The Complete Guide to Game Development, Art & Design - Softcover

Ste Curran; David McCarthy; Simon Byron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904705480 ISBN 13: 9781904705482

Publisher: Ilex, 2005

Synopsis

Video gaming is a global, multi-billion-dollar industry - one that rivals TV, movies, music, and publishing not just as a source of revenue, but also as a medium of creative expression. Production budgets for blockbuster 21st century games have grown to Hollywood proportions, as has the size of the design, production, and marketing teams. Today's complex multiplayer games, real-time 3D environments, and immersive worlds would be almost unrecognizable to the previous generation of game-players who enjoyed battling with Space Invaders back in the 1970s. The Complete Guide to Game Art analyzes everything that goes into designing and building a successful video game, from initial concepts, sketches, and storylines, through early prototypes, to the full-scale production of all the component elements - script, storyboards, screenplay, graphics, video, music, sound effects, code, and so on. Featuring Q&A interviews with some of the world's leading game designers, artists, programmers, and production gurus, The Complete Guide to Game Art is the essential reference work for anyone wanting to work in the industry, or who is curious to know more about it.

About this title

About the Author

David McCarthy has spent the last three years writing for Edge, the world's most respected magazine about video gaming. He is currently a freelance journalist, specializing in the field of video games, and has been a member of the advisory board of the Game Developers' Conference Europe since the event's inception.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ilex
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904705480
• ISBN 13: 9781904705482
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192