The four different states are:
- Pre-game
- pre-game is the state in which a game is in before it has even been put in to the console or PC.
- The different variable that could effect the game in the pre-game state would include things such as other software on the device that could be demanding and different types of hardware are a variable if it isn't good enough to run the game.
- Game start
- Games start is the state in which the game is just loading up.
- Different variables to consider in the game start state are thing such as a cut scenes, developers logos and company intros.
- In game
- In game state is when the player is playing the game.
- The different variable to consider would be things such as the game engine itself messing up and not reading code properly and also not loading models.
- Post game
- post game is the state in which the game is being shut down
- there are different type of shutting down games such as a software shut down ad a hardware shut down. the difference between the two are that a hardware shut down is the you flick a switch and the console completely shuts down and a software shut down is when you press a button and the software that the computer or console is running tries to shut it down slowly and shut down each bit of the hardware individually.
