{"product_id":"postmortems-selected-essays-volume-one-9780996793742","title":"Postmortems: Selected Essays Volume One","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew game designers have shared as many lessons learned as Raph Koster. In a quarter-century of writings and talks, he has offered up game design lessons, online community theories, and candid self-evaluation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis first volume of a three-book set of selected essays collects previously written postmortems and many brand new pieces. They are accompanied by historical material such as posts written for players, chat logs, speeches, design sketches, and more. The result is an inspiring historical look back at the development of virtual worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are the stories behind \u003cem\u003eUltima Online\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eStar Wars Galaxies, \u003c\/em\u003e the story of the early art game \u003cem\u003eAndean Bird \u003c\/em\u003eand the story of the ambitious project \u003cem\u003eMetaplace \u003c\/em\u003ethat aimed to build the Metaverse, including: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"A Story About a Tree,\" the classic piece from MUD days about whether our online bonds are real.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"The Ultima Online Resource System,\" a detailed design breakdown of the pioneering world simulation.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"A Jedi Saga,\" the popular tale of how an impossible design dilemma broke a world.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"Influences,\" a challenge to the game development community to pursue art.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Altered Tuning Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780996793742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 702\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 7.50w x 1.40d","brand":"Raph Koster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36646977699996,"sku":"9780996793742","price":50.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_036f2c73-1644-498c-bb95-fa1d6c072276.jpg?v=1603865710","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/postmortems-selected-essays-volume-one-9780996793742","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}