
Programming language
All programming language can be used to make a game. But some people will prefer for OOP (Object Oriented Programming), for examples are C#, Java, etc. Why? This programming language treats all things in digital world like an object that can do several things. For example, human is object that has several function like eating, walking, sitting, etc. By this language, programmer can easily make object in the game world. You know, game usually are fantasy world that made by the programmer.
Design
You will need good design skill if you want to make a good game. You must make the main character, the villain, the world that the character live in, monsters, and anything needed for the interfaces. The main character must take the player attention. Final Fantasy series are good examples. The characters usually are handsome, or beautiful. It sure will make the players have sympathy to them, then think the game is good.
Creative
Actually creative will covering all of things in the games. In programming step, you will need creativeness to make the things go well with the simplest way. In designing step, you will need creativeness to make good interface of your game. Also, your games will have a genre. There is lot of it like RPG, simulation, etc. But what will make your game is special? Of course you have to be creative for it.
Teamwork
If you want to make great game like you play on console or PC, it’s impossible to make it yourself. You have to work with someone. Usually the game developers are make a game in team with very lot of people. Each man made their own parts, then integrate it all to finish the game.
