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1 online resource |
| Summary |
Features interviews with game developers and discussion of the creative process behind video game development. Includes full-color artwork and concept art from 40 video games. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments ; Contents ; Foreword ; Preface; Beautiful Games ; Serenity and Wonder ; Telling a Story ; Escape to the Shadows ; The Supernatural and the Surreal ; Turning Tragedy into Horror ; Playing Detective ; Fantasy Worlds ; Indie Freedom in a Triple-A Studio ; Rising from the Ashes ; Uncharted Territory ; Pushing Boundaries ; Idealized Fighters and Stylized Violence ; Sex and Violence ; Epic Quests and Everyday Life ; Parody with Cute Characters ; Building New Worlds ; Laughter and Absurdity ; Microbudget Games ; Roots in Film ; Creativity under Constraint. |
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Cheerful Color and Simple Gameplay Culture and History ; Representing Native Cultures ; Remixing History ; Childhood Influences ; Twisted Fairy Tales ; Bringing Childhood Fantasies to Life ; A Game that Never Ends ; About the Author. |
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Video games -- Design.
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Video games industry.
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Art.
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Art |
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Jeux vidéo -- Conception. |
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Jeux vidéo -- Industrie. |
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Art. |
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Art |
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Video games -- Design |
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Video games industry |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781593276652 1593276656 (DLC) 2015013186 (OCoLC)899229249 |
| ISBN |
9781593276911 (electronic bk.) |
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1593276915 (electronic bk.) |
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9781593276652 (electronic bk.) |
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1593276656 (electronic bk.) |
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