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Author : Darius Kazemi
Publisher : Boss Fight Books
ISBN 13 : 1940535042
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Jagged Alliance 2 written by Darius Kazemi and published by Boss Fight Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How a classic tactical game got made, told by the developers themselves.
Author : Bart Farkas
Publisher : Sybex
ISBN 13 : 9780782124415
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (244 download)
Download or read book Official Jagged Alliance 2 written by Bart Farkas and published by Sybex. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arulco's ruler has been overthrown by his nation's corrupt army, led by the evil Queen Deidranna. It'll take more than a rag-tag effort by a group of doomed rebels to restore him to power. It'll take strategy, combat, and above all else, a battle-hardened team of mercenaries--soldiers for hire.
Author : Ian Schreiber
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1498799582
Total Pages : 806 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (987 download)
Download or read book Game Balance written by Ian Schreiber and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the field of game design, game balance can best be described as a black art. It is the process by which game designers make a game simultaneously fair for players while providing them just the right amount of difficulty to be both exciting and challenging without making the game entirely predictable. This involves a combination of mathematics, psychology, and occasionally other fields such as economics and game theory. Game Balance offers readers a dynamic look into game design and player theory. Throughout the book, relevant topics on the use of spreadsheet programs will be included in each chapter. This book therefore doubles as a useful reference on Microsoft Excel, Google Spreadsheets, and other spreadsheet programs and their uses for game designers. FEATURES The first and only book to explore game balance as a topic in depth Topics range from intermediate to advanced, while written in an accessible style that demystifies even the most challenging mathematical concepts to the point where a novice student of game design can understand and apply them Contains powerful spreadsheet techniques which have been tested with all major spreadsheet programs and battle-tested with real-world game design tasks Provides short-form exercises at the end of each chapter to allow for practice of the techniques discussed therein along with three long-term projects divided into parts throughout the book that involve their creation Written by award-winning designers with decades of experience in the field Ian Schreiber has been in the industry since 2000, first as a programmer and then as a game designer. He has worked on eight published game titles, training/simulation games for three Fortune 500 companies, and has advised countless student projects. He is the co-founder of Global Game Jam, the largest in-person game jam event in the world. Ian has taught game design and development courses at a variety of colleges and universities since 2006. Brenda Romero is a BAFTA award-winning game director, entrepreneur, artist, and Fulbright award recipient and is presently game director and creator of the Empire of Sin franchise. As a game director, she has worked on 50 games and contributed to many seminal titles, including the Wizardry and Jagged Alliance series and titles in the Ghost Recon, Dungeons & Dragons, and Def Jam franchises.
Author : Mike Drucker
Publisher : Boss Fight Books
ISBN 13 : 1940535271
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Silent Hill 2 written by Mike Drucker and published by Boss Fight Books. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A troubled man travels to a mysterious town from his past after receiving a letter from his wife... who's been dead for years. And while our "hero" explores dark corridors and battles countless disturbing enemies, his journey offers more psychological horror than survival horror. Welcome to Silent Hill, where the monster is you. Silent Hill 2 doubles down on what made the first game so compelling: The feeling of being lost in a foggy, upside-down town as unsettling as it is familiar. Nearly two decades after first experiencing Silent Hill 2, writer and comedian Mike Drucker returns to its dark depths to explore how this bold video game delivers an experience that is tense, nightmarish, and anything but fun. With an in-depth and highly personal study of its tragic cast of characters, and a critical examination of developer Konami’s world design and uneven marketing strategy, Drucker examines how Silent Hill 2 forces its players to grapple with the fact that very real-world terrors of trauma, abuse, shame, and guilt are far more threatening than any pyramid-headed monster could ever be.
Author : Casey O'Donnell
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262028190
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Developer's Dilemma written by Casey O'Donnell and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2014-11-21 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of work—including the organization of work and the market forces that surround it—through the lens of the collaborative practice of game development. Rank-and-file game developers bring videogames from concept to product, and yet their work is almost invisible, hidden behind the famous names of publishers, executives, or console manufacturers. In this book, Casey O’Donnell examines the creative collaborative practice of typical game developers. His investigation of why game developers work the way they do sheds light on our understanding of work, the organization of work, and the market forces that shape (and are shaped by) media industries. O’Donnell shows that the ability to play with the underlying systems—technical, conceptual, and social—is at the core of creative and collaborative practice, which is central to the New Economy. When access to underlying systems is undermined, so too is creative collaborative process. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in game studios in the United States and India, O’Donnell stakes out new territory empirically, conceptually, and methodologically. Mimicking the structure of videogames, the book is divided into worlds, within which are levels; and each world ends with a boss fight, a “rant” about lessons learned and tools mastered. O’Donnell describes the process of videogame development from pre-production through production, considering such aspects as experimental systems, “socially mandatory” overtime, and the perpetual startup machine that exhausts young, initially enthusiastic workers. He links work practice to broader systems of publishing, manufacturing, and distribution; introduces the concept of a privileged “actor-intra-internetwork”; and describes patent and copyright enforcement by industry and the state.
