On Game Design

Chris Crawford

476 pages, parution le 08/07/2003

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Résumé

Chris Crawford on Game Design is all about the foundational skills behind the design and architecture of a game. Without these skills, designers and developers lack the understanding to work with the tools and techniques used in the industry today.
Chris Crawford, the most highly sought after expert in this area, brings an intense opinion piece full of personality and flare like no other person in this industry can. He explains the foundational and fundamental concepts needed to get the most out of game development today. An exceptional precursor to the two books soon to be published by New Riders with author Andrew Rollings, this book teaches key lessons; including, what you can learn from the history of game play and historical games, necessity of challenge in game play, applying dimensions of conflict, understanding low and high interactivity designs, watching for the inclusion of creativity, and understanding the importance of storytelling.
In addition, Chris brings you the wish list of games he'd like to build and tells you how to do it. Game developers and designers will kill for this information!

Definitions, Definitions
Some Milestone Games
Play
Challenge
Conflict
Interactivity
Creativity: The Missing Ingredient
Common Mistakes
The Education of a
Game Designer
Games I'd Like to Build
Storytelling
Random Sour Observations
Tanktics
Legionnaire
Wizard
Energy Czar
Scram
Eastern Front (1941)
Gossip
Excalibur
Balance of Power
Patton Versus Rommel
Siboot
Guns & Butter
Balance of the Planet
Patton Strikes Back
Themes and Lessons
Old Fart Stories
Glossary
Index

L'auteur - Chris Crawford

started his career with the top name in the industry, Atari, in 1979 where he worked under Alan Kay as a manager of games research. He has published 14 computer games and 5 books, including the cult publication "The Art of Computer Game Design." Chris founded the Game Developers Conference (GDC) and chaired the conference for many years. Since 1991 he has been focusing on interactive storytelling technology.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	New Riders
Auteur(s)	Chris Crawford
Parution	08/07/2003
Nb. de pages	476
Format	15 x 22,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	655g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780131460997
ISBN13	978-0-13-146099-7