Hello everyone! I want to collect some experience for indie games game development and maybe anyone knows relevant up-to-date books for that?
Interesting that you want to learn from a book - that would be my last choice. I tried a programming book years ago and my speed & enjoyment increased dramatically when I stopped using the book. The best way to gain experience of making indie games is to start making indie games, preferably starting with something easier like RPG Maker, Visual Novel Maker or Roblox. If you are desperate for a book though, the books which help me the most in game development are fiction books that have stories that I can take a few ideas from for my games, and that let me escape for a while. Maybe you could try reading some.
Thanks for your reply! It so happened that I have programming experience and I am currently looking for books (i.e. best practices) on various game development topics: design, patterns, storytelling, marketing and others. Specifically in the area of indie development.
Fiction books are a really interesting choice, but currently I want to find something like what I wrote above.
I don’t know if there is a single book that would cover indie game development. But here are some suggestions on various game development topics:
Of course what to read up on depends on what kind of games you’re making, but the above should cover at least the basics.