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Автор Ричард Дански
Vaporware
By
Richard Dansky
JournalStone
San Francisco
Copyright ©2013 by Richard Dansky
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JournalStone rev. date: May 24, 2013
Cover Design: Denise Daniel
Cover Art: Vincent Chong
Edited By: Dr. Michael R. Collings
Endorsements
Imagine you’re sitting at a bar, surrounded by videogame industry veterans. They’re telling war stories about their past projects, the kind of stories you’d never see repeated in interviews or online magazines, the kind that are insider legends. Everyone’s laughing out of shock or horror at some of the stuff we go through to release a game before Richard Dansky launches into his tale.
That’s when everyone shuts up, because Rich is telling a story, and when Rich starts talking, you know it’s going to be a hell of a ride…. - Lucien Soulban, Writer,Nobody knows the messy
collision of writing and game development better than Richard Dansky. And
for anyone who's ever poured heart and soul into a creative project only to
watch it die, Vaporware is hauntingly, and almost uncomfortably, familiar. -
Jay Posey, Writer,
Dedication
To anyone who’s ever crunched, fought feature creep, planted an Easter Egg (or dug one up), playtested, playtested some more, killed bugs, done level reviews, checked in code after midnight, cleaned up after someone who checked in code improperly after midnight, watched their feature get cut or their project get killed and gone back for more because, damnit, we’re making games - this one’s for you.
And for the loved ones - spouses, children, parents, siblings and dear friends - who are there as we do it. It’s for you, too.
Thank you.
Acknowledgements
This book would not have happened without the help of an awful lot of people:
First (and second and third and other bits) readers Leanne Taylor-Giles, Zach Bush, Erin Hoffman, Lillian Cohen-Moore, Michael Fitch, Crystal Muhme-Fitch, Jaym Gates, Jay Posey, Mike Lee and Olivier Henriot, for their invaluable feedback and endless patience.
