Recently I’ve found myself returning to Anne Bogart’s A Director Prepares multiple times for thoughts related to direction of live theater, which I’ve found to be extremely relevant to game development. It’s a book I’ve recommended now many times!

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@mike_acton Steve McConnell’s Rapid Development is one.

Tue Aug 21 11:04:04 +0000 2012

@JurieOnGames
Jurie Horneman

@mike_acton Not really an article but the Arkham Asylum DICE talk by Sefton Hill was great. Second (for me) is Ed Catmull’s Stanford talk.

Tue Aug 21 11:07:07 +0000 2012

@Stitched
Peter Saumur

@SteveSwink is the one design book I always keep at work for reference & inspiration.

Tue Aug 21 11:07:35 +0000 2012

@lightbombmike
Mike Jungbluth

@mike_acton What kind of topic are you looking for?

Tue Aug 21 11:08:36 +0000 2012

@rupazero
Zoya Street

@mike_acton Edsger Dijkstra’s Turing Lecture

Tue Aug 21 11:10:41 +0000 2012

@brett_douville
brett_douville

@mike_acton I wish I liked the second game. Too complex.

Tue Aug 21 11:15:16 +0000 2012

@locust9
David Goldfarb

Tue Aug 21 11:34:15 +0000 2012

@pixelmager
Mikkel Gjoel

@mike_acton Computer Graphics Principles and Practice. Foley. van Dam et al might be old but stuff worth a place on the shelf

Tue Aug 21 11:36:34 +0000 2012

@DeanoC
Deano Calver

@mike_acton Blinn’s Through the graphics pipeline (and 2 others), I lost my set years ago and often still want to refer to bits.

Tue Aug 21 11:42:16 +0000 2012

@DeanoC
Deano Calver

@mike_acton Nothing in the last 5-6 years. Most things things just get a single read (if that).

Tue Aug 21 14:48:19 +0000 2012

@noel_llopis
Noel Llopis

Tue Aug 21 14:51:03 +0000 2012

@noel_llopis
Noel Llopis

@mike_acton Good question. I know two books that I will re-read and that is “The Pragmatic Programmer” and “Thinking and Leaning”

Tue Aug 21 14:51:44 +0000 2012

@daniel_collin
Daniel Collin

Tue Aug 21 14:55:06 +0000 2012

@noel_llopis
Noel Llopis

@mike_acton One of my favorites is “The Pragmatic Programmer” by Hunt & Thomas.

Tue Aug 21 15:14:43 +0000 2012

@niklasfrykholm
Niklas Frykholm

@mike_acton Looking forward to finishing this game so I can write more articles. Way too busy but I have a lot of material :)

Tue Aug 21 16:01:09 +0000 2012

@gafferongames
Glenn Fiedler

@mike_acton Abrash’s Black Book. Far beyond the graphics content I think it really nails the mindset required when optimizing code.

Tue Aug 21 16:04:31 +0000 2012

@m18e
Max Burke

@pixelmager Haven’t referred to the Foley & van Dam for years, now that I think of it. May need to flip it open again just to see.

Tue Aug 21 16:27:02 +0000 2012

@mike_acton
Mike Acton

@rupazero No particular topic. Just curious. I think a person’s choice says a lot. :)

Tue Aug 21 16:28:23 +0000 2012

@mike_acton
Mike Acton

@DeanoC I left my copy in the library at splash – had only opened it once since uni, fruitlessly.

Tue Aug 21 16:34:06 +0000 2012

@pixelmager
Mikkel Gjoel