The Art of Game Design
Jesse Schell teaches game design and directs various research projects at Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center (ETC), a joint master's program between Carnegie Mellon's College of Fine Arts and School of Computer Science. He is also the CEO of Schell Games, LLC, a Pittsburgh-based independent game studio. He formerly served as the creative director of Walt Disney Imagineering's Virtual Reality Studio and as the chairman of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA). Schell worked on various projects for Disney theme parks and DisneyQuest as a designer, programmer, and manager. He earned his bachelor's degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his master's degree in information networking at Carnegie Mellon. In 2004, MIT's Technology Review named him one of the World's 100 Top Young Innovators.
Over 100 sets of questions, or distinct lenses, for viewing a game's design are presented. The Art of Game Design, written by one of the world's top game designers, discusses the most fundamental concepts of game design, demonstrating how techniques used in board, card, and athletic games apply in computer games. It teaches you how to make world-class games that people will want to play again and again. Many outstanding examples from emerging VR and AR platforms, as well as examples from recent games such as Uncharted 4 and The Last of Us, Free to Play games, hybrid games, transformational games, and more, are included in this edition.
Author: Jesse Schell
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