Todd, Deborah, 1957-

Game design : from blue sky to green light / Deborah Todd. - xii, 292 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-288) and index.

The games industry in all its glory -- In the beginning, there was Blue Sky -- The yin and yang of brainstorming -- Story in game design - the thousand pound-gorilla -- Characters rule -- The hat trick of game design - environments, puzzles, and levels -- There's a whole lot of testing going on -- The many faces of GDDs -- And now for something completely different - flow charts and story boards -- Life is a pitch, and then they buy -- CSI case treatment -- Nihilistic documents -- Death Jr. II documents -- Guitar Hero II weekly status report -- CSI 3 camera system. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. A. B. C. D. E.

156881318X 9781568813189

2007000488


Computer games--Design
Computer games--Programming

QA76.76.C672 / T63 2007

794.81536