Game Production Studies

Buch | Hardcover

356 Seiten

2021
Amsterdam University Press (Verlag)
978-94-6372-543-9 (ISBN)

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Video games have entered the cultural mainstream and now rival established forms of entertainment such as film or television in terms of economic profits. As careers in video game development become more common, so do the stories about precarious working conditions and structural inequalities within the industry. In Game Production Studies, an international group of researchers takes a closer look at the everyday realities of video game production, ranging from commercial studios to independent creators. Across sixteen chapters, the authors deal with issues related to labour, production routines, or monetization, as well as local specificities. As the first edited collection dedicated solely to video game production, this volume provides a timely resource for anyone interested in how games are made and at what cost. The contributors present case studies from Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Poland, and the US among other countries. Considering how fast the video game production networks are evolving, the collection provides both timely discussion of new trends and phenomena such as boutique publishers, in-game monetization regulation, or game jam natives and also historical probes into particular industries, which address the wider socio-historical context of these changes.

Olli Sotamaa is an associate professor of game cultures studies at Tampere University, Finland. Jan Svelch is a researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Arts at Charles University, Czechia.

Introduction: Why Game Production Matters?, LABOUR, DEVELOPMENT, PUBLISHING & MONETIZATION, REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES, Complete Bibliography, Index

Erscheinungsdatum	19.03.2021
Reihe/Serie	Games and Play
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	700 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Informatik ► Software Entwicklung ► Spieleprogrammierung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	94-6372-543-1 / 9463725431
ISBN-13	978-94-6372-543-9 / 9789463725439
Zustand	Neuware