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	Game Design: Theory and Practice (2nd Edition) (Wordware Game Developer's Library) by Richard Rouse
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Product Details Binding Paperback Dewey Decimal Number 794.81526 EAN 9781556229121 ISBN 1556229127 Manufacturer Wordware Publishing, Inc. Number Of Items 1 Number Of Pages 584 Publication Date February 25, 2001 Publisher Wordware Publishing, Inc. Availability Usually ships in 24 hours Product Description In the second edition to the acclaimed Game Design: Theory & Practice, designer Richard Rouse III balances a discussion of the essential concepts behind game design with an explanation of how you can implement them in your current project. Detailed analysis of successful games is interwoven with concrete examples from Rouse’s own experience. This second edition thoroughly updates the popular original with new chapters and fully revised text. * Follow the entire game development process, from brainstorming a game idea and establishing the focus to getting the gameplay working and playtesting. * Learn the techniques of top game designers through in-depth interviews: Doug Church, Thief, System Shock, Ultima Underworld Chris Crawford, Balance of Power, Eastern Front (1941) Ed Logg, Asteroids, Centipede, Gauntlet Jordan Mechner, Prince of Persia, Karateka, The Last Express Sid Meier, Civilization, Pirates!, Railroad Tycoon, Gettysburg! Steve Meretzky, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Planetfall, Zork Zero Will Wright, SimCity, The Sims * Learn how to most effectively document your game ideas. Includes the full design document for the action-horror game The Suffering. In the second edition to the acclaimed Game Design: Theory & Practice, designer Richard Rouse III balances a discussion of the essential concepts behind game design with an explanation of how you can implement them in your current project. Detailed analysis of successful games is interwoven with concrete examples from Rouse’s own experience. This second edition thoroughly updates the popular original with new chapters and fully revised text. * Follow the entire game development process, from brainstorming a game idea and establishing the focus to getting the gameplay working and playtesting. * Learn the techniques of top game designers through in-depth interviews: Doug Church, Thief, System Shock, Ultima Underworld Chris Crawford, Balance of Power, Eastern Front (1941) Ed Logg, Asteroids, Centipede, Gauntlet Jordan Mechner, Prince of Persia, Karateka, The Last Express Sid Meier, Civilization, Pirates!, Railroad Tycoon, Gettysburg! Steve Meretzky, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Planetfall, Zork Zero Will Wright, SimCity, The Sims * Learn how to most effectively document your game ideas. Includes the full design document for the action-horror game The Suffering. Richard Rouse III is design director at Surreal Software, a Midway Home Entertainment studio. Most recently, he was project lead, lead designer, and writer on the action-horror game The Suffering. His credits also include Drakan: The Ancients’ Gates, Centipede 3D, Damage Incorporated, and Odyssey: The Legend of Nemesis. Rouse has written about game design for publications including Game Developer, SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics, Develop, Gamasutra, MyVideoGames.com, and Inside Mac Games, and has spoken on game development numerous times at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. 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Read More Rating - Great interview and practical examples book. The editorial review is kinda deceiving, so I'll just write what's missing on it: The book tries to balance between theory, practical examples and interviews. Which may be great to some, but not that great to others. The book is basicaly structured in this way: 30-50 pages of Theory 5-15 pages of a practical example (something about the theory on an actual game) 15-40 pages of Interview (with some famous ... Read More Rating - Excellent resource for students I am currently using this as my Game Design textbook. As a student, it provides not only mere theory, but valuable interviews with upstanding designers. It is clear, and a joy to read. Rating - Great book. helped for class greatly I got this book to help in a class since it was a course requirement. It has alot of good info and intangibles about game design that is very helpful to anybody that would want to know. see more reviews See all books by author Richard Rouse

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