A Game Design Vocabulary

Exploring the Foundational Principles Behind Good Game Design



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Price$11.80 - $30.68
Rating
AuthorsAnna Anthropy, Naomi Clark
PublisherAddison-Wesley
Published2014
Pages240
LanguageEnglish
FormatPaper book / ebook (PDF)
ISBN-100321886925
ISBN-139780321886927
EBook Hardcover Paperback

Why aren't videogames getting better? Why does it feel like we're playing the same games, over and over again? Why aren't games helping us transform our lives, like great music, books, and movies do?

The problem is language. We still don't know how to talk about game design. We can't share our visions. We forget what works (and doesn't). We don't learn from history. It's too hard to improve.

The breakthrough starts here. A Game Design Vocabulary gives us the complete game design framework we desperately need-whether we create games, study them, review them, or build businesses on them.

Craft amazing experiences. Anna Anthropy and Naomi Clark share foundational principles, examples, and exercises that help you create great player experiences...complement intuition with design discipline...and craft games that succeed brilliantly on every level.


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