Developer's Guide to Computer Game Design

Table of contents

Introduction

Section 1---Game Pieces

• This Isn't Rocket Science---This Is a Good Time
  
• The Psychology of Games (What is the Player Thinking?)
  
• Are You Game? The Basics of Interactive Game Design
  
• Interview: Michael Halperin,Ph.D.
  
• Getting Your Foot in the Cyberdoor
  
• Interactive Stories
  
• Advanced Interactive Storytelling
  
• Interviews: Raymond Benson and Michael Halperin
  
• Interviews: Richard Thompson and Susan Gerakaris
  
• Doing Business on the Internet: Beware of Online Scams
  
• You Are Your Own Best Counsel: A Legal Book Overview
  
• Interview: Stefanie Henning
  
• The Documents
  
• The Pitch/Development Materials
  
• The Design Document
  
• The Story Bible
  
• The Interactive Script
  
• The Flowchart
  
• Interactive Writing and Design Tools
  
• Visio
  
• 3D GameStudio
  
• MythOS
  
• Inspiration
  
• Writer's Blocks
  
• WritePro
  
• Story Vision
  
• Dramatica
  
• Truby's Blockbuster
  
• StoryCraft
  
• Final Draft
  
• Scriptware
  
• Plots Unlimited
  
• StoryBuilder
  
• ComedyWriter
  
• Microsoft Word
  

Section 2---Game Designers

• Blizzard Entertainment: Building on the
  
• Classics
  
• Interview: Matt Householder
  
• Bonus Section: Overview---Diablo II
  
• May LucasArts Be With Us
  
• Interview: Stephen Shaw
  
• Bonus Section: Overview---Jedi Knight: Dark Forces
  
• Bonus Section: Overview---Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith
  
• Game Design: A Scary Proposition
  
• Interview: Matthew J. Costello
  Kids Stuff?
  
• Interview: Deborah Todd
  
• Game Design: For Richer or Poorer
  
• Interview: Tony and Meryl Perutz
  
• Have Games, Will Travel
  
• Interview: Ted Peterson
  
• The Future of Interactive Games
  
• Interview: Susan Gerakaris
  
• Interview: Elizabeth Forbes-Strom
  
• Future Technologies
  
• Good News and Bad News
  
• Self-Publishing
  
• Consoling the Game Industry
  

Conclusion

Index