The Ultimate Game Developer's Sourcebook: The Comprehensive Guide to Making It Big in the Interactive Game Industry

Every page of this Sourcebook is jam-packed with time-proven advice and resources from the most talented and business-savvy minds in the computer game industry. You'll not only get all the tips and secrets to successful game design, you'll get detailed information about music creation, marketing and selling your games, designing killer artwork, working with leading-edge development environments, creating amazing interfaces, and much more: covers the technical aspects of creating games, including programming basics, AI, special effects, animation, 3D, motion capture, digitized video, and much more; provides the secrets for getting a high-paying job in the game industry; shows you how to get venture capital for your next game project; features game design and development techniques for every type of games in the industry; provides hundreds of professional design and marketing research tips to help you create and sell the very best games; and includes hundreds of resources - the best Web sites for game developers; lists of game publishers; the best books, magazines, and development tools; artists and musicians; business resources; and more.

Ben Sawyer (Portland, ME), a leading author and consultant, is heavily involved in the interactive entertainment industry. He is the author of Coriolis' The Ultimate Web Developer's Sourcebook, The Ultimate Game Developer's Sourcebook, and Digital Camera Companion.