Author : Jennifer Brandes Hepler
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000000931
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Women in Game Development written by Jennifer Brandes Hepler and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-04-24 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Videogame development is usually seen as a male dominated field; even playing videogames is often wrongly viewed as a pastime for men only. But behind the curtain, women have always played myriad important roles in gaming. From programmers to artists, designers to producers, female videogame developers endure not only the pressures of their jobs but also epic levels of harassment and hostility. Jennifer Brandes Hepler’s Women in Game Development: Breaking the Glass Level-Cap gives voice to talented and experienced female game developers from a variety of backgrounds, letting them share the passion that drives them to keep making games. Key Features Experience the unique stories of nearly two dozen female game developers, from old-school veterans to rising stars. Understand the role of women in videogames, from the earliest days of development to the present day. Hear first-hand perspectives from working professionals in fields including coding, design, art, writing, community management, production and journalism. Get tips for how to be a better ally and make your company and teams more inclusive. Learn about the obstacles you face if you’re an aspiring female developer, and how to overcome them. Meet the human face of some of the women who have endured the industry’s worst harassment... and kept on going.
Author : Tracy Fullerton
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0240809742
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (48 download)
Download or read book Game Design Workshop written by Tracy Fullerton and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-02-08 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master the craft of game design so you can create that elusive combination of challenge, competition, and interaction that players seek. This design workshop begins with an examination of the fundamental elements of game design; then puts you to work in prototyping, playtesting and redesigning your own games with exercises that teach essential design skills. Workshop exercises require no background in programming or artwork, releasing you from the intricacies of electronic game production, so you can develop a working understanding of the essentials of game design.
Author : Derek Yu
Publisher : Boss Fight Books
ISBN 13 : 1940535115
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Spelunky written by Derek Yu and published by Boss Fight Books. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A game's creation as told by its creator, perhaps the best rpimer on game design.
Author : Reyan Ali
Publisher : Boss Fight Books
ISBN 13 : 1940535204
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (45 download)
Download or read book NBA Jam written by Reyan Ali and published by Boss Fight Books. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When NBA Jam dunked its way into arcades in 1993, players discovered just how fun basketball can be when freed from rules, refs, and gravity itself. But just a few years after the billion-dollar hit conquered the world, developer Midway, publisher Acclaim, and video arcades themselves fell off the map. How did a simple two-on-two basketball game become MVP of the arcade, and how did this champ lose its title? Journalist Reyan Ali dives deep into the saga, tracking the people and decisions that shaped the series. You'll get to know mischievous Jam architect Mark Turmell, go inside Midway's Chicago office where hungry young talent tapped into cutting-edge tech, and explore the sequels, spin-offs, and tributes that came in the game's wake. Built out of exhaustive research and original interviews with a star-studded cast —including Turmell and his original development team, iconic commentator Tim Kitzrow, businessmen and developers at Midway and Acclaim alike, secret characters George Clinton and DJ Jazzy Jeff, Doom co-creator John Romero, and 1990s NBA demigods Glen Rice and Shaq—Ali's NBA Jam returns you to an era when coin-op was king.
Author : Felipe Pepe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781999353308
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (533 download)
Download or read book The CRPG Book: A Guide to Computer Role-Playing Games written by Felipe Pepe and published by . This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews over 400 seminal games from 1975 to 2015. Each entry shares articles on the genre, mod suggestions and hints on how to run the games on modern hardware.
Author : Sebastian Deken
Publisher : Boss Fight Books
ISBN 13 : 194053528X
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Final Fantasy VI written by Sebastian Deken and published by Boss Fight Books. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terra the magical half-human. Shadow the mysterious assassin. Celes the tough, tender general. Kefka the fool who would be god. Each of the many unforgettable characters in Final Fantasy VI has made a huge impression on a generation of players, but why do we feel such affection for these 16-bit heroes and villains as so many others fade? The credit goes to the game’s score, composed by the legendary Nobuo Uematsu. Armed with newly translated interviews and an expert ear for sound, writer and musician Sebastian Deken conducts a critical analysis of the musical structures of FF6, the game that pushed the Super Nintendo’s sound capabilities to their absolute limits and launched Uematsu’s reputation as the “Beethoven of video game music.” Deken ventures deep into the game’s lush soundscape—from its expertly crafted leitmotifs to its unforgettable opera sequence—exploring the soundtrack’s lasting influence and how it helped clear space for game music on classical stages around the world.
