“The stories in this book make for a fascinating and remarkably complete pantheon of just about every common despair and every joy related to game development.” — Rami Ismail, cofounder of Vlambeer and developer of Nuclear Throne
Developing video games—hero's journey or fool's errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today's hottest games can be more harrowing and complex than the games themselves, often seeming like an endless maze or a bottomless abyss. In Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, Jason Schreier takes readers on a fascinating odyssey behind the scenes of video game development, where the creator may be a team of 600 overworked underdogs or a solitary geek genius. Exploring the artistic challenges, technical impossibilities, marketplace demands, and Donkey Kong-sized monkey wrenches thrown into the works by corporate, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels reveals how bringing any game to completion is more than Sisyphean—it's …
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“The stories in this book make for a fascinating and remarkably complete pantheon of just about every common despair and every joy related to game development.” — Rami Ismail, cofounder of Vlambeer and developer of Nuclear Throne
Developing video games—hero's journey or fool's errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today's hottest games can be more harrowing and complex than the games themselves, often seeming like an endless maze or a bottomless abyss. In Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, Jason Schreier takes readers on a fascinating odyssey behind the scenes of video game development, where the creator may be a team of 600 overworked underdogs or a solitary geek genius. Exploring the artistic challenges, technical impossibilities, marketplace demands, and Donkey Kong-sized monkey wrenches thrown into the works by corporate, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels reveals how bringing any game to completion is more than Sisyphean—it's nothing short of miraculous.
Taking some of the most popular, bestselling recent games, Schreier immerses readers in the hellfire of the development process, whether it's RPG studio Bioware's challenge to beat an impossible schedule and overcome countless technical nightmares to build Dragon Age: Inquisition; indie developer Eric Barone's single-handed efforts to grow country-life RPG Stardew Valley from one man's vision into a multi-million-dollar franchise; or Bungie spinning out from their corporate overlords at Microsoft to create Destiny, a brand new universe that they hoped would become as iconic as Star Wars and Lord of the Rings—even as it nearly ripped their studio apart.
Documenting the round-the-clock crunches, buggy-eyed burnout, and last-minute saves, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels is a journey through development hell—and ultimately a tribute to the dedicated diehards and unsung heroes who scale mountains of obstacles in their quests to create the best games imaginable.
Jason shows us behind the scene of the game developing. Crunches, depression, fights etc etc. One of the biggest cons of this book, if you don't love the game chapter tells and really don't care much about developing side it can be boring to you.
Jason shows us behind the scene of the game developing. Crunches, depression, fights etc etc. One of the biggest cons of this book, if you don't love the game chapter tells and really don't care much about developing side it can be boring to you.
Livro incrível que demonstra as lutas necessárias para fazer videogames. Pessoalmente, será eternamente lembrado como o melhor livro sobre games de todos os tempos.
O livro compartilha muitas difíceis realidades que a indústria ainda sofre e desesperadamente precisa resolver. As entrevistas e narrações contam as histórias da indústria de um jeito detalhado e informativo, ao mesmo tempo que me deixa intrigado e me perguntando qual vai ser o resultado, mesmo quando já sei o que acontece na vida real. Eu também consigo me identificar com alguns dos desafios e dificuldades mostrados, por ser um aspirador a desenvolvedor indie.
Para muitas pessoas, incluindo a mim, o Jason Schreier vai ser lembrado como o melhor jornalista de videogames da história.
Review of 'Blood, Sweat, and Pixels' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
For me, this was a great journey through the development process of some of the more recent prominent titles in gaming. The ups, downs, success, and failures of game development. Each chapter contains the development of each gaming project and I immediately found myself wanting to read the next each time I finished what I was currently reading.
Excellent addition to the reading library of anyone remotely interested in gaming, games, or the industry as a whole.
