Chapter 22
Live Game Development
Since the first edition of this book was written, the mobile game market has exploded in size. This market brings many challenges to the traditional model of game development, which aims for a single major release. It also brings significant advantages to studios that have an Agile mindset.
On the last AAA console game I worked on, we were weeks away from alpha, after years of development, when we had a visit from our publisher’s CEO. This CEO was very excited about another game he had recently played, which featured using an AC-130 gunship against enemy artificial intelligence (AI) players. AC-130 gunships are large military cargo planes that have had large-caliber machine guns and cannons built in. They are ...
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