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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.
A taste of your fully-realized game! 🥧🍂
The vertical slice is a small, highly polished demo of your full experience, giving you an idea of how everything will look, sound, and feel in the end.
Find out more in the book 📘 — catch 2021’s last @koloquials comic, next Tuesday!
Ep 44 is live! Rich & I talk about his game design journey, Naughty Dog, USC Games, the 4-day work week, psychology, 5 games you should be playing & the band XTC - check it out @rich_lem @rich_lem_book https://open.spotify.com/episode/74Xn8qqWgPIihmjBJQg038?si=_uCh7DO4QP2QpQHjccBreA #gamedesign #gamedev #xtc
The early steps determine the groundwork! 🎍🧱
@koloquials looks into what preproduction is all about! This phase is your game’s formative years, where you establish a plan by beginning to build it out.
Find out more in the book 📚 — catch us every Tuesday for a new comic!
🗣💬 A few weeks ago I had a fun, rambly conversation about my game industry history and @rich_lem_book with @John_Podlasek of the @gamedev_advice podcast, and it just went live!
📱🔊 Check it out on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/game-dev-advice-the-game-developers-podcast/id1450096263?i=1000542719164 or Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/episode/74Xn8qqWgPIihmjBJQg038?si=vNWpXVdNSXe_cMhvvzauow
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