Download or read book Pattern Language for Game Design written by Christopher Barney and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chris Barney’s Pattern Language for Game Design builds on the revolutionary work of architect Christopher Alexander to show students, teachers, and game development professionals how to derive best practices in all aspects of game design. Using a series of practical, rigorous exercises, designers can observe and analyze the failures and successes of the games they know and love to find the deep patterns that underlie good design. From an in-depth look at Alexander’s work, to a critique of pattern theory in various fields, to a new approach that will challenge your knowledge and put it to work, this book seeks to transform how we look at building the interactive experiences that shape us. Key Features: Background on the architectural concepts of patterns and a Pattern Language as defined in the work of Christopher Alexander, including his later work on the Fifteen Properties of Wholeness and Generative Codes. Analysis of other uses of Alexander’s work in computer science and game design, and the limitations of those efforts. A comprehensive set of example exercises to help the reader develop their own patterns that can be used in practical day-to-day game design tasks. Exercises that are useful to designers at all levels of experience and can be completed in any order, allowing students to select exercises that match their coursework and allowing professionals to select exercises that address their real-world challenges. Discussion of common pitfalls and difficulties with the pattern derivation process. A guide for game design teachers, studio leaders, and university departments for curating and maintaining institutional Pattern Languages. An Interactive Pattern Language website where you can share patterns with developers throughout the world (patternlanguageforgamedesign.com). Comprehensive games reference for all games discussed in this book. Author Chris Barney is an industry veteran with more than a decade of experience designing and engineering games such as Poptropica and teaching at Northeastern University. He has spoken at conferences, including GDC, DevCom, and PAX, on topics from core game design to social justice. Seeking degrees in game design before formal game design programs existed, Barney built his own undergraduate and graduate curricula out of offerings in sociology, computer science, and independent study. In pursuit of a broad understanding of games, he has worked on projects spanning interactive theater, live-action role-playing game (LARP) design, board games, and tabletop role-playing games (RPGs). An extensive collection of his essays of game design topics can be found on his development blog at perspectivesingamedesign.com.

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Download or read book The Pattern Library A H written by Marilynn G. Barr and published by Little Acorn Books. This book was released on 2014-08-08 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pattern Libary(tm)--is a two-volume treasury of large, black line illustrations in printable, pattern formats. This, Volume One contains over 400 patterns for letters A through H. It's a rich collection of illustrations from our image libraries and an invaluable resource for children, parents,teachers, crafters and anyone who requires black line images for an unlimited number of projects. An excellent value resource for teachers.

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Download or read book The Pattern Library written by Amy Carroll and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1985-04-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create your own sweater, shawl, dress, afghan, etc., with these easy-to-follow instructions for beautiful, imaginative crochet patterns: * Double Stitch, Cable Stitch and Basket Stitch * Raised Puff Balls, Honeycomb Stitch and Scallop Stitch * Petal Stitch, Stripes and Zigzags * Flower Square, Spray of Leaves and Shamrock Relief Motifs * Ladder, Diamond and Irish Net Stitches * And many, many more! Featuring 94 beautiful, full-color patterns