Ultimate Game Design : Building game worlds

Shift, Doppler, 76
Shoot trigger, 144
Shooter flying patterns, 141–143
Sight, line of, 146
Simulation-oriented games, design backbone for, 124
Simulation versus fantasy, 110
Simulations, 123–124
Simulators are unit-intensive, 123
Sites
industry-related, 288
job, 289
Sizing considerations, scale and grid, 28–30
Sketches
utilizing environmental references and, 4–5
working from topographic, 33–34
Software, support, 320
Sound editing tools, 299
Spawn point, 87
Special-case cameras, 97
Sports fans or groups and MMOGs, 203–206
Sports games, 109–112
Spotlights, 60
Sprite defined, 72
Stadiums, baseball, 330–332
Staging, layout and, 318
Static props, 92
Stock point, 7
Story; See Backstory
Strategy, players using complex, 119
Structures, general MMOG, 194–197
Stubbing considerations, post level, 38–45
Studio breakdown, game development, 276–282
Studios, opening independent game, 274–276
industry economics, 276
joining game developers, 276
Suit, motion-tracking, 109, 110
Summary, quick topic, 309–320
Support software, 320
T
Tables, character-unit, 117
Tasks, impact of play-test feedback on daily
design, 178
Team focus, 320
Technical departments, 281
Technology choices, scripting, 137–140
JavaScript sample, 139
I N D E X 345
Perl sample, 140
Python sample, 140
Visual Basic sample, 139
Templates, NPC conversation, 140–141
Terrain, adapting architecture and, 39–40
Test plans, writing, 172–173
Testing, 319
doorways, 282–283
feedback, 7
MMOGs, 171
Testing services, outsourced, 290
Textures, 14–15
Texturing, 53, 64–67
3-D
construction for Web, 299
modeling packages, 296
Titles, defining, 189
Tools
3-D construction for Web, 299
3-D modeling packages, 296
art, 297
discussed, 295–301
game dynamics libraries, 300
introducing children to game design, 301
level editing, 297–298
middleware, 298
MMOG box solutions, 301
motion tracking, 300
production, 298–299
production tools, 298–299
programming language for console/PC, 300–301
scripting languages, 300
sound editing, 299
summary of designer’s work, 128
wireless development, 301
Topic summary for designers, quick, 309–320
Topics, recommended, 292–293
Topographic maps, quick, 13–17
effects, 16–17
props, 15–16
scripted events, 17
textures, 14–15
Topographic sketches, working from, 33–34
Toy networks, wireless, 226–227
Toys and card games go online, 249
Toys, challenges for PC, 245–246
Tracking, motion, 300
Triggers, 144–150
audio, 149
counter, 148