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A Game Design Vocabulary: Exploring the Foundational Principles Behind Good Game Design (Game Design/Usability) - Softcover
Synopsis
Master the Principles and Vocabulary of Game Design
Why aren’t videogames getting better? Why does it feel like we’re playing the same games, over and over again? Why aren’t games helping us transform our lives, like great music, books, and movies do?
The problem is language. We still don’t know how to talk about game design. We can’t share our visions. We forget...
About the Author
Anna Anthropy is an artist, author and game creatrix working in the East Bay area. As an ambassador for game creation, she works to empower marginalized voices to gain access to game creation. Her first book, Rise of the Videogame Zinesters, is an autobiography / manifesto / DIY guide. She's radical.
Naomi Clark has been designing and producing games for more than two decades, ever since...
Review
“A Game Design Vocabulary succeeds where many have failed–to provide a broad-strokes overview of videogame design. Utilizing analytic smarts, an encyclopedic knowledge of games, and subcultural attitude, Naomi Clark and Anna Anthropy get to the heart of how games work.
“Why is this book important? Videogames are the defining mass medium of our time, yet even those who make games lack a clear language for understanding their fundamental...
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- PublisherAddison-Wesley Professional
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 0321886925
- ISBN 13 9780321886927
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages211
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