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Level Up! The Guide to Great Video Game Design The Guide to Great Video Game Design

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18555

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Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

09.05.2014

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John Wiley & Sons Inc

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552

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23,3/18,4/3 cm

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928 g

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2. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-118-87716-6

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Verkaufsrang

18555

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

09.05.2014

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Seitenzahl

552

Maße (L/B/H)

23,3/18,4/3 cm

Gewicht

928 g

Auflage

2. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-118-87716-6

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  • Produktbild: Level Up! The Guide to Great Video Game Design
  • Introduction Press Start! 1

    If You Are Anything Like Me 1

    No, You Can't Have My Job 3

    Who Is This Book For? 4

    Why a Second Edition? 6

    Level 1 Welcome, N00bs! 7

    A Brief History of Video Games 10

    The Brave New World of Gaming: Mobiles, Online Distribution, and Touchscreens 14

    Game Genres 16

    Who Makes This Stuff? 17

    Programmer 18

    Artist 19

    Designer 20

    Producer 20

    Tester 21

    Composer 22

    Sound Designer 23

    Writer 23

    Have You Thought about Publishing? 25

    Product Manager 25

    Creative Manager 25

    Art Director 26

    Technical Director 26

    Marketing Team 26

    And the Rest 26

    Level 2 Ideas 29

    Ideas: Where to Get Them and Where to Stick Them 30

    Getting Ahead of the Game 32

    What Do Gamers Want? 35

    Brainstorming 36

    Breaking Writer's Block 38

    Why I Hate "Fun" 40

    Level 3 Writing the Story 43

    Once Upon a Time 43

    The Triangle of Weirdness 50

    A Likely Story 52

    Time to Wrap It Up 55

    A Game by Any Other Name 56

    Creating Characters Your Players Care About 58

    A Few Pointers on Writing for Kids of All Ages 62

    Writing for Licenses 62

    Level 4 You Can Design a Game, but Can You Do the Paperwork? 65

    Writing the GDD, Step 1: The One-Sheet 68

    ESRB Ratings 69

    Unique Selling Points 70

    Competitive Products 70

    Writing the GDD, Step 2: The Ten-Pager 71

    The Rule of Threes 72

    The Ten-Pager Outline 73

    Page 1: Title Page 73

    Page 2: Game Outline 73

    Page 3: Character 74

    Page 4: Gameplay 75

    Page 5: Game World 76

    Page 6: Game Experience 76

    Page 7: Gameplay Mechanics 77

    Page 8: Enemies 79

    Page 9: Multiplayer and Bonus Materials 80

    Page 10: Monetization 80

    Writing the GDD, Step 3: Gameplay Progression 81

    Writing the GDD, Step 4: The Beat Chart 82

    Writing the GDD, Step 5: The Game Design Document (and the Awful Truth about Writing It) 85

