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Postmortems from Game Developer: Insights from the Developers of "Unreal Tournament" "Black & White" "Age of Empire" and Other Top-selling Games (Gama Network Series)
 
 

Postmortems from Game Developer: Insights from the Developers of "Unreal Tournament" "Black & White" "Age of Empire" and Other Top-selling Games (Gama Network Series) (Paperback)

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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 The editor has organized the articles by theme and added previously unpublished analysis to reveal successful management techniques.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.

About the Author
Austin Grossman has ten years of experience in the computer gaming industry, as a writer and designer. He has worked at Looking Glass Technologies and Dreamworks Interactive where he wrote and designed Trespasser: Jurassic Park.

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