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If you are new to the game development world or have the curiosity on how a 3D game works and how everything falls into place.. then read further...

In a very high level view ( say you are in a spaceship and watching down at earth , earth being the game here ) , a 3D game is usually made up of the following components:

• A 3D engine - takes care of 3d models/mesh (which you create using 3rd party tools like Autodesk Maya, 3DSMax) , lights , rendering and so on
• A Sound engine - takes care of sounds in a game ( say firing , explosion etc )
• A Physics Engine - takes care of all math related calculations like collision, external forces ( gravity , velocity etc )
• A programming Engine - usually a compiler that ships along with engine that converts your code into machine code and is the controlling factor for all the 3 engines listed above.

This is the most common question that has been asked , pondered over .... by a lot of you guys out there sometime in your lifetime incase you are already a game developer, If you are not one then these tips and tricks that we have collected from various forums and tweets might help guys... ( covering only 3D game and beyond )

1) Learn how to code! Don't concentrate on a language... Any language would do to start with, c/c++ is a good language in case you want to get into big production houses. Most of the non-Idie games are written using c/c++ these days ! ( see this and this )