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11 Nov 2025

Game Development Strategy Guide author Cheryl Platz completes book signing and guest teaching during Carnegie Mellon University’s 125th Homecoming Weekend

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Cheryl Platz, author of The Game Development Strategy Guide: Crafting Modern Video Games That Thrive, was honored to meet with many members of the Carnegie Mellon University campus community on Thursday November 6 in a full-circle moment that brought her back for a signing of her new game development book at the newly remodeled University Store. Undegraduate students, graduate students, alumni, faculty, and parents all stopped by to learn more, say hello, meet with Cheryl, and grab a signed book and in some cases a photo. After completing the book signing, Cheryl went on to co-teach a session of Interaction…

06 Nov 2025

Academic Book Tour Kicks Off at Drexel University for The Game Development Strategy Guide

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On November 5, 2025 author Cheryl Platz expanded her book tour for the celebrated new game development book The Game Development Strategy Guide: Crafting Modern Video Games That Thrive with a guest lecture at Drexel University's Entrepreneurial Game Studio. Thank you to everyone at the EGS for the great discussion and for the opportunity to spend your class with you this week! Talk topics covered Cheryl walked attendees through an interactive exploration of the Motivators of Play drawn from the microtalk first seen at the Seattle Indies SLICE conference - then moved into expanded content created specifically for extended academic…

30 Sep 2025

Enduring Play S1 E7 Released: Engineering for Scalable, Sustainable Games with Caerie Houchins

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The seventh episode of Season 1 of Enduring Play: hosted by Game Development Strategy Guide author Cheryl Platz, is now live with guest Caerie Houchins, current Chief Technology Officer for indie gaming studio Wicked Fox Games. Caerie brings her perspective working on world-class live-service games as an engineering leader to this episode of the podcast, and our conversation explores what it was like working as a critical member of the launch team of VALORANT and how that work differs from her work at the helm of an indie gaming studio today. This episode also explores the role of artificial intelligence…

16 Sep 2025

The Game Development Strategy Guide releases worldwide as an Amazon Top New Release in the Game Design category!

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The Game Development Strategy Guide: Crafting Modern Video Games That Thrive released on Tuesday, September 16 worldwide, and quickly shot up to the Top New Release spot for several days in the competitive Game Design category. The Strategy Guide has also been charting in the general Best Sellers list in several game development related categories this week. Don't have your copy yet? Buy now on Amazon.com -- 15% discount coupon still available through September 22! Buy The Game Development Strategy Guide on Amazon Pre-orders have been shipped out to readers around the world - please let us know what you…

14 Aug 2025

Strategy Guide and Podcast Merch now available!

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If you just don't have enough purple in your life... or, more importantly, you're looking for wardrobe additions that'll spark interesting game development conversations, the new merch collection for The Game Development Strategy Guide and Enduring Play: A Game Development Podcast is here for you. The launch products include: Enduring Play Podcast Logo Apparel and Merch "My Video Game Art is More than Pixels" Spectrum of Game Art Apparel and Merch "What Makes You Play" Motivators of Play Apparel and Merch If you don't like the main product offered, scroll to the bottom to view alternative offerings like other types…