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Can anyone recommend me some good game development books for someone who wants to create "small" games as a hobby? By "small" I mean that my goal is to be able

• saiko-chriskun 14y ago
  Books? Just pick a framework and start hacking.
• eigenbom 14y ago
  Just go through tutorials, e.g. ,on pygame.org
• damian2000 14y ago
  There's a book here that looks good - published by Packt - http://www.packtpub.com/game-jam-survival-guide/book http://www.packtpub.com/game-jam-survival-guide/book ... its by Christer Kaitila, a game developer with 17-years experience. I don't think its got any technical information. I haven't read it myself, but these headings from the table of contents look like good advice... - Go with what you know - Don't try a new language - Don't worry about making it beautiful! - Keep It Simple, Stupid! - No-art (rectangles) gameplay proof-of-concept - Heinous hacks and ugly code are A-OK.
• VSerge 14y ago
  Jesse Schell's "the art of game design". It will give you a solid understanding of what game design is and how you can do it. Also, it's a very good read, which doesn't hurt when you're trying to learn something. I disagree strongly with the advice consisting of: "start hacking and see what happens". For any kind of product design, starting something without any kind of direction is the surest way to go nowhere.