Designing games : a guide to engineering experiences /

Ready to give your design skills a real boost? This eye-opening book helps you explore the design structure behind most of today's hit video games. You'll learn principles and practices for crafting games that generate emotionally charged experiences - a combination of elegant game mechani...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Sylvester, Tynan
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Beijing : O'Reilly, 2013.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Ready to give your design skills a real boost? This eye-opening book helps you explore the design structure behind most of today's hit video games. You'll learn principles and practices for crafting games that generate emotionally charged experiences - a combination of elegant game mechanics, compelling fiction, and pace that fully immerses players. In clear and approachable prose, design pro Tynan Sylvester also looks at the day-to-day process necessary to keep your project on track, including how to work with a team, and how to avoid creative dead ends. Packed with examples, this book will change your perception of game design. Create game mechanics to trigger a range of emotions and provide a variety of play; Explore several options for combining narrative with interactivity; Build interactions that let multiplayer gamers get into each other's heads; Motivate players through rewards that align with the rest of the game; Establish a metaphor vocabulary to help players learn which design aspects are game mechanics; Plan, test, and analyze your design through iteration rather than deciding everything up front; Learn how your game's market positioning will affect your design.
Umfang:
1 online resource (415 p.) : illustrations
text file
Anmerkungen:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781449338022 (e-book)
144933802X
9781449338039
1449338038
9781306811903
1306811902
9781449337933 (pbk.)
Schlagworte:
Video games > Design.
Video games > Psychological aspects.
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