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Audio for Games: Planning, Process, and Production

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This is a very good book for sound designers and composers who want to peek inside game development and take a look around. It demystifies audio development by showing the behind the scenes thought processes. It maps out the planning, process and production methods - just as the title indicates - without going too deeply into any one area. It's a look inside those hallowed halls... I recommend it.

It's a shame this is out of print now...
This has the most specific information on getting organized in a real development environment and is the only book of it's kind with this type of information. I have several other books on Audio development for games and none of them address the project management aspect that this one does. Grab a used copy if you can.

This book, along with Aaron Marks' book, form the two best combo books I'd read to learn about game audio. I really like this one, as I feel the writing is concise and effective. A lot of it covers the management, communication, and implementation process, which I feel most other books would skip over. I cannot stress how important those aspects are, equally important to the technical aspects of audio for games.

The author takes a pretty realistic & easy-to-understand approach to showing how audio works for games. A good "intro to game audio" book!