• Game Designers Workshop

Game Designers Workshop

Discover an exercise-driven, non-technical approach to game design, without the need for programming or artistic expertise with Game Design Workshop, Third Edition. Tracy Fullerton demystifies the creative process with clear and accessible analysis of the formal and dramatic systems of game design. Using examples of popular games, illustrations of design techniques, and refined exercises to strengthen your understanding of how game systems function and give you the skills and tools necessary to create a compelling and engaging game. Game Design Workshop puts you to work prototyping, playtesting, and revising your own games with time-tested methods and tools.

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These skills will provide the foundation for your career in any facet of the game industry including design, producing, programming, and visual design. “This is the perfect time for a new editionThe updates refresh elements of the book that are important as examples, but don’t radically alter the thing about the book that is great: a playcentric approach to game design.” — Colleen Macklin, Associate Professor, Parsons The New School for Design “It’s a great book, and has become, in my opinion, the de facto standard text for beginner to intermediate level game design education. The current edition works well in this context, but the new edition will make a significant positive impact on the relevance and utility of the text.” — Richard Lemarchand, Interactive Media and Games Division, USC School of Cinematic Arts Tracy Fullerton’s Game Design Workshop covers pretty much everything a working or wannabe game designer needs to know. She covers game theory, concepting, prototyping, testing and tuning, with stops along the way to discuss what it means to a professional game designer and how to land a job. When I started thinking about my game studies course at the University of Texas at Austin, this was one book I knew I had to use.

— Warren Spector, Director of the Denius-Sams Gaming Academy, University of Texas at Austin.

Table of Contents GAME DESIGN BASICS The Role of the Game Designer Sidebar—Designers You Should Know Sidebar—The Iterative Process Designer Perspective Christina Norman Designer Perspective Warren Spector The Structure of Games Sidebar—What is a Puzzle? Designer Perspective Jane McGonigal Designer Perspective Randy Smith Working with Formal Elements Sidebar—Persuasive Games Designer Perspective Tim LeTourneau Sidebar—The Mechanic is the Message Working with Dramatic Elements Sidebar—The Two Great Myths of Interactive Storytelling Designer Perspective Dr. Ray Muzyka Designer Perspective Don Daglow Working with System Dynamics Sidebar—Deconstructing Set Sidebar —A Conversation with Will Wright, by Celia Pearce Designer Perspective Alan R. Moon Designer Perspective Frank Lantz DESIGNING A GAME Conceptualization Sidebar—EA Pre-production Workshop Sidebar—Where Do Game Ideas Come From? Reviews ' Game Design Workshop is a truly great book and has become, in my opinion, the de facto standard text for beginner- to intermediate-level game design education. This updated new edition is extremely relevant, useful, and inspiring to all kinds of game designers.' —Richard Lemarchand, Interactive Media & Games Division, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California 'This is the perfect time for a new edition.

The updates refresh elements of the book that are important as examples, but don’t radically alter the thing about the book that is great: a playcentric approach to game design.' —Colleen Macklin, Associate Professor, Parsons The New School for Design 'Tracy Fullerton’s Game Design Workshop covers pretty much everything a working or wannabe game designer needs to know. She covers game theory, concepting, prototyping, testing, and tuning, with stops along the way to discuss what it means to a professional game designer and how to land a job.

When I started thinking about my game studies course at the University of Texas at Austin, this was one book I knew I had to use.' —Warren Spector, Creative Director, Junction Point Studios. CRC Press eBooks are available through VitalSource. The free VitalSource Bookshelf® application allows you to access to your eBooks whenever and wherever you choose.

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