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Game Design: Theory and Practice (2nd Edition) (Wordware Game Developers Library)

ISBN: 1556229127
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2005
Pages: 189

Authors: Richard Rouse III

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• Table of Contents
• BackCover
• Game Design - Theory Practice, Second Edition
• Foreword
• Introduction
• What Is Game Design?
• Who Is a Game Designer?
• What Is in This Book?
• Who This Book Is For
• Theory and Practice
• Introduction to the Second Edition
• Chapter 1: What Players Want
• Why Do Players Play?
• What Do Players Expect?
• A Never-Ending List
• Chapter 2: Interview: Sid Meier
• Chapter 3: Brainstorming a Game Idea: Gameplay, Technology, and Story
• Starting Points
• Working with Limitations
• Embrace Your Limitations
• If You Choose Not to Decide, You Still Have Made a Choice
• Chapter 4: Game Analysis: Centipede
• Classic Arcade Game Traits
• Input
• Interconnectedness
• Escalating Tension
• One Person, One Game
• Chapter 5: Focus
• Establishing Focus
• Maintaining Focus
• Sub-Focuses
• Using Focus
• Chapter 6: Interview: Ed Logg
• Chapter 7: The Elements of Gameplay
• Unique Solutions
• Non-Linearity
• Modeling Reality
• Teaching the Player
• InputOutput
• Basic Elements
• Chapter 8: Game Analysis: Tetris
• Puzzle Game or Action Game?
• Tetris as a Classic Arcade Game
• The Technology
• Artificial Intelligence
• Escalating Tension
• Simplicity and Symmetry
• Fifteen Years On, Who Would Publish Tetris?
• Chapter 9: Artificial Intelligence
• Goals of Game AI
• The Sloped Playing Field
• AI Agents and Their Environment
• How Good Is Good Enough?
• Scripting
• Artificial Stupidity
• Chapter 10: Interview: Steve Meretzky
• Chapter 11: Storytelling
• Designer s Story Versus Player s Story
• Places for Storytelling
• Linear Writing Pitfalls
• Game Stories
• The Dream
• Chapter 12: Game Analysis: Loom
• Focused Game Mechanics
• User Interface
• The Drafts System
• Difficulty
• Story
• Loom as an Adventure Game
• Chapter 13: Multi-Player
• Motivations
• The Forms
• Design Considerations
• Development Issues
• A World of Their Own
• Chapter 14: Interview: Chris Crawford
• Chapter 15: Getting the Gameplay Working
• The Organic Process
• Building the Game
• Programming
• When Is It Fun?
• Chapter 16: Game Analysis: Myth: The Fallen Lords
• Use of Technology
• Game Focus
• Storytelling
• Hard-Core Gaming
• Multi-Player
• A Cohesive Whole
• Chapter 17: Game Development Documentation
• Document Your Game
• The Benefits of Documentation
• Chapter 18: Interview: Jordan Mechner
• Chapter 19: The Design Document
• The Writing Style
• The Sections
• One Man s Opinion
• Inauspicious Design Documents
• A Matter of Weight
• Documentation Is Only the Beginning
• Chapter 20: Game Analysis: The Sims
• Abdicating Authorship
• Familiar Subject Matter
• Safe Experimentation
• Depth and Focus
• Interface
• Controlled Versus Autonomous Behavior
• A Lesson to Be Learned
• Chapter 21: Designing Design Tools
• Desired Functionality
• Scripting Languages and Object Behaviors
• Us Versus Them
• A Game Editor for All Seasons
• Chapter 22: Interview: Will Wright
• Chapter 23: Level Design
• Levels in Different Games
• The Components of a Level
• Level Flow
• Elements of Good Levels
• The Process
• Who Does Level Design?
• Collaboration
• Chapter 24: Game Analysis: Grand Theft Auto III
• Believable Game-World
• A Living City
• Actions and Consequences
• Storytelling
• Chapter 25: Playtesting
• Finding the Right Testers
• When to Test
• How to Test
• Guided and Unguided Testing
• Balancing
• The Artistic Vision
• Chapter 26: Interview: Doug Church
• Conclusion
• The Medium
• The Motive
• Appendix A: Sample Design Document: Atomic Sam
• Atomic Sam
• I. Overview
• II. Game Mechanics
• III. Artificial Intelligence
• IV. Game Elements
• V. Story Overview
• VI. Game Progression
• VII. Bibliography
• Appendix B: Sample Design Document: The Suffering
• Surreal Software Game Design Document
• Section I: Introduction
• Section II: Game Mechanics
• Section III: Resources
• Section IV: NPCs
• Section V: Story
• Section VI: Gameflow
• Section VII: Maps
• Section VIII: Menus
• Glossary
• Selected Bibliography
• Periodicals
• Web Sites
• Index
• Index_A
• Index_B
• Index_C
• Index_D
• Index_E
• Index_F
• Index_G
• Index_H
• Index_I
• Index_J
• Index_K
• Index_L
• Index_M
• Index_N
• Index_O
• Index_P
• Index_Q
• Index_R
• Index_S
• Index_T
• Index_U
• Index_V
• Index_W
• Index_X
• Index_Y
• Index_Z
• List of Figures