The video game industry has a fast-growing multi-billiondollar market. Due to the fast evolution of game technologies and industry, there is a pressing need to survey and analyze the current game development processes so that students who have an interest in game development can have better knowledge and skills for their projects in game software engineering education. In this paper, we present our survey and analysis of multiple aspects of modern game development and provide useful insights for students who want to work on game development. We also present a model of the common components of the game development process as well as the amount of the workload involved. This can help students, who are interested in developing their own games, craft a realistic plan for such projects.