Computer Game Designer (Virtual Apprentice) - Hardcover

Rauf, Don; Vescia, Monique

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816067546 ISBN 13: 9780816067541

Publisher: Ferguson Pub, 2008

Synopsis

Virtual Apprentice: Computer Game Designer profiles the many jobs available to students who love computer games.

Chapters include:

• Get Ready for Action
• Game Designer at Work
• Game Design Tech and Trends
• Game Designer in Training
• The "Players" Who Bring Games to Life
• Kids Ask, Game Designers Answer
• Computer Game Designer for a Day.

About this title

Reviews

Just as many young jocks dream of going pro, many young computer gamers hope that their favorite pastime will turn into a career. This in-depth introduction to the field of computer-game design offers specific, practical advice for those teens. Following a basic history of computer games and information about game types and rating levels, chapters, which are illustrated with many color photos, profile contemporary professionals and delve into current trends and the day-to-day work of game creators. A final chapter features game creators’ answers to young gamers’ questions. Frequent text boxes add suggestions for further research, as does an appended list of resources. The closing activity includes write-in blanks, which is unfortunate in a library book, though there’s a warning to take pen to page only if the reader is the book’s owner. Even so, this title in the Virtual Apprentice series offers valuable information about a high-interest area, and will be widely purchased by libraries. Grades 6-9. --Gillian Engberg

Edition details

• Publisher: Ferguson Pub
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816067546
• ISBN 13: 9780816067541
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64