Game Design Workshop: A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games

ISBN-13: 9781032607009 / Angielski

Tracy Fullerton

Opis

Game Design Workshop puts you to work prototyping, playtesting, and revising your own games with time-tested methods and tools. These skills will provide the foundation for your career in any facet of the game industry including design, producing, programming, and visual design.

Spis treści

Introduction

Part I     Game Design Basics

Chapter 01          The Role of the Game Designer

Chapter 02          The Structure of Games

Chapter 03          Working with Formal Elements

Chapter 04          Working with Dramatic Elements

Chapter 05          Working with System Dynamics

Part II    Designing a Game

Chapter 06          Ideation

Chapter 07          Prototyping

Chapter 08          Digital Prototyping

Chapter 09          Playtesting

Chapter 10          Functionality, Completeness, and Balance

Chapter 11          Fun and Accessibility

Part III  Working as a Game Designer

Chapter 12          Team Structures

Chapter 13          Stages and Methods of Development

Chapter 14          Communicating Your Designs

Chapter 15          Understanding the New Game Industry

Chapter 16          Selling Yourself and Your Ideas to the Game Industry

O autorze

Tracy Fullerton is an award-winning game designer and educator with over 25 years of professional experience, including winning the Games for Change Game of the Year Award for her independent game Walden, a game. She has also been awarded the 2016 GDC Ambassador Award, the 2015 Games for Change Game Changer Award, and the IndieCade 2013 Trailblazer award for her pioneering work in the independent games community. Tracy is a Professor of Interactive Media & Games ad the USC School of Cinematic Arts and the founding Director (emeritus) of the USC Games Program, which has regularly been ranked the #1 game design program in North America by the Princeton Review.