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PlayBASIC => Game Design => Topic started by: kevin on November 19, 2007, 09:39:00 PM

Title: Recommended Reading on Game Design & Game Development
Post by: kevin on November 19, 2007, 09:39:00 PM
 

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Advice For Aspiring Indie Game Developers (http://christophermpark.blogspot.com/2009/08/advice-for-aspiring-indie-game.html)

8 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE GAME PROGRAMMERS (http://www.gignews.com/careerfeatures/8habits.htm)

How to Prototype a Game in Under 7 Days: (http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20051026/gabler_pfv.htm)

How to Build an RPG in a Week (http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article2259.asp)

The Indie Ethos (http://www.gamecareerguide.com/features/465/the_indie_.php)

How to make games for visually impaired children (http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1178578)

Natural Funativity (http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20041110/falstein_01.shtml)

Terrain Reasoning for 3D Action Games (http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20010912/sterren_01.htm)


Overview of the AI techniques used in the game KillZone (http://www.cgf-ai.com/docs/straatman_remco_killzone_ai.pdf)  (PDF)

 
Video Game Revolution (http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/history/index.html)  (Lots of articles here)

How many frames per second can the human eye see? (http://www.100fps.com/how_many_frames_can_humans_see.htm)

Make Games, Not Engines (http://scientificninja.com/advice/write-games-not-engines)


Why Johnny can't code (http://www.salon.com/technology/feature/2006/09/14/basic)

[plink]40 Great Game Development Tutorials (http://gamedev.tutsplus.com/articles/roundups/fantastic-gamedev-tutorials-from-across-the-web/)[/plink]

[plink]No One Knows About Your Game (http://chrishecker.com/No_One_Knows_About_Your_Game)[/plink]




 
Building a Game Engine ?


 Game Engine Anatomy 101  (http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,594,00.asp)  

 Movement Mechanics in "The Legend of Zelda" (http://troygilbert.com/2006/10/the-movement-and-attack-mechanics-of-the-legend-of-zelda/)




 
3D Game Programming


 Learning To Love Your Z buffer (http://www.sjbaker.org/steve/omniv/love_your_z_buffer.html)  

 The Making of "Shadow Of The Colossus" (http://www.bruno-urbain.com/resources/making_of_sotc.pdf) (PDF)






 
Making Games for a Living ?


 Game Biz Advice page  (http://www.sloperama.com/advice.html)  (great FAQ!)

 GDC 09: Everything you wanted to know about going indie... (http://www.destructoid.com/gdc-09-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-going-indie--125966.phtml)  (2dBoy talk about going Indie)

How To: Create your own game company, Part One (http://www.downloadsquad.com/2005/11/28/how-to-create-your-own-game-company-part-one/)

How To: Create your own game company, Part Two (http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/05/19/how-to-create-your-own-game-company-part-two/)

 Successful Shareware (http://www.semicolon.com/ShareSuccess/Shareware1.html)

 Das Uberspiel: Pitching Your Game To A Publisher (http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20060413/sf_01.shtml)

http://jeff-vogel.blogspot.com/2009/03/so-heres-how-many-games-i-sell.html (http://jeff-vogel.blogspot.com/2009/03/so-heres-how-many-games-i-sell.html)

Should working in games be more fun?  (http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article866.asp)

Indie Legals 1.01: Starting an indie game company (https://www.facebook.com/notes/gamesbrief/indie-legals-101-starting-an-indie-game-company/10150355308425270)

[plink]9 Surpising reasons mobiles apps get rejected (http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/08/9-surprising-reasons-mobile-apps-get-rejected-from-the-apple-app-store/)[/plink]





 
Legals ?


10 Big Myths about copyright explained (http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html)

 Keeping the Pirates at Bay:Implementing Crack Protection for Spyro: Year of the Dragon (http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20011017/dodd_01.htm)




 
Hardware Statistics



 Break Down of Windows machines (http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php)




 
Game Programming Books


 The Art of Computer Game Design (http://www.erasmatazz.com/free.html)  (PDF - Link @ Bottom Of Page)

 How to Make Money by playing Video Games  (http://www.gameinnovator.com/make_money_playing_games_ebook.php) (ebook)

 Physics For Dummies Download dummies (http://fliiby.com/file/16547/qzpp01c6bu.html) (ebook)


 http://www.freetechbooks.com/ (http://www.freetechbooks.com/)    This site lists free online computer science, engineering and programming books..






Understanding Technology


  Understanding Moore's Law (http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/cpu/moore.ars/1)

  CPU vs. GPU (http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000732.html)

   A nice article about CPU's (http://en.kioskea.net/pc/processeur.php3)