Adams, Ernest

Game mechanics : advanced game design / Ernest Adams, Joris Dormans. - xiii, 353 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Designing game mechanics -- Emergence and progression -- Complex systems and the structure of emergence -- Internal economy -- Machinations -- Common mechanisms -- Design patterns -- Simulating and balancing games -- Building economies -- Integrating level design and mechanics -- Progression mechanisms -- Meaningful mechanics.

0321820274 9780321820273

2011277798


Computer games--Design.
Computer games--Programming.

QA76.76.C672 / A33 2012

794.81536