Download or read book Le game design de jeux vid o written by Sebastien Genvo and published by Editions L'Harmattan. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sujets à de nombreuses polémiques, les jeux vidéo soulèvent des interrogations sur leur potentiel créatif et expressif, tant du côté des concepteurs que de celui des utilisateurs. Comment la vision d'un auteur pourrait-elle se manifester au sein d'un logiciel ludique ? Quelles sont les émotions que suscitent les jeux vidéo ? L'activité du joueur peut-elle aboutir à un acte de création original ? Souvent comparé aux métiers de la réalisation et de la mise en scène dans le cinéma, le game design est une clé d'entrée fondamentale pour cerner les possibilités qu'offre ce médium en terme d'expression.
Download or read book Level Up written by Scott Rogers and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-09-29 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Design and build cutting-edge video games with help from video game expert Scott Rogers! If you want to design and build cutting-edge video games but aren’t sure where to start, then this is the book for you. Written by leading video game expert Scott Rogers, who has designed the hits Pac Man World, Maxim vs. Army of Zin, and SpongeBob Squarepants, this book is full of Rogers's wit and imaginative style that demonstrates everything you need to know about designing great video games. Features an approachable writing style that considers game designers from all levels of expertise and experience Covers the entire video game creation process, including developing marketable ideas, understanding what gamers want, working with player actions, and more Offers techniques for creating non-human characters and using the camera as a character Shares helpful insight on the business of design and how to create design documents So, put your game face on and start creating memorable, creative, and unique video games with this book!
Download or read book Game Design written by Jim Thompson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-03-09 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical, complete coverage of game design basics from design process to production This full-color, structured coursebook offers complete coverage of game design basics, focusing on design rather than computer programming. Packed with exercises, assignments, and step-by-step instructions, it starts with an overview of design theory, then progresses to design processes, and concludes with coverage of design production. Jim Thompson, Barnaby Berbank-Green, and Nic Cusworth (London, UK) are computer game designers and lecturers in animation and computer game design.
Download or read book Le Game Design de Jeux Video written by Genvo and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Art of Game Design written by Jesse Schell and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good game design happens when you view your game from as many perspectives as possible. Written by one of the world's top game designers, The Art of Game Design presents 100+ sets of questions, or different lenses, for viewing a game’s design, encompassing diverse fields such as psychology, architecture, music, visual design, film, software engineering, theme park design, mathematics, puzzle design, and anthropology. This Second Edition of a Game Developer Front Line Award winner: Describes the deepest and most fundamental principles of game design Demonstrates how tactics used in board, card, and athletic games also work in top-quality video games Contains valuable insight from Jesse Schell, the former chair of the International Game Developers Association and award-winning designer of Disney online games The Art of Game Design, Second Edition gives readers useful perspectives on how to make better game designs faster. It provides practical instruction on creating world-class games that will be played again and again.
Download or read book Ultimate Game Design Building Game Worlds written by Tom Meigs and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2003-06-09 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build games with techniques and insights from a pro.
Download or read book Game Design Workshop written by Tracy Fullerton and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-03-05 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create the Digital Games You Love to PlayDiscover an exercise-driven, non-technical approach to game design without the need for programming or artistic expertise using Game Design Workshop, Third Edition.Author Tracy Fullerton demystifies the creative process with a clear and accessible analysis of the formal and dramatic systems of game design. E
Download or read book Chris Crawford on Game Design written by Chris Crawford and published by New Riders. This book was released on 2003 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chris Crawford on Game Design is all about the foundational skills behind the design and architecture of a game. Without these skills, designers and developers lack the understanding to work with the tools and techniques used in the industry today. Chris Crawford, the most highly sought after expert in this area, brings an intense opinion piece full of personality and flare like no other person in this industry can. He explains the foundational and fundamental concepts needed to get the most out of game development today. An exceptional precursor to the two books soon to be published by New Riders with author Andrew Rollings, this book teaches key lessons; including, what you can learn from the history of game play and historical games, necessity of challenge in game play, applying dimensions of conflict, understanding low and high interactivity designs, watching for the inclusion of creativity, and understanding the importance of storytelling. In addition, Chris brings you the wish list of games he'd like to build and tells you how to do it. Game developers and designers will kill for this information!
Download or read book Gameplay and Design written by Kevin Oxland and published by Addison Wesley Longman. This book was released on 2004 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the process of video game design, this title builds up a set of techniques used by designers within the industry. It explains how and why things are done the way they are, and features first-hand experiences, examples and case studies from the creators of successful games such as Peter Molyneux's 'Black and White'.
