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Basics of Game Design

AUTHOR Moore, Michael
PUBLISHER A K PETERS (03/18/2011)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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Basics of Game Design is for anyone wanting to become a professional game designer. Focusing on creating the game mechanics for data-driven games, it covers role-playing, real-time strategy, first-person shooter, simulation, and other games. Written by a 25-year veteran of the game industry, the guide offers detailed explanations of how to design the data sets used to resolve game play for moving, combat, solving puzzles, interacting with NPCs, managing inventory, and much more. Advice on developing stories for games, building maps and levels, and designing the graphical user interface is also included.

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ISBN-13: 9781568814339
ISBN-10: 156881433X
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 392
Carton Quantity: 20
Product Dimensions: 5.90 x 1.00 x 8.90 inches
Weight: 1.63 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Index, Maps, Table of Contents, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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Computers | Programming - Games
Computers | Video & Mobile
Dewey Decimal: 794.815
Library of Congress Control Number: 2010053534
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Basics of Game Design is for anyone wanting to become a professional game designer. Focusing on creating the game mechanics for data-driven games, it covers role-playing, real-time strategy, first-person shooter, simulation, and other games. Written by a 25-year veteran of the game industry, the guide offers detailed explanations of how to design the data sets used to resolve game play for moving, combat, solving puzzles, interacting with NPCs, managing inventory, and much more. Advice on developing stories for games, building maps and levels, and designing the graphical user interface is also included.

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Author: Moore, Michael
Michael Moore's first book, Downsize This!, was a New York Times bestseller in both hardcover and paperback. The award-winning director of the groundbreaking documentary Roger & Me, which became the largest grossing nonfiction film of all time, Moore is the creator and host of the Emmy-winning series TV Nation and The Awful Truth. Also the coauthor (with Kathleen Glynn) of Adventures In A TV Nation, he lives in New York City.
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