    Writing the GDD, Step 6: Above All, Don't Be a Jerk 89

    Level 5 The Three Cs, Part 1: Character 93

    Who Do You Want To Be Today? 94

    Personality: Do We Really Need Another Kratos? 96

    Let's Get Personal 98

    Using All the Parts 102

    Games Without Characters 103

    We Are Not Alone 104

    When More Is More 107

    Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood? 109

    Finally, We Talk About Gameplay 111

    Metrics for Non-Characters 114

    Be Kind to Our Four-Legged Friends 114

    Why Walk When You Can Run? 114

    The Art of Doing Nothing 119

    Might as Well Jump 120

    Hoists and Teeters 124

    What Goes Up Must Fall Down 125

    Me and My Shadow 126

    The Water's Fine . . . or Is It? 127

    Level 6 The Three Cs, Part 2: Camera 131

    Get It Right: Camera Views 132

    First Person Camera 136

    Third Person Camera 138

    Giving Up Control 142

    So You've Decided to Let the Player Control the Camera 142

    So You've Decided Not to Let the Player Have Control over the Camera 144

    So You've Decided to Let Players Sometimes Have Control over the Camera 145

    Two and a Half D 145

    Isometric Camera 146

    Top-Down Camera 148

    AR Cameras 149

    Special Case Cameras 149

    Tunnel Vision 150

    Camera Shot Guide 150

    Camera Angle Guide 153

    Camera Movement Guide 154

    Other Camera Notes 157

    Always Point the Camera to the Objective 158

    Never Let the Character Get out of the Camera's Sight 159

    Multiple-Player Cameras 159

    Level 7 The Three Cs, Part 3: Controls 163

    Control Is in Your Hand 164

    You've Got the Touch 167

    Dance, Monkey, Dance 169

    Character or Camera Relative? 175

    Shake, Rattle, and Roll 177

    Level 8 Sign Language: HUD and Icon Design 181

    Heads Up! 181

    Health Bar 182

    Targeting Reticule 183

    Ammo Gauge 184

    Inventory 185

    Score/Experience 185

    Positive Messaging 186

    Radar/Map 187

    Context-Sensitive Prompts 188

    The Clean Screen 190

    Icon Has Cheezburger? 191

    Creating Icons for Mobile Games 194

    Don't Get QTE 196

    HUDs and Where to Stick 'Em 198

    There Are Other Screens Than the HUD 199

    A Final Word on Fonts 207

    Level 9 Everything I Learned About Level Design, I Learned from Level 9 209

    The Top 10 Cliché Video Game Themes 212

    The Name Game 218

    Everything I Learned About Level Design, I Learned from Disneyland 220

    Mapping the World 221

    Foreshadowing 222

    Goal Setting 223

    Following Procedure 225

    You've Got the Beat 227

    Re-using Re-use 229

    The Gary Gygax Memorial Mapping Section 230

    Sandbox Play 233

    Illusional Narrative 236

    The Dave Arneson Memorial Mapping Section 237

    Wrapping Up Mapping 248

    Gray Matters 251

    Leave the Training Level for Last 253

    Levels without Characters 254

    Level 10 The Elements of Combat 257

    400 Quatloos on the Newcomer! 259

    Put 'Em Up! 262

    And a One and a Two 266

    The Big Finish 268

    Live by the Sword 270

    Now You Have to Kiss Me 273

    Let's Get Defensive 273

    Dodging the Bullet 276

    On Guarding 277

    State of the Art Bang Bang 281

    The Best Gun for You 286

    Run and Gun 290

    Not Just Shooting 293

    Dang it, Jones! Where Doesn't It Hurt? 297

    Death: What Is It Good For? 299

    Conflict Without Combat 301

    Level 11 They All Want You Dead 305

    Sizing Up the Enemy 307

    Bad Behavior 308

    How Rapid is Rapid? 313

    Movement Style 316

    Bring on the Bad Guys 318

    I Love Designing Enemies 327

    The Alphabetical Bestiary of Choices 328

    I Hate You to Pieces 337

    Non-Enemy Enemies 341

    How to Create the World's Greatest Boss Battle 342

    Who's the Boss? 342

    Size Matters 344

    Location, Location, Location 349

    Why Not to Create the World's Greatest Boss Battle 351

    Level 12 The Nuts and Bolts of Mechanics 353

    The Mechanics of Mechanics 353

    Holy Death Trap! 357

    What I Learned from Making Kids Cry 360

    Time to Die 361

    The Music of Mechanics 364

    Chip Off the Old Block 368

    A Nice Little Calm Spot 371

    Riddle Me This 372

    Puzzle Me That 375

    Minigames and Microgames 377

    Level 13 Now You're Playing with Power 381

    Powering Up 381

    "Love Thy Player" 388

    Seriously. "Love Thy Player." 390

    More Wealth Than You Can Imagine! 391

    High Score 394

    Achievements 395

    Money! Money! Money! 395

    Souvenirs 399

    Bonus Section about Bonus Features 400

    How to Win at Losing 402

    Level 14 Multiplayer-The More the Merrier 405

    How Many Is the Right Number? 410

    MMORPGS, or Hell Is Other People 410

    Designing Multiplayer Levels 415

    Planning Your Level 415

    Mapping Your Level 416

    Building Your Level 417

    The Dirty Half Dozen 418

    Level 15 Everybody Wins: Monetization 419

    Cashing In 422

    Money Is the Root of Something Something 423

    Level 16 Some Notes on Music 427

    I Know It When I Hear It 429

    Music with Style 430

    And the Beat Goes On 431

    Sounds Like a Game to Me 434

    Level 17 Cutscenes, or No One's Gonna Watch 'Em Anyway 441

    A Cut Above 442

    How to Write a Screenplay in Eight Easy Steps 444

    Finding Your Voice 448

    Level 18 And Now the Hard Part 451

    No One Cares About Your Stupid Little World 452

    Who's Paying? 455

    Video Games Is a Haaaard Business 456

    When Reality Gets in the Way 457

    Emergent, Vertical, or Horizontal? 459

    What to Do for an Encore? 462

    Continue? 467

    Time to Level Up! 467

    Bonus Level 1

    The One-Sheet Sample 469

    Bonus Level 2

    The Ten-Page Design Document Sample 473

    Bonus Level 3

    Game Design Document Template 485

    Bonus Level 4

    The Medium-Sized List of Story Genres 493

    Bonus Level 5

    Game Genres 495

    Bonus Level 6

    The Big List of Environments 503

    Bonus Level 7

    Mechanics and Hazards 507

    Bonus Level 8

    Enemy Design Template 509

    Bonus Level 9

    Boss Design Template 511

    Bonus Level 10

    High-Concept Pitch Presentation 513

    Bonus Level 11

    Achievement Unlocked: Exactly Like Making Chili 521

    Index 523