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Game art : art from 40 video games and interviews with their creators / Matt Sainsbury.

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781593276911
ISBN: 1593276915
ISBN: 9781593276652
ISBN: 1593276656
Physical Description: 1 online resource
Edition: 1st edition.
Publisher: San Francisco : No Starch Press, [2015]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

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.

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.

Source of Description Note:

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 27, 2016).