Author : Jon Irwin
Publisher : Boss Fight Books
ISBN 13 : 1940535050
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Super Mario Bros. 2 written by Jon Irwin and published by Boss Fight Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Nintendo Mario-ified an existing Japanese NES game to creat Super Mario Bros. 2.
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Publisher : Hardkernel, Ltd
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book ODROID Magazine written by and published by Hardkernel, Ltd. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of Contents 6 Security Camera: A Great Weekend Project 10 Java Installation Script for Developers: The Perfect Fix For All of Your Cup of Java Needs 19 Camera Calibration Using OCAM and ODROID-XU4: A Technical Tutorial 29 Baby NAP (Night Activity Program): Part 2 - Software Components 36 BASH Script Command Center Minecraft Edition: Useful Scripts for Creating and Managing a Minecraft Server 37 Cartridge Ports: Download Top-Notch Software for Your ODROID 38 Linux Gaming: Strategy Games on the ODROID - Part 2 42 The Impulse T2: An ODROID-XU4 Tilt Touch Table 44 Compiling Synergy for ODROID: Chronicles of a Mad Scientist 47 Samba Server: Setting Up a RAID Array 49 Breaking WEP Security: A Guide to Cracking the Simplest Wireless Encryption 54 Meet an ODROIDian: Andrew Ruggeri, Assistant Editor of ODROID Magazine
Author : Matt Margini
Publisher : Boss Fight Books
ISBN 13 : 1940535247
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Red Dead Redemption written by Matt Margini and published by Boss Fight Books. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First garnering both dismissal and intrigue as “Grand Theft Horse,” Rockstar Games’ 2010 action-adventure Red Dead Redemption was met on its release with critical acclaim for its open-world gameplay, its immersive environments, and its authenticity to the experience of the Wild West. Well, the simulated Wild West, that is. Boss Fight invites you to find out how the West was created, sold, and marketed to readers, moviegoers, and gamers as a space where “freedom” and “progress” duel for control of the dry, punishing frontier. Join writer and scholar Matt Margini as he journeys across the broad and expansive genre known as the Western, tracing the lineage of the familiar self-sufficient loner cowboy from prototypes like Buffalo Bill, through golden age icons like John Wayne and antiheroes like Clint Eastwood’s “Man with No Name,” up to Red Dead’s John Marston. With a critical reading of Red Dead’s narrative, setting, and gameplay through the lens of the rich and ever-shifting genre of the Western, Margini reveals its connections to a long legacy of mythmaking that has colored not only the stories we love to consume, but the histories we tell about America.
Author : David L. Craddock
Publisher : Boss Fight Books
ISBN 13 : 1940535190
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Shovel Knight written by David L. Craddock and published by Boss Fight Books. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2014, Yacht Club Games released its very first game, Shovel Knight, a joyful 2D platformer that wears its NES influences on its sleeve. This unlikely pastiche of 8-bit inspirations manages to emulate the look, feel, and even the technical limitations of nostalgic titles like Mega Man, Zelda II, and Castlevania III-imbued with a contemporary sense of humor and self-awareness. But how is a fundamentally retro game created in the modern era? And what do the games of the past have to teach today's game designers? Based on extensive original interviews with the entire Yacht Club Games team, writer David L. Craddock unearths the story of five game developers who worked so well together while at WayForward Games that they decided to start their own studio. From the high highs of Shovel Knight's groundbreaking Kickstarter to the low lows of its unexpectedly lengthy development, Boss Fight presents a new master class in how a great game gets made. Get ready to steel your shovel and dig into this fascinating oral history. For Shovelry!
Author : Gabe Durham
Publisher : Boss Fight Books
ISBN 13 : 1940535069
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Continue? The Boss Fight Books Anthology written by Gabe Durham and published by Boss Fight Books. This book was released on 2011-01-05 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boss Fight is proud to present our first multi-author collection, Continue? The Boss Fight Books Anthology.In these digital pages, Anna Anthropy celebrates her second favorite Epic MegaGames title, David LeGault offers a tour of the lost 80s Action Max console, and Mike Meginnis tells his Best American Short Stories-selected tale of a father and son who become obsessed with the saddest adventure game in the world.The eBook collects a diverse survey of essays and short stories from Boss Fight series authors Michael P. Williams, Ken Baumann, Jon Irwin, and Darius Kazemi, as well newcomers Matt Bell, Tevis Thompson, Rebekah Frumkin, Brian Oliu, Salvatore Pane, Mike Lars White, and Rachel B. Glaser.
Author : Michael Kimball
Publisher : Boss Fight Books
ISBN 13 : 1940535034
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Galaga written by Michael Kimball and published by Boss Fight Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An emotional chronicle of classic aracde game fandom.
