Andrew Rollings and Ernest Adams on game design

Andrew Rollings, Ernest Adams

648 pages, parution le 08/07/2003

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Résumé

"A very useful book for anyone working in (or hoping to work in) interactive media. Andrew Rollings and Ernest Adams approach the topic with very practical advice for both new and experienced designers."

- Will Wright, creator of The Sims and SimCity

How do you turn a great idea into a game design? What makes one design better than another? Why does a good design document matter, and how do you write one? This book answers these questions and stimulates your creativity!

Game design consists of four essential tasks: imagining a game, defining the way that it works, describing its internal elements, and communicating this information to others. This book examines each of these tasks and shows you not only what issues you will need to address in your design, but how to think about games and gameplay. After reading this book, you will have the tools you need to both design many kinds of games and to create a professional-quality game design document.

Andrew Rollings and Ernest Adams on Game Design will show you :

The key design elements of every computer and video game, and how to think about them.

How to write a high-concept document, a treatment, and a full design script.

The essentials of user interface design and how to use them to define your game's look and feel.

How to construct and balance your game's internal mechanics to make sure the game is both fun and fair.

The relationship between interactivity and narrative, and how to write compelling stories.

The unique design problems in each of the major game genres.

How to design multi-player games to maximize player interaction and minimize cheating.

Contents

Introduction

The elements of game design

What Is Game Design?

Game Concepts

Game Settings and Worlds

Storytelling and Narrative

Character Development

Creating the User Experience

Gameplay

The Internal Economy of Games and Game Balancing

The genres of games

Action Games

Strategy Games

Role-Playing Games

Sports Games

Vehicle Simulations

Construction and Management Simulations

Adventure Games

Artificial Life, Puzzle Games, and Other Genres

Online Games

The Future of Gaming

Appendixes

Appendix A. Sample Design Documents

Appendix B. Bibliography

Index

L'auteur - Andrew Rollings

Andrew Rollings is a freelance consultant who designed and wrote a core part of the cryptography system used by the Bank of England, several Swiss banks, and the European Commission. He is also a regular contributor to several game development magazines.

L'auteur - Ernest Adams

Ernest Adams is a freelance game designer currently based in England, and a member of the International Hobo game design consortium. He was most recently employed as a lead designer at Bullfrog Productions, and for several years before that he was the audio/video producer on the Madden NFL Football product line. In a much earlier life he was a software engineer. He has developed on-line, computer, and console games for everything from the IBM 360 mainframe to the Playstation 2. He was a founder of the International Game Developer's Association, and is a frequent lecturer at the Game Developer's Conference.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	New Riders
Auteur(s)	Andrew Rollings, Ernest Adams
Parution	08/07/2003
Nb. de pages	648
Format	18,5 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1040g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781592730018
ISBN13	978-1-5927-3001-8