Ultimate Game Design : Building game worlds

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Contents At A Glance 1 Previsualization 1 2 Level Planning and Building 23 3 Lighting, Texturing, Particles, Effects, and Audio 53 4 Actors, Props, Items, and Camera Details 85 5 Design by Genre 107 6 Scripting Action Events 135 7 Quality Assurance and Play-Test Feedback 165 8 Design Considerations for Massively Multiplayer Online Games 187 9 Cell Phones and Wireless Gaming 215 10 Getting Started in Game Development 237 11 Game Development Career Choices 265 A Reference Information 285 B Tools Discussed 295 C Career Guideline Worksheet 303 D Quick Topic Summary for Designers 309 E Gallery 321 Index 335 vii
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Page 3 and 4: A BOUT THE AUTHOR Tom Meigs is a ga
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