Keith Burgun

Clockwork Game Design (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Clockwork Game Design contains the most functional and directly applicable theory for game designers. It takes an extremely broad view of the world of game design and focuses on what makes games timeless. The approach is based on the concept that a game can best achieve clarity of purpose by starting with core mechanics and then building these mechanics from the ground up. Filled with examples and exercises of how to design a game from the ground up, Clockwork Game Design is a must-have manual when it comes to designing games.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 146
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317630395
• Artikelnr.: 42884474

Autorenporträt

Keith Burgun is the author of Game Design Theory: A New Philosophy for Understanding Games. He is a contributing editor to Gamasutra and his own design blog at keithburgun.net. He has taught game design at a number of schools, including SUNY Purchase College, The New York Film Academy, and the Katonah Arts Center. He has also guest lectured at NYU and Franklin & Marshall College.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1: Theory
Section 1: Games
Section 2: The Essential Value of Games
Chapter 2: Anatomy
Section 1: Purpose
Section 2: The Core Mechanism
Section 3: The Goal
Section 4: Supporting Mechanisms
Section 5: Theme
Section 6: Documentation
Chapter 3: Construction
Section 1: The Approach
Section 2: Analysis
Section 3: Implementation
Chapter 4: Pitfalls
Section 1: Problems
Section 2: My Experiences
Section 3: Closing Thoughts