Chris Crawford on Game Design is all about the foundational skills behind the design and architecture of a game. Without these skills, designers and developers lack the understanding to work with the tools and techniques used in the industry today. Chris Crawford, the most highly sought after expert in this area, brings an intense opinion piece full of personality and flare like no other person in this industry can. He explains the foundational and fundamental concepts needed to get the most out of game development today. An exceptional precursor to the two books soon to be published by New Riders with author Andrew Rollings, this book teaches key lessons; including, what you can learn from the history of game play and historical games, necessity of challenge in game play, applying dimensions of conflict, understanding low and high interactivity designs, watching for the inclusion of creativity, and understanding the importance of storytelling. In addition, Chris brings you the wish list of games he'd like to build and tells you how to do it. Game developers and designers will kill for this information!
1 Definitions, Definitions
2 Some Milestone Games
3 Play
4 Challenge
5 Conflict
6 Interactivity
7 Creativity: The Missing Ingredient
8 Common Mistakes
9 The Education of a Game Designer
10 Games I'd Like To Build
11 Storytelling
12 Random Sour Observations
13 Tanktics
14 Legionnaire
15 Wizard
16 Energy Czar
17 Scram
18 Eastern Front (1941)
19 Gossip
20 Excalibur
21 Balance of Power
22 Patton Versus Rommel
23 Siboot
24 Guns & Butter
25 Balance of the Planet
26 Patton Strikes Back
27 Themes and Lessons
28 Old Fart Stories
Glossary
Index