Fundamentals of Game Design

by Ernest Adams

Book Overview

For courses in Fundamentals of Game Design for all video game developers and designers With a focus on designing for the commercial entertainment market, this text teaches the principles and practice... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131687476
• ISBN13: 9780131687479
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 669 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Some good advice for game designers

Provides a lot of good advice for game designers. Adams lays out the "player centric" design approach fairly well, with an eye squarely on creating commercial games. Nothing on programming, but then that's not the book's purpose.

Commercial game design at it's best

Ernest Adams brings to us a bible in commercial game design. Commercial is the keyword, as you'll be taught how to make a commercial game that will appeal to publishers and the masses alike. Some of the material may be a bit obvious to gamers and already working game designers, but don't over estimate the power of having someone actually spell it out to you, bringing many themes, ideas and rules from the depths of your subconscious to the forefront. This book also brings to light fine details that you wouldn't normally think about when designing a game, but are extremely critical in the overall design work. If you are ready to design commercially appealing games, then this is your book. If you are more of an independent developer, looking to break the mold that most publishers wouldn't dare to fund, then perhaps you should look elsewhere.

If you want help in designing you game buy this book

I own about every game design book there is. This one actually helps me in designing my game. At the end of each chapter is a section that provides questions to ask yourself when your designing. This alone is worth the price of the book. Only negative is that its text focuses on digital games, but most of the principles will still apply to paper prototypes.

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