Ultimate Game Design : Building game worlds

Building Game Worlds
338
support software, 320
team focus, 320
testing, 319
Detailing, interface, 95–96
Details, start checking layout, 37
Developers
importance of new opportunities for, 250
joining game, 276
Development departments, product, 279
Development, wireless, 301
Developmental team feedback loop, 175–177
Dialog, creating, 126–128
Difficulty ramp defined, 88
Directional lights, 60
Diversification, 239–243
role definition for game designers, 240–243
Document reference, designing, 289
Document writing, design, 316–317
Doorways, case study comments on testing, 282–283
Doppler shift, 76
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Early feedback, importance of, 44
Economics, industry, 276
Editing system considerations; See Script/editing
system considerations
Editing, level, 297–298
Editing tools, sounds, 299
Education, 286–287
Effects, 16–17, 53, 72–74
Elements, case study comments on cornerstone,
78–80
Emitters, particle, 68–69
Enemy actors, 88–90
Enemy hazards and blind data, 90
Engine solutions and Unreal engines, 151–152
Engineer, audio, 273
Engines, Unreal, 151–152
Entertainment with physical counterparts, web game,
248–250
Environmental design, basic, 6–8
entry and exit, 6–8
Environmental references and sketches, utilizing, 4–5
Event handling defined, 144
Events, 287
scripted, 17
Events, scripting action, 135–164
applied scripting examples, 140–143
building behaviors, 150–151
case study comments on scripting baseball games,
154–159
engine solutions and Unreal engines, 151–152
interview with Andrew Forslund, 159–163
script/editing system considerations, 153–154
scripting technology choices, 137–140
using triggers, 144–150
Examples
applied scripting, 140–143
character view, 96
moonlight forest, 79–80
Executive departments, 277
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Falloff, lighting, 62
Fantasy, simulation versus, 110
Fast code, writing, 268
Fearthis trigger, 145–146
Feedback
importance of early, 44
managing, 175–177
play-test, 165, 173–178
testing, 7
Feedback loop, developmental team, 175–177
Fields defined, 68
Fighting games, 112–114
File referencing, utilizing to build up and populate
levels, 35–37
First-person shooter (FPS), 8
Fixed cameras, 97
Floating cameras, 96
Flow, room, 11–12
Flux, case study comments on design, 129–130
Flying patterns, shooter, 141–143
Forest, moonlight, 79–80
Forslund, Andrew, 159–163
FPS (first-person shooter), 8
Frame rate defined, 6
Functions, previsualization, 8–12
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Gallery, UBO (Ultimate Baseball Online), 321–333
Game action, 332–333
Game art construction, exploring, 305