Most people who design and build video games for a living will tell you that game development is never as pretty as planned.

Impending deadlines, bottlenecks in production, pressure from video game publishers, and endless work-weeks are just a few of the many challenges that arise during the development cycle.

However, the brave few that go into game development are aware of the culture and its habit of testing one's grit and determination, but the drive to produce video games that look, feel, and play beautifully is what keeps them going.

Many aren't aware of this cycle of madness and its many stages, so I'm here to shed some light on game development.