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Practical Game Design. A modern and comprehensive guide to video game design - Second Edition

Practical Game Design. A modern and comprehensive guide to video game design - Second Edition

Adam Kramarzewski, Ennio De Nucci

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If you’re in search of a cutting-edge actionable guide to game design, your quest ends here! Immerse yourself in the fundamentals of game design with expert guidance from veterans with decades of game design experience across a variety of genres and platforms.
The second edition of this book remains dedicated to its original goal of helping you master the fundamentals of game design in a practical manner with the addition of some of the latest trends in game design and a whole lot of fresh, real-world examples from games of the current generation. This update brings a new chapter on games as a service, explaining the evolving role of the game designer and diving deeper into the design of games that are meant to be played forever. From conceptualizing a game idea, you’ll gradually move on to devising a design plan and adapting solutions from existing games, exploring the craft of producing original game mechanics, and eliminating anticipated design risks through testing. You’ll then be introduced to level design, interactive storytelling, user experience and accessibility.
By the end of this game design book, you’ll have learned how to wrap up a game ahead of its release date, work through the challenges of designing free-to-play games and games as a service, and significantly improve their quality through iteration, playtesting, and polishing.
  • 1. Introducing the Game Production Process
  • 2. Preparing a Game Concept
  • 3. Scoping a Game Project
  • 4. Creating Design Documentation
  • 5. Understanding Game Mechanics
  • 6. Designing Systems and Features
  • 7. Making Prototypes
  • 8. Designing Compelling Stories for Games
  • 9. The Fundamentals of Level Design
  • 10. Creating Characters
  • 11. Balancing Your Content and Systems
  • 12. Building a Great User Interface and User Experience
  • 13. Making Your Games Accessible
  • 14. Mastering Games as a Service
  • 15. Understanding Monetization Techniques
  • 16. The Final 10%
  • Title: Practical Game Design. A modern and comprehensive guide to video game design - Second Edition
  • Author: Adam Kramarzewski, Ennio De Nucci
  • Original title: Practical Game Design. A modern and comprehensive guide to video game design - Second Edition
  • ISBN: 9781803233901, 9781803233901
  • Date of issue: 2023-08-18
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_3kic
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing