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Practical Game Design. Learn the art of game design through applicable skills and cutting-edge insights

Practical Game Design. Learn the art of game design through applicable skills and cutting-edge insights

Adam Kramarzewski, Ennio De Nucci

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If you are looking for an up-to-date and highly applicable guide to game design, then you have come to the right place! Immerse yourself in the fundamentals of game design with this book, written by two highly experienced industry professionals to share their profound insights as well as give valuable advice on creating games across genres and development platforms.
Practical Game Design covers the basics of game design one piece at a time. Starting with learning how to conceptualize a game idea and present it to the development team, you will gradually move on to devising a design plan for the whole project and adapting solutions from other games. You will also discover how to produce original game mechanics without relying on existing reference material, and test and eliminate anticipated design risks. You will then design elements that compose the playtime of a game, followed by making game mechanics, content, and interface accessible to all players. You will also find out how to simultaneously ensure that the gameplay mechanics and content are working as intended.

As the book reaches its final chapters, you will learn to wrap up a game ahead of its release date, work through the different challenges of designing free-to-play games, and understand how to significantly improve their quality through iteration, polishing and playtesting.
  • 1. Introducing Game Production Process
  • 2. Game Concept
  • 3. Scoping a Game Project
  • 4. Design Documentation
  • 5. Adaptation of mechanics
  • 6. Invention of mechanics
  • 7. Prototyping
  • 8. Campaign playthrough
  • 9. Level Design
  • 10. Characters
  • 11. User Interface & User Experience
  • 12. Accessibility
  • 13. Balancing
  • 14. The Final 10 Percent
  • 15. Games as a Service
  • Title: Practical Game Design. Learn the art of game design through applicable skills and cutting-edge insights
  • Author: Adam Kramarzewski, Ennio De Nucci
  • Original title: Practical Game Design. Learn the art of game design through applicable skills and cutting-edge insights
  • ISBN: 9781787122161, 9781787122161
  • Date of issue: 2018-04-19
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_154m
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing