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Chris Crawford on Game Design
By Chris Crawford
Publisher	: New Riders Publishing
Pub Date	: June 10, 2003
ISBN	: 0-13-146099-4
Pages	: 496
	Copyright
		About the Author
		About the Technical Reviewers
		Tell Us What You Think
		Introduction
		Chapter 1.  Definitions, Definitions
		Chapter 2.  Some Milestone Games
			Old-Style Games
			Board Wargames
			Other Non-Computer Games
			Videogames
			Computer Games
		Chapter 3.  Play
			History of Play
			Play Is Metaphorical
			Play Must Be Safe
			Play Need Not Be Exotic
			The Fun Factor
		Chapter 4.  Challenge
			Challenge Necessitates Rules
			The Point Is the Challenge, Not the Goal
			Dimensions of Challenge
			Challenge and Identity
		Chapter 5.  Conflict
			Mars, Venus, and Conflict
			Dimensions of Conflict
			Directness of Conflict
			Intensity of Conflict
			Intensity and the Evolution of Taste
		Chapter 6.  Interactivity
			History
			Other Attributes of the Computer
			So What Is Interactivity?
			Is More Interactivity Better?
			How Do We Measure Interactivity?
			Low-Interactivity Entertainment Designs
			Process Intensity Versus Data Intensity
		Chapter 7.  Creativity: The Missing Ingredient
			How Serious Is the Problem?
			Where Does Creativity Come From?
			How to "Get Creative"
			A Tyrannosaurus Rex for Ideas
			The Politics of Innovation
		Chapter 8.  Common Mistakes
			Obsession with Cosmetics
			Incremental Accretive Design
		Chapter 9.  The Education of a Game Designer
			Get a Degree
			Education Versus Schooling
		Chapter 10.  Games I'd Like to Build
			Galilean Relativity
			Napoleonic Cavalry
			Napoleon in Space
			Attack of the Cellular Automata
			Volkerwanderung
			Third-World Dictator
			Lies
			Spies
			The Wheels of Commerce
			Corporate Politics
			Evolution
			The Self-Modifying Game
			Mooser-Gooser
			So What Does All This Mean?
		Chapter 11.  Storytelling
			Adventure Games
			Backstory
			Cut Scenes
			Integrated Cut Scenes
			Here Come the Academics!
			Role-Playing Games
			The Real Problem
			Tackling the Problem
		Chapter 12.  Random Sour Observations
			Massively Multiplayer Monsters
			Licensed Games
			New Input Devices
			The Sims
			Short-Term Thinkers
			Everybody's a Game Designer
			Hollywood Envy
			Young Males
			Sleaze
		Chapter 13.  Tanktics
			Map
			Calculating Line of Sight
			Planning Moves
			Initial Programming
			Enter the KIM-1
			Input and Output
			Linguistic Input
			Sound Effects
			Showing It Off
			Porting
			Production, Marketing, and Sales
			Avalon-Hill
			Fade Away
			Results
		Chapter 14.  Legionnaire
			A Record-Setting Blunder
			Disruption
			Terrain
			Sales
			First Draft Design
			Conclusions
		Chapter 15.  Wizard
			VCS Technology
			Designing the Game
			Asymmetric Combat
			Lines of Sight (LOS)
			Disposition and Conclusion
		Chapter 16.  Energy Czar
		Chapter 17.  Scram
			Input Structures
			Oh Yes, It Was Supposed to Be a Game, Wasn't It?
			Coda
		Chapter 18.  Eastern Front (1941)
			The Scrolling Map
			The Combat System
			AI
			Tuning
			Conclusion
		Chapter 19.  Gossip
			AI
			Implementation Woes
			Conclusions
		Chapter 20.  Excalibur
			Camelot
			The Interpersonal Subgame
			Diplomacy
			The Strategic Map
			The Battle Subgame
			Overall Course of Play
			The Manual
			Conclusions
		Chapter 21.  Balance of Power
			The UnWar Game
			Early Efforts
			The Rubber Map
			Thank You, National Enquirer
			Research
			Building the Map
			Memory Headaches
			Making It a Game
			Publisher Woes
			I Get by with a Little Help from the Press
			The Wheel of Fortune
		Chapter 22.  Patton Versus Rommel
			To Hell with Grids
			Geometric AI
		Chapter 23.  Siboot
			A Lesson for Designers
			First Draft Proposal
			The First Proposal
			Design Essays
			Economies
			Intransitive Combat Relationships
			The Inverse Parser
			The Display
			Interstitial Stories
			The Novella
			Conclusions
		Chapter 24.  Guns & Butter
			Designing the World
			Building Provinces
			Adding Mountains, Deserts, and Forests
			Naming Names
			First-Person Firing Squad
			The Economic System
			Combat
			Faces
			The Ideas Behind the Game
			Results
		Chapter 25.  Balance of the Planet
			Values
			Implementing a Value System
			The Politics of the Game
			Higher Levels of Play
			Balancing the Equations
			Artwork
			Schedule Hassles
			Results
		Chapter 26.  Patton Strikes Back
			Simple Rules
			Clean User Interface and Strong Visual Presentation
			Explain the History
			Color Hassles
			Anti-Piracy
			Results
		Chapter 27.  Themes and Lessons
			People, Not Things!
			Faces
			Gameplay Help
			Language
			Art Over Money
			The Harsh Realities of Business
		Chapter 28.  Old Fart Stories
			Early Sound and Music
			An Early Multiplayer Game
			Getting a Job
			E.T.
			Alan Kay
			Lost in the Shuffle
			International Sales
			The Locked File Cabinet
			Bill Carris
			Marketing Wisdom
			The Dragon Speech
			The Great Pratfall
			A More Serious Pratfall
			Problems of Decentralization
			The Unrevenged Review
			Failed Humor
			The Sins of Youth
			Corporate Politics
			Blinded by Your Own Equipment
			Thinking Big
			The CGDC
		Glossary
		Index