Buttonless: Incredible iPhone and iPad Games and the Stories Behind Them
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (613 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1439895856 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 244 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. He lives in Oxford, MS, where he is pursuing an education in journalism at Ole Miss' Meek School of Journalism and New Media. Ryan Rigney is a freelance journalist who has covered the video-game industry from every angle for publications and sites including Gamasutra, PC Gamer and GamePro
Rigney takes you on a tour that covers more than 65 of the best and most beloved iPhone and iPad games, telling the never-before-heard tales behind them. Based on more than 100 exclusive interviews with some of the biggest names in iOS development, Buttonless chronicles the adversities that top developers had to overcome and delivers numerous funny/interesting anecdotes from behind the scenes of the iTunes App Store.Examples include:George Fan - Lead Designer of Plants vs. On the forefront of the mobile gaming revolution are real people with stories that are crazy, stressful, hilarious, and, in some cases, heart-wrenching. Written by respected video game journalist Ryan Rigney, with a foreword by John Davison, Buttonless tells the stories of the people behind the games. ZombiesKris Piotrowski - Co-creator of Superbrothers:Sword and Sworcery EPJaakko Iisalo - Lead Designer of Angry BirdsKatherine Anna Kang - Head of id Mobile and Lead Designer of Doom II RPGJustin Smith - Creator of Enviro-Bear 2010Paul Bettner - Lead Designer of Words With FriendsSimon Oliver - Creator of RolandoDonald Mustard - Lead Designer of Infinity Blade and plenty of othersYou'll al
"Great for gamers, software developers, and business people" according to Karl Becker. Buttonless is a thoroughly researched and interviewed book that has something for gamers, software developers, and business people interested in the mobile gaming explosion of the last few years.Though the book is difficult to categorize, it is nonetheles. Great book even for a non-gamer Stacey Jackson I recently received an iPhone and iPad and of course began immediately downloading apps. As a teacher and mom, I don't have much time to play games but I do enjoy them. My son received this book for Christmas and I have read it from cover to cover! Becaus. "Great Book" according to Nova Maple Syrup. Great book so far, I've read over about ten of the chapters so far. As a developer it's definitely a good read, and I think anyone who plays a lot of iOS games would also find it interesting. Check it out!
"An in-depth exploration of gaming's fastest growing space penned by one of its most avid and enthusiastic advocates." Will Herring, reviews editor at GamePro Magazine "The App Store is so incredibly fluid, the way Buttonless locks the wonderful little stories behind them in typographical amber is nothing short of a public service." Justin McElroy, managing editor at Joystiq