Distributed Game Development: Harnessing Global Talent to Create Winning Games (Paperback)

Take control of your global game development team and make successful AAA game titles using the 'Distributed Development' model. Game industry veteran Tim Fields teaches you how to evaluate game deals, how to staff teams for highly distributed game development, and how to maintain challenging relationships in order to get great games to market. This book is filled with interviews with a broad spectrum of industry experts from top game publishers and business owners in the US and UK. A supplementary web site provides interviews from the book, a forum where developers and publishers can connect, and additional tips and tricks. Topics include:

- Building a core team that excels at working with external development partners.

- Finding and Evaluating studios and publishers to help get your game built.

- Effectively dividing up game projects into parts that can be distributed.

- Saving your teams from the brutality of crunch.

- Running your projects more efficiently and achieve better results.

- Includes interviews with game producers from Sony Online Entertainment, Disney Online, Blue Castle Games, Firebrand Games, Aspyr Games, and 2K Sports.

掌握全球遊戲開發團隊的控制權，並使用「分散式開發」模式成功製作AAA級遊戲。遊戲業界資深人士Tim Fields教導您如何評估遊戲交易、如何為高度分散的遊戲開發團隊組建人員，以及如何維持具有挑戰性的關係，以便將優秀的遊戲推向市場。本書內容豐富，包含了來自美國和英國頂尖遊戲發行商和企業主的廣泛專家訪談。附帶的網站提供了書中的訪談內容、開發者和發行商可以互相交流的論壇，以及額外的技巧和訣竅。主題包括：

- 建立一支擅長與外部開發合作的核心團隊。
- 尋找和評估工作室和發行商，以幫助您建立遊戲。
- 有效地將遊戲項目分解為可分配的部分。
- 拯救您的團隊免受緊迫工作的傷害。
- 更高效地運行您的項目並取得更好的結果。
- 包括來自索尼在線娛樂、迪士尼在線、藍城堡遊戲、Firebrand Games、Aspyr Games和2K Sports的遊戲製作人的訪談。