There are games that never saw the light of day (Star Wars 1313) and games that remain black marks on their respective franchises (Dragon Age: Inquisition).

Reading the list of games above, it ranges from solo projects over the course of 5 years (Stardew Valley) to a game that put an entire country on the gamedev map (The Witcher 3). Since each chapter is a self-contained story of a game’s development, there isn’t an overarching story or narrative to tie one chapter to another. Pillars of Eternity by Obsidian Entertainment.Like mentioned above, there are 10 in total: Jason Schreier has stated that he wanted to answer the age old question: Why is it so damn hard to make video games? OverviewĮach chapter of “Blood, Sweat and Pixels” covers a different game’s development. The overall content of the book is lifting the veil behind game development at different scales (solo-dev, small team and high end AAA) to show how grueling game development is. “Blood, Sweat and Pixels”, or its much longer full title “Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made”, is a book that covers the development of 10 different video games each chapter featuring a different game. Feedback Friday Screenshot Saturday Soundtrack Sunday Marketing Monday WIP Wednesday Daily Discussion Quarterly Showcase Related communities 1 For questions, get in touch with mods, we're happy to help you. Free assets OK, be sure to specify license. If you need to use screenshots, that's ok so long as is illustrates your issues.ĭo not solicit employment. Use discord, /r/indiegames, /r/playmygame or /r/gamedevscreens.īe specific about your question. Feedback, praise, WIP, screenshots, kickstarters, blogs, memes, 'play my game', twitch streams.

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