Serie : Indie games
Collection(s) : Pop culture
Paru le 04/05/2022 | Relié 243 pages
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Indie Games
Independent video games from handcrafts to blockbusters
From handcrafting to VR, independent video games ore on all fronts, top the sales charts of Steam®, make sensation in the biggest game shows and awards, and are acclaimed by the most prestigious publishers. Their aesthetics, their gameplay and their original writing shake up the codes.
Indie Games : independent video gomes, from handcrafts to blockbusters analyses the major developments in independent games since 2018. Superbly illustrated and documented, for enthusiasts and curious amateurs alike, this book gives voice to those who drive this cultural industry.
How did these games manage to conquer gamers and media ? In a world of hyper-choice, what ore their strategies to make themselves known ? How do they manage to port to multiple platforms with such small teams ? How do they finance themselves ?
In this exceptional book, thanks to numerous exclusive interviews, more than 300 illustrations, concept arts and unpublished sketches, the reader will get a glimpse behind the scenes and get answers from the key people behind the success of independent video games.
Discover more than 300 independent video games, with some of them mentioned for the first time in a book : A Plague Tale : Innocence, A short Hike, Children of Morta, Carto, Creaks, Eastward, Factorio, Frostpunk, Genesis Noir, Haven, LUNA-The Shadow Oust, Old Man's Journey, Return of the Obra Oinn, Sayonara Wild Hearts, Season, Slay the Spire, Spelunky 2, Untitled Goose Game, When the Post Was Around...
Doctor of modern literature, Bounthavy Suvilay regularly invites pop culture in the halls of university. She was a long-time editor of IG magazine and, in 2018, she published at Bragelonne a first book dedicated to independent video games, Indie Games : history, artwork, sound design of independent video games.
