num_pages: 220
description: The genius and artistry behind Superbrothers and the making of an indie video game from inception to its highly anticipated launch. Sword &amp; Sworcery was released in 2011 at the forefront of an exciting era of indie games  with the aesthetic of punk rock and the edge of modernist fiction indie games pushed gaming into the realm of the avant-garde. Superbrothers (Craig D. Adams) was hailed as a visionary in the video game world. Now his long-awaited follow-up The Far Shore  has been released for Sony PlayStation and Epic Games Store. In the decade from inception to launch Adams brought author Adam Hammond along for the ride allowing unprecedented insight into the complicated genesis of Jett. The Far Shore offers a portrait of the enigmatic Adams and his team the genius and artistry the successes and setbacks that went into building the world of JETT  in which youre tasked with scouting a new home for a humanoid people after theyve decimated their planet. To provide context Hammond recounts the history of indie games and how their trajectory has followed that of independent art and literature. A riveting insiders look at one of our most popular art forms.
language: English
title: The Far Shore: Indie Games, Superbrothers, and the Making of JETT
publisher: Coach House Books