The Electric Underground
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TOP SECRET PROJECT (FOR PATREON EYES ONLY ... FOR NOW)
🕑 Added 2022-12-19 20:47:15 +0000 UTCHi Patrons,
Because you are my favorites I thought I'd let you all in on a top secret project I have been working on. If you listened to the last Patreon Podcast ep (bless you if you did) I mentioned that I'm putting a bit of a pause on the HOB alpha process because I am working on a project that I feel like needs to come out before House of Bullets, which is a book that I am writing. The name of the book is: Kill Nostalgia: The Virtues of Arcade Game Design and it is going to be my thesis of my views on video game design. Some of the ideas that I have discussed on the channel, like game density, will be in this book, but there are many ideas in the book that I haven't been able to fully outline on the channel and connect together.
This book project is actually very important to me because I don't plan to just show it to my audience, but to also try to contact other youtubers and such to promote it outside of just my little circle.
I plan to announce the book publicly on the channel in a month or two, but until then I thought it would be fun to have this little secret between the patrons and myself :-)
Thank you as always for supporting the channel!
Sincerely,
Mark
Comments
Tamzarian
That's really awesome! Good luck!
TheDirtyScreech
I'll volunteer for proofreading. No worries if you have enough volunteers already
The Electric Underground
Yeah I want to get real deep with it, which would be really hard to put together in a video and also I like the idea of having a book to throw at people that summarizes our views
colorboy
Just joined this patreon and seen this. Good thing you are writing a book because I like your takes often. It will probably be harder than to record a video? But anyway I am sure you will provide many topics to think about deeply.
RiffMason
Ah wicked book that!
The Electric Underground
I'm planning on doing both actually! So my first print (so to say) will be a physical book with an audiobook code included. Then after that I will later on move to doing audiobook + ebook as an on demand sort of order option.
The Electric Underground
Thank you very much chase!
The Electric Underground
That sounds like a really cool resource :-) I'll have to give his channel a watch and hear what he thinks on the topic of arcade game design
Chase Palumbo
Damn this looks awesome, what an exciting time to join the patreon haha. Can’t wait to pick one up
JBRPG
Have you ever read anything called “The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers”? The series of books have lots of interview subjects ranging from arcade video games to console along with special subjects. You might want to reach out to the author named John Szczepaniak as he has a big number of contacts.
JBRPG
Your writing the book about gameplay density in depth deserves some more interview sourcing with others who have knowledge in that field. Since you mention “arcade game design”, that got me thinking of Arcade Heroes at first because he runs a video arcade and shares lots of coverage of old and new arcade games along with occasional philosophy talk about arcade game design. I also believe that those folks who made games for the Exa Arcadia coin op platform might also scratch a good game design itch.
Sarah
Wait a sec, you're telling me i get to read more about concepts like Gameplay Density? I second the offer to do some proofreading if needed! ☺ Are you planning on doing an ebook? Or a physical copy signed by the author 👀 lol
The Electric Underground
awesome! Yeah I think I'll do a little proofreading group before the release! So keep an eye out for that, I'll likely bring it up on the patreon :-)
RiffMason
Ah you're doing a book! I'll be buying a copy 100% on release for sure. It looks like NeonDagger has you covered but on the offchance you could do with an extra pair of hands on proofreading I did a bit of ghostwriting for a law firm I worked for so could possibly be useful to you too!
The Electric Underground
The image is a placeholder image I put together (i'm currently having a custom one drawn) but that's actually supposed to be a realistic depiction of mario with his head cut off ha. It might be a bit too realistic honestly lol. the new art should make the subject more clear though
The Electric Underground
Absolutely! Yes I'd love to have some proofreaders :-)
Ben Bishop
Very cool. I like the cover design, but what is that image about?
NeonDaggerGames
Oh, wow I never would have guessed this was the side project. But it's kind of perfect because as I said before, your game analysis is one of the most useful attributes of your videos. I wrote some design books. It was for technical stuff (programming) but could help with feedback should you need any. I'm not just trying to get in a free read (lol) as it will be an instabuy for me on release. You can reach me by email if you wish neondaggergames@gmail.com ... Can't wait to see how this progresses.
