Game Development Essentials:
Online Game Development by
Jeannie Novak
Game Development Essentials: Online Game Development By Rick Hall
With an innovative, business-model approach, Game Development
Essentials: Online Game Development provides the essentials needed to
achieve long-term success with Massively Multiplayer Online Games
(MMOGs). This book takes a significant and valuable departure from
traditional game development books by addressing MMOG development
as a complex, multi-faceted, service-oriented business, instead of focusing
solely on technical, artistic, or design techniques. The resulting multi-
dimensional focus allows readers to design their game and organize their
development process with the entire business in mind. Coverage includes
the key differences between single player games and MMOGs, as well as
how the various components of the development process, such as the
business model, marketing plan, gaming community and technical

constraints, influence one another and determine the success of the
MMOG.
Personal Review: Game Development Essentials: Online Game
Development by Jeannie Novak
I only received the book about three days ago, and am currently on page
141 of about 250, so I want to say that I have not yet had time to finish the
book. However, I'm so excited by it that I wanted to write this review
anyway during a break from reading it.
The book is an MMOG enthusiast's dream. For a long time I have been
interested in eventually breaking into the gaming industry, with an eye
towards one day designing an MMORPG of my own. This book puts the
whole process into great perspective, and being that my degree is in
engineering, I can say that the business approaches and practices
espoused in this book work in all facets of business, design, and planning.
Indeed, if one looks closely there are abstract bits of wisdom throughout
the book that apply to all of life, and it becomes clear while reading that
there are bits of wisdom throughout all of life that must be applied to game
design in order to produce a good game. I could not be more pleased with
this book, and find myself repeatedly amazed at how professionally
researched, organized, and written it is. It is extremely accessible to all
readers, and works to provide a brilliant foundation for MMOG design in
general.
While there is a great deal of breadth in the book, and it is accessible to all,
only the most creative and intelligent minds will be able to fully grasp,
digest, and appreciate everything it has to say. For this reason, it could be
a great read for young gaming enthusiasts and industry leaders alike. In
life, all great philosophical ideas are accessible to all, yet the full bouquet
of intertwining reasoning will only be realized by the most brilliant. The
same rings true of this book. I will be reading it more than once for my
own enhanced benefit, as I admit that I cannot swallow at once all that it
has to say.
The book would make a great gift for anyone who is fascinated by MMOG
design, its history, or just sound business practices.
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