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Index
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Image Credits and Copyright Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Part I Game Design Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 1 The Role of the Game Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2 The Structure of Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Chapter 3 Working with Formal Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Chapter 4 Working with Dramatic Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Chapter 5 Working with System Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Part 2 Designing a Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Chapter 6 Conceptualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Chapter 7 Prototyping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 8 Digital Prototyping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 9 Playtesting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 10 Functionality, Completeness, and Balance . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Chapter 11 Fun and Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Part 3 Working As a Game Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Chapter 12 Team Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Chapter 13 Stages of Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Chapter 14 The Design Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Chapter 15 Understanding the Game Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Chapter 16 Selling Yourself and Your Ideas to the Game Industry . . . 436
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreword
Chapter 3
Part 2
Chapter 9
Part 3
Chapter 15
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