Game Design Deep Dive: Trading and Collectible Card Games

ISBN-13: 9781032370705 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 160 str.

Joshua Bycer

Opis

In Game Design Deep Dive: Trading & Collectible Card Games, game design analyst Josh Bycer is back to discuss the deck building genre. From the original success of “Magic: The Gathering”, to today’s market with online card games like “Hearthstone” and “Gwent.” The design and philosophy of deck builders and tabletop games can, and has, been applied to many genres. ·         A look at the history of popular tabletop card games and collectible card games·         How to design and balance your game with low numbers·         Examining the application of card-based design in other genres Perfect for students and designers to learn about designing deck builders and card-based games.

Spis treści

Preface. Acknowledgments. Social Media: Social Media Contacts. Additional Books. 1 What Is the Goal of Game Design Deep Dive: Trading and Collectible Card Games? 2 The Major Names of TCGs. 3 What Is TCG Design? 4 The Arrival of CCGs. 5 How Monetization Works. 6 Designing Cards. 7 How TCGs/CCGs Influenced Game Design. 8 Balancing the Present and Future of Your Game. 9 The Work Outside the Game. 10 The TCG/CCG Market. 11 Conclusion. Glossary. Index.

O autorze

Joshua Bycer is a Game Design Critic with more than 7 years of experience critically analyzing game design and the industry itself. In that time through Game-Wisdom.com, he has interviewed hundreds of game developers and members of the industry about what it means to design video games.