21st Century Game Design

Name: 21st Century Game Design
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ISBN: 9781584504290

ISBN-10: 1584504293

ISBN-13: 9781584504290

Edition: 2006

Authors: Chris Bateman, Richard Boon

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21st Century Game Design is not just a book about game design. It?s an answer to two important questions: who are we designing games for and how do we do it best? Written by industry pros, the book teaches designers how to design better games from a why perspective. All good designers know the fundamentals of how to design a game, but learning to design games that really satisfy your players takes more than technical skill. To do this successfully, you need to know your intended audience and understand their needs. Throughout the book you?ll learn about defining and investigating player needs. A model of play styles is then presented that was developed by applying psychological metrics to…

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List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Charles River Media
Publication date: 8/29/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 332
Size: 7.40" wide x 9.25" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Chris Bateman is Managing Director of International Hobo, a specialist company in the field of market-oriented game design and narrative, and a noted game designer and writer. His games include Discworld Noir, Ghost Master and, Bratz: Rock Angels. He sits on the executive panel of the IGDA Game Writersï¿½ special interest group, and is also co-author of 21st Century Game Design.



Acknowledgments


Preface


Introduction




Audience



Zen Game Design


Wise Blind Elephants


What Is Game Design?


What Is Zen Game Design?


The First Tenet: There Is No Single Method to Design


The Second Tenet: Game Design Reflects Needs


Return to the Wise, Blind Elephants



Designing for the Market


Demographic Game Design


Market Clusters and Audience Models


Market Vectors


Design Tools for Market Penetration


Phases of Market Penetration


Conclusion


Endnotes



Myers-Briggs Typology and Gamers


The Myers-Briggs Dichotomies


The Sixteen Types


The Mass Market Audience


Conclusion


Endnotes



The DGD1 Demographic Model


The Research


Analysis


Play Style


Distribution of Play Styles


Conclusion


Endnotes



Player Abilities


The Experience of Flow


Types of Games


Temperament Theory


DGD1 Model and Temperament Skill Sets


Conclusion


Endnotes



Design



Foundations of Game Design


The Phases of Development


Examining the Design Process


Tight Design


Elastic Design


Extensive Design


The Presentation Dilemma


Conclusion



Principles of Interface Design


Five Golden Rules


Five Cautions


Learning Curve


Subjective Metrics of the Action Space


Concept Models


Immersive Menus


Tutorials


Conclusion



Game World Abstraction


Motivations for Abstraction


Abstractions of World


Conclusion


Endnotes



Avatar Abstractions


Relationships between World, Avatar, and Player


Abstractions of Avatar


Conclusion


Endnotes



Game Structures


Pathfinding and Housekeeping


Environmental Progression


Mechanisms of Progress


Playground Worlds


Breadcrumbing and Funneling


Replay Features


Save Game Functionality


Conclusion



Action Game Genres


Describing Genres


Genre Classification


Action Games


Conclusion



Genres: Quest, Strategy, and Simulation


Quest


Strategy


Simulation


Miscellaneous


Conclusion



The Evolution of Games: Originality and Chreodes


Chreodes


The Creative Explosion


The Underground


Extinction


Conservatism versus Originality


Conclusion


Glossary


References


Index