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Practical Game Design

You're reading from Practical Game Design A modern and comprehensive guide to video game design

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803245157

Length 446 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Concepts

Design

Authors (2):

Adam Kramarzewski

Ennio De Nucci

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Chapter 1: Introducing the Game Production Process

2. Chapter 2: Preparing a Game Concept FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 3: Scoping a Game Project

4. Chapter 4: Creating Design Documentation

5. Chapter 5: Understanding Game Mechanics

6. Chapter 6: Designing Systems and Features

7. Chapter 7: Making Prototypes

8. Chapter 8: Designing Compelling Stories for Games

9. Chapter 9: The Fundamentals of Level Design

10. Chapter 10: Creating Characters

11. Chapter 11: Balancing Your Content and Systems

12. Chapter 12: Building a Great User Interface and User Experience

13. Chapter 13: Making Your Games Accessible

14. Chapter 14: Mastering Games as a Service

15. Chapter 15: Understanding Monetization Techniques

16. Chapter 16: The Final 10%

17. Index

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Authors (2)

Kramarzewski

Kramarzewski

Adam Kramarzewski is a game designer who, at the age of 19, dived straight into the pre-smartphone mobile games industry of 2007. He has gathered over fifteen years of experience with the likes of Gameloft, Square Enix, Space Ape Games, and Madbox, and has worked on over 30 game projects and many world-class IPs, including Lara Croft, Deus Ex, Transformers, and Boom Beach. Adam is an avid gamer, a fan of cinematography, psychology, and all things science. He also sat on the jury for game design at the 2017 and 2022 BAFTA Video Game Awards.

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Ennio De Nucci

Ennio De Nucci

Ennio De Nucci is a game designer and developer. He has worked as a game designer since 2011 and designed both digital video games and physical board games. He worked for a variety of video game developers, such as PM Studios Srl, IGT, Supermassive Games, and Another Place Productions. Currently, he works as a Lead Game Designer for one of the most renowned strategy games developers.

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