The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985 - 1993 by Jordan Mechner
Jordan Mechner . Unknown Year . English
Before Prince of Persia was a best-selling video game franchise and a Jerry Bruckheimer movie, it was an Apple II computer game created and programmed by one person, Jordan Mechner.Also available as an ebook, Mechners candid journals from the time capture his journey from his parents basement to the forefront of the fast-growing 1980s video game industry
and the creative, technical and personal struggles that brought the prince into being and ultimately into the homes of millions of people worldwide.
Categories: Creative Thinking / Creativity
About the Author
Jordan Mechner is a video game designer, graphic novelist, and screenwriter. He created Prince of Persia, one of the world's most beloved and enduring video game franchises, and became the first game creator to successfully adapt his own work as a feature film screenwriter with Disney’s Prince of Persia (2010). With game credits including Karateka, The Last Express, and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, he is considered a pioneer of cinematic storytelling in the video game industry. Jordan made his debut as a graphic-novel writer/artist with the autobiographical Replay: Memoir of an Uprooted Family (2023 recipient of the “Chateau de Cheverny” history graphic novel prize). Jordan’s graphic novels as writer include the New York Times best-selling Templar (with LeUyen Pham and Alex Puvilland), Monte Cristo (with Mario Alberti), and Liberty! (with Etienne Le Roux and Loic Chevallier).
