Designing Games
A Guide to Engineering Experiences
| Price | $30.49 - $33.99
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| Rating |  |
| Author | Tynan Sylvester |
| Publisher | O'Reilly Media |
| Published | 2013 |
| Pages | 416 |
| Language | English |
| Format | Paper book / ebook (PDF) |
| ISBN-10 | 1449337937 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781449337933 |
Ready to give your design skills a real boost? This eye-opening book helps you explore the design structure behind most of today's hit video games. You'll learn principles and practices for crafting games that generate emotionally charged experiences - a combination of elegant game mechanics, compelling fiction, and pace that fully immerses players.
In clear and approachable prose, design pro Tynan Sylvester also looks at the day-to-day process necessary to keep your project on track, including how to work with a team, and how to avoid creative dead ends.
- Tynan Sylvester
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