Download or read book The Craft and Science of Game Design written by Philippe O'Connor and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Craft and Science of Game Design: A Video Game Designer’s Manual goes into the nuts and bolts of video game development from the perspective of a veteran designer with more than 20 years of experience in the industry. It covers the psychology and biology of why people play games and goes in depth on the techniques and tricks professional game designers use to be successful in game development. If you are looking to make a career in video games, or are already in the industry, the insights and hard-earned lessons contained in this book are sure to be useful at all levels of the profession. Originally from Canada, Phil O’Connor has been making video games all over the world since 1997. Phil has worked at some of the industry’s largest studios on some of the biggest projects, including Far Cry 3 and Rainbow Six Siege. With credits on nearly 20 games, Phil has shared in this book some of the less-known details of being a game designer in today’s video game industry, along with a breakdown of some of the skills to help professional designers shine.
Download or read book The Art of Game Design written by Jesse Schell and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page 935 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Game Design guides you through the design process step-by-step, helping you to develop new and innovative games that will be played again and again. It explains the fundamental principles of game design and demonstrates how tactics used in classic board, card and athletic games also work in top-quality video games. Good game design happens when you view your game from as many perspectives as possible, and award-winning author Jesse Schell presents over 100 sets of questions to ask yourself as you build, play and change your game until you finalise your design. This latest third edition includes examples from new VR and AR platforms as well as from modern games such as Uncharted 4 and The Last of Us, Free to Play games, hybrid games, transformational games, and more. Whatever your role in video game development an understanding of the principles of game design will make you better at what you do. For over 10 years this book has provided inspiration and guidance to budding and experienced game designers - helping to make better games faster.
Download or read book Le game design de jeux vid o written by Sébastien Genvo and published by . This book was released on with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fundamentals of Sports Game Design written by Ernest W. Adams and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2014 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You understand the basic concepts of game design: gameplay, user interfaces, core mechanics, character design, and storytelling. Now you want to know how to apply them to the sports game genre. This focused guide gives you exactly what you need. It walks you through the process of designing for the sports game genre and shows you how to use the right techniques to create fun and challenging experiences for your players.
Download or read book Game Feel written by Steve Swink and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-10-13 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Game Feel" exposes "feel" as a hidden language in game design that no one has fully articulated yet. The language could be compared to the building blocks of music (time signatures, chord progressions, verse) - no matter the instruments, style or time period - these building blocks come into play. Feel and sensation are similar building blocks whe
Download or read book Game Design Theory written by Keith Burgun and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-08-13 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the proliferation of video games in the twenty-first century, the theory of game design is largely underdeveloped, leaving designers on their own to understand what games really are. Helping you produce better games, Game Design Theory: A New Philosophy for Understanding Games presents a bold new path for analyzing and designing games.
Download or read book Game Design for Learning written by Stephanie Daul and published by Association for Talent Development. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you interested in learning more about gaming? Are you trying to determine whether it might be an appropriate training and development solution, but aren’t sure where to start? While games have long been an important part of human social development—think learning to take turns in a board game, and strategizing about future moves in chess or checkers—we are only now beginning to understand how games can be a powerful tool in learning. This issue of TD at Work will: • define games, gamification, and simulation; and discuss the types of games people play • walk you through the process of creating a game by outlining its design and gaming framework • describe how to get stakeholders and sponsors to support the gaming solution. This TD at Work includes a sidebar that offer guidance on how traditional delivery methods could be turned into gaming elements, a sample feedback form for the game testing phase, and a game design worksheet job aid.
Download or read book Video Game Design written by Michael Salmond and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Video Game Design is a visual introduction to integrating core design essentials, such as critical analysis, mechanics and aesthetics, prototyping, level design, into game design. Using a raft of examples from a diverse range of leading international creatives and award-winning studios, this is a must-have guide for budding game designers. Industry perspectives from game industry professionals provide fascinating insights into this creative field, and each chapter concludes with a workshop project to help you put what you've learnt into practice to plan and develop your own games. With over 200 images from some of the best-selling, most creative games of the last 30 years, this is an essential introduction to industry practice, helping readers develop practical skills for video game creation. This book is for those seeking a career making video games as part of a studio, small team or as an independent creator. It will guide you from understanding how games engage, entertain and communicate with their audience and take you on a journey as a designer towards creating your own video game experiences."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
