Level Up! The Guide to Great Video Game Design (eBook)

Scott Rogers (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2014 | 2. Auflage
552 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-87721-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Want to design your own video games? Let expert Scott Rogers
show you how!

If you want to design and build cutting-edge video games but
aren't sure where to start, then the SECOND EDITION of the
acclaimed Level Up! is for you! Written by leading video
game expert Scott Rogers, who has designed the hits Pac Man
World, Maximo and SpongeBob Squarepants, this
updated edition provides clear and well-thought out examples that
forgo theoretical gobbledygook with charmingly illustrated concepts
and solutions based on years of professional experience.

Level Up! 2nd Edition has been NEWLY
EXPANDED to teach you how to develop marketable ideas, learn what
perils and pitfalls await during a game's pre-production,
production and post-production stages, and provide even more
creative ideas to serve as fuel for your own projects
including:

* Developing your game design from the spark of inspiration all
the way to production

* Learning how to design the most exciting levels, the most
precise controls, and the fiercest foes that will keep your players
challenged

* Creating games for mobile and console systems - including
detailed rules for touch and motion controls

* Monetizing your game from the design up

* Writing effective and professional design documents with the
help of brand new examples

Level Up! 2nd Edition is includes all-new content, an
introduction by David "God of War" Jaffe and
even a brand-new chili recipe -making it an even more
indispensable guide for video game designers both "in the
field" and the classroom.

Grab your copy of Level Up! 2nd Edition and
let's make a game!

Autor

Scott Rogers (Thousand Oaks, CA) is a Principal Imagineer at Walt Disney. After deciding that game designers have more fun, Scott embarked on a career creating game designs for a number of successful titles including Sony's GOD OF WAR, Capcom's MAXIMO: GHOSTS TO GLORY and its sequel MAXIMO VS. ARMY OF ZIN, Namco's PAC-MAN WORLD and THQ's DRAWN TO LIFE series. He lives in Thousand Oaks with his family and a large collection of video games.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.4.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Programmiersprachen / -werkzeuge
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Software Entwicklung ► Spieleprogrammierung
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Computerspiele
• Schlagworte: Computer Science • Informatik • Programmierung u. Software-Entwicklung • Programming & Software Development • Spieleprogrammierung
• ISBN-10: 1-118-87721-7 / 1118877217
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-87721-0 / 9781118877210