{"product_id":"blood-sweat-and-pixels-the-triumphant-turbulent-stories-behind-how-video-games-are-made","title":"Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games are Made","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Schreier\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Paperbacks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 05-09-2017\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e 47751398\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Developing video games—hero’s journey or fool’s errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today’s hottest games can be more harrowing and complex than the games themselves, often seeming like an endless maze or a bottomless abyss. In Blood, Sweat and Pixels, Jason Schreier takes readers on a fascinating odyssey behind the scenes of video game development, where the creator may be a team of 600 overworked underdogs or a solitary geek genius. Exploring the artistic challenges, technical impossibilities, marketplace demands and Donkey Kong-sized monkey wrenches thrown into the works by corporate, Blood, Sweat and Pixels reveals how bringing any game to completion is more than Sisyphean—it’s nothing short of miraculous.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTaking some of the most popular, bestselling recent games, Schreier immerses readers in the hellfire of the development process, whether it’s RPG studio Bioware’s challenge to beat an impossible schedule and overcome countless technical\u003cbr\u003e\nnightmares to build Dragon Age: Inquisition; indie developer Eric Barone’s singlehanded efforts to grow country-life RPG Stardew Valley from one man’s vision into a multi-million-dollar franchise; or Bungie spinning out from their corporate overlords at Microsoft to create Destiny, a brand new universe that they hoped would become as iconic as Star Wars and\u003cbr\u003e\nLord of the Rings—even as it nearly ripped their studio apart.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDocumenting the round-the-clock crunches, buggy-eyed burnout and last-minute saves, Blood, Sweat and Pixels is a journey through development hell—and ultimately a tribute to the dedicated diehards and unsung heroes who scale mountains of obstacles in their quests to create the best games imaginable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062651235\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.0 x 5.3 x 1.1 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50089525215536,"sku":"Trans_9780062651235","price":563.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/81KFnMWdq7L.jpg?v=1756812333","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/blood-sweat-and-pixels-the-triumphant-turbulent-stories-behind-how-video-games-are-made","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}