Game Design Essentials
Learn Game Design Quickly and EasilyThis full-color guide gives newcomers a solid foundation in the fundamentals of digital game design. From key design concepts to setting up gameplay navigation to understanding production pipelines, this is the perfect primer, with coverage that includes designing for consoles, PCs, TVs, smartphones, and tablets. If you're an aspiring game artist, here's your chance to learn the art, the technology, and the techniques you need to succeed in this exciting field.Learn these game design essentials—and more:Game types, from action to educational to role-playingCore components—story, characters, props, animationHow the playback system affects the visual designAnimation, texture, lighting, sound, and 3D modelingThe game design production pipeline, start to finishModes, menus, adjusting gameplay, and other navigation basicsBuilding levels, interfaces, and a Game Design Document (GDD)Life in the studio—interviews with industry prosLearn about the art of creating game backgrounds to convey grandeur or complexityGood audio and sound effects are an integral part of game creationThis striking Essentials book features:Chapter-opening learning objectivesStep-by-step tutorialsFour-color screenshots and illustrationsEssentials and Beyond—summaries and additional suggested exercisesDownloadable support files