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Learn how to achieve a happier and healthier game development process by connecting the creative aspects of game design with techniques for effective project management.
Award-winning game designer Richard Lemarchand (Uncharted series) shares lessons he’s learned over the course of his 20+ year career creating videogames. This book covers the videogame production process from start to finish, giving the reader strategies to plan appropriately and avoid the uncontrolled overwork known as “crunch”.
With a foreword by Amy Hennig.
What a great read, i love how it doesn't only discuss processes but always emphasizes values as well.
Both inspiring and to the point, @rich_lem my compliments! #gamedesign
I just finished reading "A Playful Production Process" by @rich_lem.
It's a wonderful guide to game development & full of wisdom. I recommend it to everyone making games or interested in doing so.
I plan to apply some of the methods in my own practice.
https://www.playfulproductionprocess.com/
@areepod @rich_lem_book is always my recommendation for games production! it is the best of the best at discussing the discipline and giving examples!
Reading @rich_lem delightful & insightful ‘A Playful Production Process’.
I appreciate being able to take a photo of @q_dork ‘s prototype display from the V&A show , now immortalised in print - whilst also still having a photo of us agonising over that same object arrangement
I love listening to podcasts/talks that teach me more about the industry when I’m out walking.
Today’s viewing is @cerny’s DICE seminar on preproduction mentioned in @rich_lem’s “Playful Production Process”. Even 20 years later it’s majorly relevant!
http://youtu.be/QOAW9ioWAvE
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK
“Lemarchand brilliantly lays out an alternative to the crunch and chaos so common in game development today. A must-read!”
—MARK CERNY, Lead Architect of PlayStation 4 and 5
“By focusing on the creative experience and the joy of making things collaboratively as a team, Lemarchand shows his readers how to survive in the game industry and come out with your creativity and inspiration intact!”
—TIM SCHAFER, Studio Head, Double Fine Productions
“Lemarchand fuses the best of AAA game development practices with innovative, inclusive, and human-centered approaches from academia, art, and indie games. The result is as close as I’ve seen to the elusive ‘best practices’ for game development.”
—TRACY FULLERTON, Director, USC Game Innovation Lab