Readings

A wonderful little book on the life of Satoru Iwata. It encourages me not only to be an excellent game developer but also to be a kind person and to take joy in my work.

Showcases a lot of the difficulties related to game-dev, and I have to agree: a good game takes passion and commitment. As an indie-dev though, the issues in this book are exactly why I want to focus on small games.

While this book is old, by computer standards, I think this book should be mandatory reading in college. If anything, there should be a class about design patterns. Creating well-architected and designed software is what separates the novice from the experienced. It is a huge part of what makes software maintainable and extendable. By no means have I perfected these (what a feat that would be!), but I try to practice them in my programming as I believe most programmers should.

This book is full of technical gotcha tips for programming in C++. If anyone is looking to be a better C++ programmer, it’s a fine book (though written before C++11).

The first game design book I read. Very well written and helps me to start thinking about how to engineer for fun (also got me into Rim World - a fun colony sim)

A great book to consider the different aspects of a video game. Together the different lenses make a fun and appealing game, and that doesn't necessarily have to be what people traditionally consider to be fun in video games.

An excellent book by the author of C++. This has really opened my eyes to the many new features that are available and how they’re useful for programming. I highly recommend it for anyone looking to enhance their C++ skill and discover (in brief) just how powerful this language can be.