The Game Developers' Library
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- Update frequency
- every 37 days
- Average duration
- 79 minutes
- Episodes
- 4
- Years Active
- 2025
ep04 - Jason Schreier - Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made
In this episode we discuss Jason Schreier's journalistic account of the creation of a bunch of different games, ranging from huge AAA games like DragonAge: Inquisition, to smaller indie ones like Sho…
ep03 - Jesse Schell - The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses
In this episode we cover this weighty game design textbook, discussing its stronger and weaker areas, how it can help new developers to understand design and player psychology, and why so many more t…
ep02 - Raph Koster - A Theory of Fun For Game Design
I discuss Raph Koster's game design classic from 2004. Is this a book about craft, or about ethics?
The reading list of GDL is here on Bookshop.org https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-game-developers-li…
ep01 - Derek Yu - Spelunky
We discuss Spelunky by Derek Yu, which was published by Boss Fight Books in 2016. This episode is hosted by Joe Baxter-Webb (game design educator and host of Indie Game Clinic) and game developer Tom…