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Making videogames : the art of creating digital worlds / Duncan Harris & Alex Wiltshire.

Harris, Duncan, (author.). Wiltshire, Alex, (author.).

Summary:

"Every element of a videogame is subject to a swirling tumult of ambitions, conventions, problems, considerations and compromises. Dust motes in a deserted office, a road winding across an open moor, a charging berserker. Look closely and the screen will devolve into pixels, but lean back and they will coalesce into an image that's deep with meaning. A darkened turbine hall, a leaping plumber, a burning sun. Making videogames is about inspiring emotions, stimulating us into action, pulling us into and through a story, helping us to understand the motivations of the character we're playing and and, in the process creating visual art." --page [4] of cover

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780500023143
  • ISBN: 050002314X
  • Physical Description: 255 pages : illustrations (color) ; 29 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Thames & Hudson, 2022.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Making spaceships. Hardspace: shipbreaker -- Dimensions of light. Control -- Art through mathematics. Paper beast -- Generating worlds. No man's sky -- A noble journey. A plague tale: innocence -- Painting history. Disco elysium -- Solo sailing. Return of the Obra Dinn -- Driving realism. Grid -- Pixel perfect. River city girls -- Physical beats. Thumper -- Building for virtual reality. Half-life: Alyx -- First person fear. Soma.
Subject: Video games > Design.
Video games > Authorship.
Genre: Digital art.

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  • 4 of 4 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 3 of 3 copies available at Cass County.

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Cass County Library-Garden City 794.8 HAR 2022 (Text) 0002205376607 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
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Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center 794.8 HAR 2022 (Text) 0002205378819 Adult Non-Fiction Available -

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Making Videogames : The Art of Creating Digital Worlds
Making Videogames : The Art of Creating Digital Worlds
by Harris, Duncan; Wiltshire, Alex
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Making Videogames : The Art of Creating Digital Worlds


An in-depth visual guide presenting the captivating creative journeys behind the world's leading videogames. Making Videogames is an unprecedented snapshot of modern interactive entertainment, with insight from true pioneers about the most important games in the world. Illustrated with some of the most arresting in-game images ever seen in print, the book explores the unique alchemy of technical and artistic endeavour that constitutes the magic of videogames, striking a captivating balance between insight and accessibility. Across eleven chapters, each focusing on a specific game from AAA blockbusters such as Control and Half-Life: Alyx to cult breakthrough games including No Man's Sky and Return of the Obra Dinn , the book will document the incredible craft of videogame worldbuilding and visual storytelling via the world's most popular, but seldom fully understood, entertainment medium. The book's text orbits breathtaking, specially created imagery 'photographed' in-engine by the author, demonstrating the magic and method behind each studio's work. A book not only for die-hard videogame fanatics, but also for designer-creatives and the visually curious, Making Videogames is a thrilling showcase of the boundless creativity of this amazing industry.

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