Ultimate Game Design : Building game worlds

Codes
pathfinding, 119
writing fast, 268
Color, light, 59
Competition, global, 219–220
Complex strategy, players using, 119
Composers, audio, 273
Console/PC, programming language for, 300–301
Console players, MMOG player differences from, 189
Construction
basic character, 326–329
exploring game art, 305
Construction for Web, 3-D, 299
Contour lines
building mesh from, 35
creating, 34–35
Control, RTS games and player, 117
Conversation templates, NPC, 140–141
COPPA (Children’s Online Piracy Protection
Act), 289
guidelines, 289
issues, 193
Cornerstone elements, case study comments on,
78–80
moonlight forest example, 79–80
Cost and support considerations for MMOG,
191–193
Costs, QA, 192–193
Counter trigger, 148
Creating
cinematics, 125
contour lines, 34–35
dialog, 126–128
perspective, 257–259
Creation screen, player, 323
Creative departments, 279–281
Crossover factor, 238
Crowd trigger, 146–147
CTF (capture the flag), 11
D
Damageable props, 92
Data, enemy hazards and blind, 90
Database/backend construction and
maintenances, 192
Departments
creative, 279–281
I N D E X 337
executive, 277
marketing, 282
product development, 279
programming, 281
technical, 281
Dependency, 86
Design, 270–271
considerations for MMOGs, 187–213
game designer as career choice, 271
introducing children to game, 301
issues for cell phones, 222–230
tools shift, 76–77
Design, basic environmental, 6–8
entry and exit, 6–8
Design by genre, 107–134
case study comments on design flux, 129–130
creating cinematics, 125
creating dialog, 126–128
developing backstory, 125–126
fighting games, 112–114
first-or third-person action games, 121–123
interview with Aaron Odland, 130–134
puzzle games, 114–116
RPGs (role-playing games), 120–121
RTS (real-time strategy) games, 116–120
simulations, 123–124
sports games, 109–112
summary of designer’s work tools, 128
Design document
reference, 289
writing, 316–317
Design features, MMOG, 197–200
Design flux, case study comments on, 129–130
Design orientation, MMOGs and, 200–203
Design tasks, impact of play-test feedback on
daily, 178
Designer’s work tools, summary of, 128
Designers
case study comments for, 253–259
game, 271
role definition for game, 240–243
specific role of game, 266
Designers, quick topic summary for, 309–320
audio, 319
design document writing, 316–317
layout and staging, 318
mapping or level building, 319
quick modeling, 317–318
reference material, 310–316
scripting, 318