Game Creation and Careers

Insider Secrets from Industry Experts

Marc A. Saltzman

708 pages, parution le 04/09/2003

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Résumé

Get expert advice on all aspects of game creation from the masters of the games. Saltzman reveals expert advice via interviews with the industry's best-known and most admired game designers like Wil Wright, Peter Molyneux, and Tommy Tallarico, just to name a few.
Throughout Masters of the Game, Marc Saltzman chats with more than 150 ofthe world's most-connected, top-notch game designers about how to create stellar games and break into the business today. Topics covered include creating games for the new generation platforms such as X-Box, Playstation 2, and GameCube - including online console game design tips and techniques. Massively multiplayer computer games, PDAs, and cell phone game development are also addressed. Saltzman discusses in detail the business side of the game industry, and the pros and cons of working with well-known franchises.
Additionally, readers learn how to successfully sell their own shareware via the internet and how to produce PR and marketing on a shoestring. There is also a section on game design schools and courses, plus key conventions, organizations, and publications. Finally, readers find dozens of rare, never-before-seen sketches, storyboards, 3D renders, and documents. This in-depth reference is a "must read" for anyone in the game industry.

Game Genres and Playing Perspectives.
General Game Design: Action/Arcade Games
General Game Design: Strategy Games
General Game Design: Sports, Simulations, Adventure Games, and Puzzles
General Game Design: Role-Playing Games (RPGs) and Persistent
Creating Characters, Storyboarding, and Design Documents
Master Design Document Template
Level Design
Puzzle Design
Mission Design
Programming Theory
Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Game Art and Animation
The All-Important User Interface (UI) and Game Control
Sound Engineering
Music and Games
Proper Game Testing
Technical Support and Customer Service
Doing It Yourself and the Shareware Revolution
Breaking into the Industry
Game Agents and Headhunters
Design Schools and Courses
Game Design Resources on the Internet
Key Conventions, Organizations, and Awards

L'auteur - Marc A. Saltzman

Marc Saltzman

is a freelance journalist for over 50 game-related and consumer publications, including USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Tonight Online, Modern Maturity, Playboy magazine, Playboy.com, Yahoo! Internet Life, Next Generation, PC Gamer, PC Accelerator, Gamecenter, Gamesmania.com, Golf Digest, Stuff magazine, and many more. Ile has also written three books and one CD-ROM for Macmillan Publishing and two in-game manuals: Quake II and Sin.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	New Riders
Auteur(s)	Marc A. Saltzman
Parution	04/09/2003
Nb. de pages	708
Format	18,5 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1210g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780735713673
ISBN13	978-0-7357-1367-3