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Game Design Essentials

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An easy-to-follow primer on the fundamentals of digital game design

The quickly evolving mobile market is spurring digital game creation into the stratosphere, with revenue from games exceeding that of the film industry. With this guide to the basics, you'll get in on the game of digital game design while you learn the skills required for storyboarding, character creation, environment creation, level design, programming, and testing.

  • Teaches basic skill sets in the context of current systems, genres, and game-play styles
  • Demonstrates how to design for different sectors within gaming including console, PC, handheld, and mobile
  • Explores low-poly modeling for game play
  • Addresses character and prop animation, lighting and rendering, and environment design
  • Discusses the path from concept to product, including pre- and post-production
  • Includes real-world scenarios and interviews with key studio and industry professionals
  • With Game Design Essentials, you'll benefit from a general-but-thorough overview of the core art and technology fundamentals of digital game design for the 21st century.


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    Publisher: Wiley

    Kindle Book

    • Release date: February 27, 2012

    OverDrive Read

    • ISBN: 9781118239339
    • Release date: February 27, 2012

    EPUB ebook

    • ISBN: 9781118239339
    • File size: 19953 KB
    • Release date: February 27, 2012

    Formats

    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook

    Languages

    English

    An easy-to-follow primer on the fundamentals of digital game design

    The quickly evolving mobile market is spurring digital game creation into the stratosphere, with revenue from games exceeding that of the film industry. With this guide to the basics, you'll get in on the game of digital game design while you learn the skills required for storyboarding, character creation, environment creation, level design, programming, and testing.

  • Teaches basic skill sets in the context of current systems, genres, and game-play styles
  • Demonstrates how to design for different sectors within gaming including console, PC, handheld, and mobile
  • Explores low-poly modeling for game play
  • Addresses character and prop animation, lighting and rendering, and environment design
  • Discusses the path from concept to product, including pre- and post-production
  • Includes real-world scenarios and interviews with key studio and industry professionals
  • With Game Design Essentials, you'll benefit from a general-but-thorough overview of the core art and technology fundamentals of digital game design for the 21st century.


    Expand title description text
    • Details

      Publisher:
      Wiley

      Kindle Book
      Release date: February 27, 2012

      OverDrive Read
      ISBN: 9781118239339
      Release date: February 27, 2012

      EPUB ebook
      ISBN: 9781118239339
      File size: 19953 KB
      Release date: February 27, 2012

    • Creators
    • Formats
      Kindle Book
      OverDrive Read
      EPUB ebook
    • Languages
      English