Game Design Workshop: A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games (4th Edition) – PDF

Game Design Workshop, 4th Edition, (PDF) is your ultimate guide to bringing your digital game ideas to life without needing any programming or artistic expertise. Written by award-winning author Tracy Fullerton, this ebook provides you with simple and easy-to-understand guidance on the creative process involved in designing compelling games without the need for technical know-how. Using famous game examples, illustrations, and detailed exercises, the ebook offers you a comprehensive understanding of how game systems work and how to apply them to your game design projects. The fully updated 4th edition features expanded coverage on new platforms, genres, and styles of gaming, such as casual games and learning games. The book also includes insights from top industry professionals on active development processes to provide different perspectives and enhance your game design skills. With Game Design Workshop, 4th Edition, you’ll learn to prototype, playtest, and improve your own games with tried and true methods and tools. Gain the skills that will provide you with a solid foundation for any game industry career, including design, production, programming, and visual design. 978-1138098770, 978-1315104300, 978-1351597685, 978-1351597692, 978-1351597708

Reviews

“This new updated Fourth Edition of Game Design Workshop brings back valuable elements of the previous editions while maintaining its core strength: a play-centric approach to game design.” — Colleen Macklin, Associate Professor, Parsons The New School for Design. “The Game Design Workshop, 4th Edition, is a truly phenomenal ebook and now serves as the standard textbook for beginners and intermediate-level game design education. The new edition is a valuable tool that is both relevant and inspiring for all types of game designers.” — Richard Lemarchand, Interactive Media & Games Division, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California. “Tracy Fullerton’s Game Design Workshop: A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games features everything a working or aspiring game designer needs to know. From game theory, prototyping, and testing to tuning and landing a job in the industry – this book has it all! When I was planning my game studies curriculum at the University of Texas at Austin, I knew this book was a must-have.” — Warren Spector, Studio Director, OtherSide Entertainment. NOTE: Please be advised that the product only includes the ebook, Game Design Workshop 4th Edition in PDF. No access codes are included.