Ultimate Game Design : Building game worlds

Game artist as career choice, 269–270
Game audio
exploring, 306
pushing further, 76
Game design, introducing children to, 301
Game designers
as career choices, 271
role definition for, 240–243
specific role of, 266
Game details, 324–325
Game developers, joining, 276
Game development career choices, 265–284
art, 268–270
audio, 273
case study comments on testing doorways,
282–283
design, 270–271
game development studio breakdown, 276–282
game programming, 266–268
interview with you, 283–284
opening independent game studios, 274–276
production, 271–273
QA (quality assurance), 274
Game development frontlines, anecdotes from,
250–253
Game development, getting started in, 237–264
advergames, 246–248
anecdotes from game development frontlines,
250–253
case study comments for designers, 253–259
diversification, 239–243
growth areas and new opportunities, 244–246
interview with Bill Roper, 259–264
web game entertainment with physical
counterparts, 248–250
Game development studio breakdown, 276–282
breakdown conclusions, 282
creative departments, 279–281
executive departments, 277
marketing departments, 282
product development departments, 279
programming departments, 281
technical departments, 281
Game dynamics libraries, 300
Game entertainment with physical counterparts, web,
248–250
Game industry market research and reports, 290
Game interfaces
defined, 118
UBO, 322–326
I N D E X 339
Game levels
architecture for, 5–6
defined, 6
Game mechanics, puzzle, 116
Game picture, keeping in view, 42–43
Game programming, 266–268
as career choice, 267–268
exploring, 305
game programming as career choice, 267–268
Game prototyping, 37–38
Game setup screen, early, 324
Game studios, opening independent, 274–276
industry economics, 276
joining game developers, 276
Game vision, level goals enhancing, 45
Gameplay purpose, 8
Games; See also Advergames; RPGs (role-playing
games)
adapting architecture and terrain to, 39–40
case study comments on scripting baseball,
154–159
design backbone for simulation- oriented, 124
developing puzzle, 116
fighting, 112–114
first- or third-person action, 121–123
puzzle, 114–116
RTS (real-time strategy), 116–120
sports, 109–112
that work well, 223–225
Gaming, cell phones and wireless, 215–235
design issues for cell phones, 222–230
impending boom, 217–222
interview with Dave Warhol, 232–234
Gaming markets, building cell phone, 228–229
Gaming, multiplay cell phone, 226
Genre, design by, 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
Geometry and mesh, 31