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Game Design Foundations (Wordware Game and Graphics Library)

ISBN: 1556229739
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 179

Authors: Roger E. Pedersen

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• Game Design Foundations
• Table of Contents
• BackCover
• Chapter 1: The Game Designer
• Game Designers Are NOT Programmers
• Game Designers Are NOT Artists
• Game Designers Are NOT Audio Engineers or Musicians
• Game Designers Are Visionaries
• Chapter 2: Pedersen s Principles on Game Design
• Principle 2: No Designer or Producer Is an Island
• Principle 3: Let Professionals Do Their Jobs
• Principle 4: KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid)
• Principle 5: Schedules Are Like Laws
• Principle 6: The Yardstick: One Day s Pay for a Week s Worth of Fun
• Principle 7: I Never Met a Genre I Didn t Like
• Principle 8: Be True to Your License
• Principle 9: Share Your Toys
• Principle 10: There s No Magic Formula for Success
• Chapter 3: War Stories
• Lesson Two
• Lesson Three
• Lesson Four
• Lesson Five
• Lesson Six
• Chapter 4: Game Concepts
• Games Have a Goal
• Games Must Be Winnable
• Start of the Game
• MiddleEnding of the Game
• Chapter 5: Game Genres
• Adventure Games
• Casual Games
• Educational Games
• Role-Playing Games (RPGs)
• Simulation Games
• Sports (Including Fighting Games)
• Strategy Games
• Other Games (Puzzles and Toys)
• Chapter 6: Game Ideas
• Sports
• Board Games
• Card and Gambling Games
• Simulations
• Science
• History
• Literature
• Authors
• Art
• Music
• Dance and Instruments
• Movies and Film
• Chapter 7: Research
• Simulation Game: The Survival of the Fittest
• Classic Game: Poker
• Strategy Game: The Navy SEALs
• Sports Game: Baseball
• Chapter 8: The One Pager Concept Document
• Example 1
• Example 2
• Chapter 9: Game Art and Animation
• Adobe Photoshop
• Jasc Paint Shop Pro
• CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11
• Equilibrium DeBabelizer
• Alias Wavefront Maya
• 3D: Softimage XSI
• Softimage XSI 3.0
• 3D: NewTek LightWave 7.5
• 3D: Discreet 3D Studio Max 5.0
• Poser 4 by Curious Labs
• NXN Software s alienbrain
• PVCS Merant
• Rational Software ClearCase
• Starbase StarTeam
• Telelogic CM Synergy
• Chapter 10: The User Interface
• War Between the States User Interface (UI)
• Last UI Thoughts
• Chapter 11: The Basics of Programming
• A Look at Programming
• Operating Systems
• Programming Commands
• Conditional Statements (Also Called if Statements or Decision Blocks)
• Compound if Statements (Multiple Conditions)
• Mathematical Statements
• Computer Concepts
• Min-Max Gaming Theory (with Alpha-Beta Pruning)
• Tic-Tac-Toe
• Visual Basic Tic-Tac-Toe
• Visual C Language: Code fortheAILogicofTic-Tac-Toe
• Chapter 12: 3D Game Engines
• New Definitions
• Economy 3D Engines
• Midsize 3D Game Engines
• Luxury 3D Game Engines
• Chapter 13: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Pathfinding
• Chapter 14: The Basics of Scriptwriting
• Linear vs. Nonlinear or Games vs. Films and Books
• Alice in Wonderland
• Nonlinear, Game Interactive Format
• Alice in Planet Wonderland
• Nonlinear Game-Oriented Scripting Standard
• Scheduling a Shoot or Voice-Over Session
• Chapter 15: Audio: Sound and Music
• Sound Quality vs. File Size
• Cakewalk
• Sonic Foundry
• Awave Studio
• Sound Ideas
• The Hollywood Edge
• Chapter 16: Testing
• Chapter 17: The Executive Summary (The Five Pager
• Candide 2517: The Storyline (a Futuristic Version of Voltaires Classic Novel)
• Chapter 18: The Design Document
• Reel Deal Poker Challenge Design Document
• Overview
• Rules of Poker
• Start of the Game (or After theGameIconIsClicked on)
• The Lobbies
• The Prize Vault
• Audio
• Artwork
• Cashier Cage
• Credit Screen
• Statistics Screen
• The Prize Vault
• Chips
• Tournament First Prizes
• Exit Game
• BettingRaising
• Scriptwriting
• Programming
• Basic Poker AI
• Game Variation s Order of Play
• Appendix A: Contact Information
• Gaming Conferences
• Game Job Sites
• Game Job Agencies
• Gaming Schools
• 3D Engines
• Art Packages
• Asset Management Tools
• Audio Tools
• Appendix B: An Interview with Roger E. Pedersen
• Appendix C: SFX (Sound Effects) Library
• Sound Ideas SFX Collection
• Hollywood Edge
• Appendix D: CD-ROM Contents
• Awave Studio v8.5
• Image Eye v6.0
• Any Image v2.5
• Awave Audio v7.6
• Index Number
• Index A
• Index B
• Index C
• Index D
• Index E
• Index F
• Index G
• Index H
• Index I
• Index J
• Index K
• Index L
• Index M
• Index N
• Index O
• Index P
• Index Q
• Index R
• Index S
• Index T
• Index U
• Index V
• Index W
• CD Content