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3/12/2023

Best books about video game development? Particularly interested in books about orgs even over books about specific games. Want to go deep on the default organizational OS patterns in that industry.

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Dylan Mikus@dbmikus
3/12/2023

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels The Art of Game Design

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Giuliano Giacaglia@giu
3/13/2023

Not necessarily on how to do game development but worth the time: https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Doom-Created-Transformed-Culture/dp/0812972155

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3/13/2023

Will be giving a talk about organization design at a video game-related conference in a few months and want to immerse myself in the reality of the audience as much as possible beforehand.

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3/13/2023

https://www.amazon.com/World-Warcraft-Diary-Computer-Development-ebook/dp/B07T9LJ2GD/ specific game but iirc is fairly in-depth on the minutiae, which gave me a better sense for studios generally