Postmortems from Game Developer
eBook - ePub

Postmortems from Game Developer

Insights from the Developers of Unreal Tournament, Black & White, Age of Empire, and Other Top-Selling Games

  1. 328 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Postmortems from Game Developer

Insights from the Developers of Unreal Tournament, Black & White, Age of Empire, and Other Top-Selling Games

About this book

The popular Postmortem column in Game Developer magazine features firsthand accounts of how some of the most important and successful games of recent years have been made. This book offers the opportunity to harvest this expertise with one volume. The editor has organized the articles by theme and added previously unpublished analysis to reveal successful management techniques. Readers learn how superstars of the game industry like Peter Molyneux and Warren Spector have dealt with the development challenges such as managing complexity, software and game design issues, schedule challenges, and changing staff needs.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Introduction: Tales from the Front Line
  6. SECTION I STARTUPS
  7. SECTION II SEQUELS AND SOPHOMORE OUTINGS
  8. SECTION III MANAGING INNOVATION
  9. SECTION IV BUILDING ON A LICENSE
  10. SECTION V THE ONLINE FRONTIER
  11. Afterword Independent Game Development
  12. Appendix A Game Development Team Roles
  13. Glossary
  14. Index of Game Titles & Developers
  15. Index