Designing Games

Ready to give your design skills a real boost? This eye-opening book helps you explore the design structure behind most of todays 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. Packed with examples, this book will change your perception of game design.

• •  Create game mechanics to trigger a range of emotions and provide a variety of play
• •  Explore several options for combining narrative with interactivity
• •  Build interactions that let multiplayer gamers get into each others heads
• •  Motivate players through rewards that align with the rest of the game
• •  Establish a metaphor vocabulary to help players learn which design aspects are game mechanics
• •  Plan, test, and analyze your design through iteration rather than deciding everything up front
• •  Learn how your games market positioning will affect your design