1st Edition

We Deserve Better Villains A Video Game Design Survival Guide

By Jai Kristjan Copyright 2020
254 Pages
by CRC Press

254 Pages
by CRC Press

254 Pages
by CRC Press

We Deserve Better Villains is a highly accessible how-to guide for video game designers no matter what level of experience to understand what is needed to be successful in the development cycle of any video game from concept to supporting the game live. Each chapter outlines a period in a video games development cycle, what key concepts need to be on a designers mind and how they can work to... Read more

Ch 1 Preparation; Ch 2 Blue Sky; Ch 3 Pre-Production; Ch 4Production; Ch 5 Alpha; Ch 6 Beta; Ch 7 Final; Ch 8 Post-Release; Ch 9 LIVE; Ch 10 Wrap

Biography

Jai Kristjan is a veteran of video game development with over fifteen years of experience in the video game industry from tiny companies to large corporations on games from handheld to AAA console titles across more generations than he cares to remember. He has worked in positions in Quality Assurance, Localization, Production, Project Management and most importantly Game Design. On a regular basis he can be found working in Vancouver Canada as an Onion Knight for the games that truly inspire him.