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Index
About This eBook
Title Page
Copyright Page
Praise for A Game Design Vocabulary
Dedication Page
Contents at a Glance
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Part I: Elements of Vocabulary
Chapter 1. Language
Signs Versus Design
Failures of Language
A Voice Needs Words
A Beginning
Chapter 2. Verbs and Objects
Rules
Creating Choices
Explaining with Context
Objects
The Physical Layer
Character Development
Elegance
Real Talk
Review
Discussion Activities
Group Activity
Chapter 3. Scenes
Rules in Scenes
Shaping and Pacing
Layering Objects
Moments of Inversion
Chance
Real Talk
Review
Discussion Activities
Group Activity
Chapter 4. Context
First Impressions
Recurring Motifs
Character Design
Animation
Scene Composition
Camera
Sound
Real Talk
Review
Discussion Activities
Group Activity
Part II: Conversations
Chapter 5. Creating Dialogue
Players
Creating Conversation
Iterating to Fun and Beyond
Your Conversation
Chapter 6. Resistance
Push and Pull
Flow
Alternatives to Flow
Opening Up Space
Opening Up Purpose
The Pull of Rewards
Time and Punishment
Scoring and Reflection
Review
Discussion Activities
Group Activity
Chapter 7. Storytelling
Pattern Recognition
Authored Stories
Interpreted Stories
Open Stories
Review
Discussion Activities
Group Activity
Appendix A. Further Playing
Achievement Unlocked (John Cooney, 2008)
American Dream (Stephen Lavelle, Terry Cavanagh, Tom Morgan-Jones, and Jasper Byrne, 2011)
Analogue: A Hate Story (Christine Love, 2012)
The Banner Saga (Stoic, 2014)
Candy Box (aniwey, 2013)
Consensual Torture Simulator (Merritt Kopas, 2013)
Corrypt (Michael Brough, 2012)
Crypt of the Necrodancer (Ryan Clark, 2013)
Dwarf Fortress (Tarn Adams, 2006)
English Country Tune (Stephen Lavelle, 2011)
Even Cowgirls Bleed (Christine Love, 2013)
Gone Home (The Fullbright Company, 2013)
Mighty Jill Off (Anna Anthropy, 2008)
NetHack (NetHack Dev Team, 1987)
Papers, Please (Lucas Pope, 2013)
Persist (AdventureIslands, 2013)
QWOP (Bennett Foddy, 2008) and GIRP (Bennett Foddy, 2011)
Spelunky (Derek Yu, 2008)
Triple Town (Spry Fox, 2011)
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