Blood, Sweat, and Pixels by Jason Schreier Summary
Overview of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels
Journey behind gaming's closed doors, where developers sacrifice sleep and sanity for digital art. This national bestseller exposes the brutal "crunch" culture that powers your favorite titles. Even industry titan Rami Ismail called it "a remarkably complete pantheon" of gaming's hidden realities.
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著者の声を通じて本を感じる
知識を魅力的で例が豊富な洞察に変換
キーアイデアを瞬時にキャプチャして素早く学習
楽しく魅力的な方法で本を楽しむ
重要なポイント
The Miracle of Making Games
Imagine securing millions to create your dream video game. Your concept art looks amazing, the engine runs smoothly, and early playtesters love it. Then reality hits. Your rendering tricks tank the frame rate. Players get stuck on "intuitive" levels. Your art director micromanages everyone. Your demo is weeks behind schedule. And now investors want budget cuts. Welcome to game development. Jason Schreier's "Blood, Sweat, and Pixels" has become the modern bible for understanding the chaotic reality behind video games. Since 2017, industry veterans have embraced it as "required reading," offering unprecedented insight into why games are often delayed and the human cost of creating interactive entertainment. Why is game development universally grueling? One exhausted developer told Schreier his team discovered a major feature wasn't fun near completion, forcing months of 80-100 hour workweeks with some sleeping at the office. His conclusion: "It's a miracle that any game is made." With decades of experience since the 1970s, shouldn't this process be more efficient by now? Three factors make games uniquely challenging: interactivity requires rendering graphics in real-time based on unpredictable player choices; technology constantly evolves, forcing developers to reinvent tools with each project; and scheduling becomes impossible when dealing with the abstract concept of "fun." As one producer asked: "Where is fun? How long does fun take?"
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