| Game Design Literature
| The following books and Web sites offer practical guidance on the many aspects of game design, production and marketing.
Audio Engineering | The Fat Man on Game Audio: Tasty Morsels of Sonic Goodness by George Alistair Sanger 528 Pages Published by New Riders, June 2003 ISBN: 1592730094 The Complete Guide to Game Audio: For Composers, Musicians, Sound Designers, and Game Developer By Aaron Marks 318 pages Published by CMP Books, October 2001 ISBN: 1578200830
Color Theory | The Art of Color: The Subjective Experience and Objective Rationale of Color by Johannes Itten 160 pages Published by Wiley, December 1997 ISBN: 0471289280
Figure Drawing | The Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing: A Contemporary Perspective on the Classical Tradition by Anthony Ryder 160 pages Published by Watson-Guptill Publications, June 1999 ISBN: 0823003035
| Drawing Cutting Edge Comics By Christopher Hart 144 pages Published by Watson-Guptill Publications, December 2001 ISBN: 0823023974
Game Design | Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals By Katie Salen, Eric Zimmerman 688 pages Published by The MIT Press, October 2003 ISBN: 0262240459
| Theory of Fun for Game Design By Raph Koster 256 pages Published by Paraglyph, November 2004 ISBN: 1932111972
Macintosh Specific | iDevGames Online resource for independent Macintosh game developers
Pixel Art Examples and Instruction | Designing Arcade Computer Game Graphics by Ari Feldman 400 pages Published by Wordware Publishing, November 2000 ISBN: 1556227558 EBoy by eBoy 512 pages Published by Te Neues Publishing Company, June 2002 ISBN: 1856693031 So You Want to be a Pixel Artist? Comprehensive pixel art tutorial demonstrating professional techniques Mark's Pixel Art Tutorial Pixel art Tutorial focusing on color and shading
Creating Tiled Graphics | Tiled Terrain Tutorial on creating seamlessly repeating tiled graphics
Production, Marketing, and Distribution | The Indie Game Development Survival Guide By David Michael 384 Pages Published by Charles River Media, August 2003 ISBN: 1584502142 IndieGamer Forums Discussion board covering many aspects of independent game development