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When Derek Yu released Spelunky for free in 2008, his roguelike-inspired platformer took the indie game community by storm with its combination of classic platform mechanics, extreme difficulty, and random level generation. Four years later, Spelunky's HD remake went on to become PC Gamer's Game of the Year and earn perfect scores from Polygon and Eurogamer. But how is a ""perfect"" game made? Spelunky is Boss Fight's first autobiographical book: the story of a game's creation as told by its creator. Using his own game as a vehicle, Derek Yu discusses such wide-ranging topics as randomization, challenge, indifferent game worlds, player feedback, development team dynamics, and what's required to actually finish a game. Grab some ropes, a mattock, and your favorite pug--this book is going to dig deep.

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Derek Yu is the creator of Spelunky, cocreator of the game Aquaria, and editor-in-chief of The Independent Gaming Source, an indie game development community and news site. Austin Ku is a Grammy-nominated actor who has narrated several well received audiobooks for major publishers. Austin is originally from St. Louis, Missouri, studied theater at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and now lives in NYC. His special skills include Mandarin Chinese and classical violin; he is also a food/cooking enthusiast. Austin specializes in narrating books with Asian American and/or queer themes, and also enjoys reading humor, fantasy, and literary fiction. Austin Ku is a Grammy-nominated actor who has narrated several well received audiobooks for major publishers. Austin is originally from St. Louis, Missouri, studied theater at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and now lives in NYC. His special skills include Mandarin Chinese and classical violin; he is also a food/cooking enthusiast. Austin specializes in narrating books with Asian American and/or queer themes, and also enjoys reading humor, fantasy, and literary fiction.

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