Postmortems from Game Developer: Insights from the Developers of Unreal Tournament, Black and White, Age of Empires, and Other Top-Selling Games

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Postmortems from Game Developer: Insights from the Developers of Unreal Tournament, Black and White, Age of Empires, and Other Top-Selling Games ISBN  1578202140 Release Date  09 August 2008 Category  Game Programming Tags  unreal,   games,   game,   This book @Amazon  View Tools Google Search Web flazx.com

Description 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 The editor has organized the articles by theme and added previously unpublished analysis to reveal successful management techniques.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. Postmortems from Game Developer enhances your project management skills by showcasing projects from start to finish with candid, thorough, and specific accounts of the good and bad decisions made along the way. Other books on Game Programming The Video Game Theory Reader 2 Building XNA 2.0 Games: A Practical Guide for Independent Game Development (Books for Professionals by Professionals) The Complete Guide to Game Audio: For Composers, Musicians, Sound Designers, and Game Developers Postmortems from Game Developer: Insights from the Developers of Unreal Tournament, Black and White, Age of Empires, and Other Top-Selling Games XNA 2.0 Game Programming Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (Books for Professionals by Professionals) Essential Mathematics for Games and Interactive Applications, Second Edition: A Programmer's Guide Beginning XNA 2.0 Game Programming: From Novice to Professional Nintendo Wii Flash Game Creator's Guide Programming Video Games for the Evil Genius Game Design Workshop, Second Edition: A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games Beginning Java Game Programming Second Edition The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to PlayStation and Beyond Beginning Game Development with Python and Pygame: From Novice to Professional (Beginning from Novice to Professional) Algorithmic Game Theory GPU Gems 3