BLOOD, SWEAT, AND PIXELS: THE TRIUMPHANT, TURBULENT STORIES BEHIND HOW VIDEO GAMES ARE MADE

Jason Schreier

Developing video games—hero's journey or fool's errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today's hottest games can be more harrowing and complex than the games themselves, often seeming like an endless maze or a bottomless abyss. In Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, Jason Schreier takes readers on a fascinating odyssey behind the scenes of video game development, where the creator may be a team of 600 overworked underdogs or a solitary geek genius. Exploring the artistic challenges, technical impossibilities, marketplace demands, and Donkey Kong-sized monkey wrenches thrown into the works by corporate, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels reveals how bringing any game to completion is more than Sisyphean—it's nothing short of miraculous.

Taking some of the most popular, bestselling recent games, Schreier immerses readers in the hellfire of the development process, whether it's RPG studio Bioware's challenge to beat an impossible schedule and overcome countless technical nightmares to build Dragon Age: Inquisition; indie developer Eric Barone's single-handed efforts to grow country-life RPG Stardew Valley from one man's vision into a multi-million-dollar franchise; or Bungie spinning out from their corporate overlords at Microsoft to create Destiny, a brand new universe that they hoped would become as iconic as Star Wars and Lord of the Rings—even as it nearly ripped their studio apart.

Documenting the round-the-clock crunches, buggy-eyed burnout, and last-minute saves, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels is a journey through development hell—and ultimately a tribute to the dedicated diehards and unsung heroes who scale mountains of obstacles in their quests to create the best games imaginable.

PUBLICATION DETAILS

LANGUAGE	BINDING	EDITION	ISBN	YEAR	PAGES
English	Paperback		9780062651235	2017	304
English	eBook		N/A	2017	304
French	Paperback		9791035500375	2018	381
French	eBook		N/A	2018	381
Spanish	Paperback		9788417649371	2020	282
Ukrainian	Paperback		9789669932655	2020	336
Turkish	Paperback		9786257737548	2021	280
Polish	Paperback		9788381292436	2018	368
Portuguese	Paperback		9788595082595	2018	368
Czech	Paperback		9788075778246	2019	310
Korean	Paperback		9791162241028	2018	399
Russian	Paperback	Unicorn Book	9785041025977	2019	384
Russian	Paperback	Bombora	9785040989607	2024	368

AUDIOBOOK DETAILS

LANGUAGE	LENGTH	VERSION	NARRATORS	YEAR
English	8 hours	Unabridged	Ray Chase	2017

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