On my last post, I said that Barnes N' Nobel barely had the books I wanted. The one that started my obsession for buying books online was the Indie Game Development Survival Guide by Charles River Media Game Development.
I want to become an indie game developer someday and how the path to becoming one is difficult or daunting to most people. I felt this book was necessary as a guide for any serious indie game developer to read at least once or twice in their lives. The book helped me understand the passion I needed, the attitudes of most (not all) indie game developers, what software I could use, how to make a game design document, funding, and how to work with people on my team. Of course I am alone when making games so not all the chapters, such as the one on teamwork, in the book applied to me. I found myself skimming through the teamwork chapter due to its long length but others might read that chapter with more attention. After reading this book I felt like had a clearer understanding of how to go about planing the development for my games, advertising, and finally making my games for people to play.
I brought this book a long time ago when the book was only 40 dollars. The book is so popular that the price keeps rising and I do not remember ever seeing this book in a store. Those who really want to make video games on their own should buy this book while it is available on Amazon and not priced at one thousand dollars because the price keeps rising.
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