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| Game Design and Development Series Walk-Through | |
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| Preface | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Quality Assurance | |
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| Introduction to Games | |
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| An Introduction to Games | |
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| What Are Games? | |
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| The Growth of the Game Industry | |
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| The Game Development Process | |
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| Summary | |
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| Test Your Skills | |
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| The Evolution of Games | |
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| The Beginning of Games | |
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| The First Board Games | |
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| The Rise of Commercial Board Games | |
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| The Birth of Electronic Gaming | |
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| Summary | |
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| Test Your Skills | |
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| Game Genres | |
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| Game Genres | |
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| Action Games | |
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| Adventure Games | |
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| Role-Playing Games | |
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| Strategy Games | |
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| Simulation Games | |
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| Vehicle Games | |
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| Puzzle Games | |
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| Sports Games | |
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| Summary | |
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| Test Your Skills | |
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| Overview of Game Platforms | |
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| Game Platforms | |
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| Evolution of Game Platforms | |
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| Personal Computers | |
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| Video Consoles | |
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| Handheld Game Platforms | |
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| Summary | |
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| Test Your Skills | |
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| Game Development Cycle | |
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| The Production Cycle | |
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| Phases of the Production Cycle | |
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| Preproduction Phase | |
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| Production Phase | |
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| Summary | |
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| Test Your Skills | |
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| The Production Team | |
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| Management | |
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| Design | |
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| Programming | |
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| Art | |
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| Auxiliary Staff | |
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| Summary | |
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| Test Your Skills | |
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| Scheduling and Budgets | |
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| Management Tools | |
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| Building a Realistic Schedule | |
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| Budgeting | |
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| Summary | |
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| Test Your Skills | |
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| Documenting the Idea | |
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| The Elements of Gameplay | |
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| The Fun Factor | |
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| Gameplay Elements | |
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| Design Goals | |
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| Dangers in Game Design | |
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| Summary | |
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| Test Your Skills | |
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| Committing Ideas to Paper | |
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| Coming Up with a Game Idea | |
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| Pitch Paper | |
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| Game Proposal | |
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| Summary | |
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| Test Your Skills | |
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| The Game Design Document | |
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| Purpose of the Game Design Document | |
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| The Concept Game Design Document | |
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| Structure of the Game Design Document | |
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| The Introduction | |
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| Gameplay Mechanics | |
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| Descriptions | |
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| Appendices | |
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| The Production Game Design Document | |
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| Summary | |
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| Test Your Skills | |
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| Technical Review | |
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| Technical Design Document | |
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| Structure of the Technical Design Document | |
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| Art Design Document | |
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| Structure of the Art Design Document | |
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| Summary | |
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| Test Your Skills | |
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| Implementing the Vision | |
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| Coding the Game | |
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| Coding Overview | |
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| Game Engine Modules | |
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| Other Programming Tasks | |
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| Nonprogramming Tasks | |
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| Summary | |
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| Test Your Skills | |
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| Visualizing the Game | |
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| Basics of Computer Graphics | |
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| 2D Art Tasks | |
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| Art in a 2D Game | |
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| Character Art | |
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| Drawing 2D Art to the Screen | |
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| 3D Art Tasks | |
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| Drawing 3D Art to the Screen | |
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| Additional Tasks for the Art Team | |
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| Summary | |
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| Test Your Skills | |
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| Hearing the Game | |
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| The Functions of Audio in Games | |
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| How Game Audio Works | |
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| Music in Games | |
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| Sound Effects in Games | |
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| Voices in Games | |
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| Summary | |
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| Test Your Skills | |
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| Elements of Game Design Implementation | |
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| Interface Design | |
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| User Interface Elements | |
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| Designing the Interface | |
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| Shell Interface | |
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| In-Game Interface | |
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| Ease of Use | |
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| Summary | |
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| Test Your Skills | |
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| Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence in Games | |
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| The Mathematics of Games | |
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| Charts and Tables (The Game Database) | |
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| Balancing the Game | |
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| Artificial Intelligence | |
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| Summary | |
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| Test Your Skills | |
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| Storytelling in Games | |
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| Narrative Structure in Games | |
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| Interactive Dialogue | |
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| Summary | |
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| Test Your Skills | |
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| Prototyping and Building Playfields | |
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| Prototypes | |
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| Designing Playfields | |
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| Map and Level Editors | |
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| Summary | |
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| Test Your Skills | |
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| Completing the Game | |
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| Balancing the Game | |
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| Pushing Toward Completion | |
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| Testing the Game | |
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| Gold Release and Beyond | |
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| Packaging the Game | |
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| Conducting a Postmortem | |
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| Summary | |
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| Test Your Skills | |
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| The Business Side of Games | |
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| Marketing the Game | |
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| Marketing Department Responsibilites | |
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| Preselling a Game | |
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| Marketing Campaign | |
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| Advertising Games | |
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| Other Marketing Tasks | |
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| Summary | |
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| Test Your Skills | |
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| Economics of the Game Industry | |
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| Game Industry Economics 101 | |
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| Mobile and Handheld Games | |
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| Financial Drains | |
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| Surviving as an Independent Developer | |
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| Summary | |
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| Test Your Skills | |
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| Breaking into the Game Industry | |
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| Getting a Testing Position | |
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| Getting a Job | |
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| Working at a Game Company | |
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| Summary | |
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| Test Your Skills | |
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| Index | |