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Swords & circuitry :a designer's guide to computer role playing games

  • 作者: Hallford, Neal.
  • 其他作者: Hallford, Jana.
  • 出版: Roseville, CA : Prima Tech 2001.
  • 稽核項: 1 online resource (xxx, 514 pages) :illustrations.
  • 叢書名: Game development
  • 標題: Electronic books. , Computerspellen. , GAMES Video & Electronic. , GAMES , Computer games Programming. , Programming. , Video & Electronic. , Gidsen (vorm) , Programmatuurtechniek. , Computer games
  • ISBN: 0761532994 , 9780761532996
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  • 附註: ""CONTENTS""; ""LETTER FROM THE SERIES EDITOR""; ""FOREWORD""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Part One: Shadow of the Past""; ""CHAPTER 1 KING FOR A DAYâ€?THE ROLE-PLAYING APPEAL""; ""Who Was that Masked Man?""; ""Hunting the Great American Gamer""; ""They Hunger""; ""Two Camps, One Goal""; ""The (Un)usual Suspects""; ""The Player's the Thing""; ""Exercises""; ""CHAPTER 2 THE OFT EXPECTED PARTYâ€?A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GENRE""; ""Of Little Wars and Returning Kings""; ""Dungeons & Dragons: Where Worlds Collide""; ""Tennis for Everyone: The Technology Is Born""; ""Spacewar!"" ""Cartridges and Consoles: Gaming Finds Its First Home""""Zorking in the Underground Empire""; ""Mystery House: A Game with a View""; ""Ultima: Rule Brittania""; ""Wizardry and the Part Line""; ""DraQue: RPGs in the Land of the Rising Sun""; ""Ultima Underworld: RPGs Enter a New Dimension""; ""The Final Symbiosis""; ""Exercises""; ""CHAPTER 3 DEFINING THE PERFECT BEASTâ€?THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE RPG""; ""My Guy: The Roots of Role-Playing""; ""The Defining Ingredient: Developing the Role of the Player Character""; ""The Lesser Seven Ingredients of the Classic RPG""; ""The Big Picture"" ""Exercises""""Part Two: The Designer's Domain""; ""CHAPTER 4 WE FEW, WE HAPPY FEWâ€?DESIGNERS AND THE TEAM""; ""The 10 (or 15) Virtues of a Good Game Designer""; ""Working with a Team""; ""Meet the Team""; ""Exercises""; ""CHAPTER 5 THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE ROLE-PLAYING TITLE""; ""The Idea Asylum: Letting Out Those Crazy Concepts""; ""Dreams for Sale""; ""Appeals to the Higher Powers: Crafting the Proposal""; ""Plans for World Domination: The Design Document""; ""Walking Frankenstein: Building the Prototype""; ""Death March of the Sugar Plum Fairies: Getting through to the End"" ""Epilogue: To Market, to Market""""Exercises""; ""Part Three: Workshop of the Gods""; ""CHAPTER 6 IT'S ALIVE!!! ALIVE!!! ELECTRIFYING YOUR GAMEPLAY""; ""The Anatomy of Games""; ""The Dance of Shiva: Rules, Structures, and Balance""; ""Exercises""; ""CHAPTER 7 SOCKET WRENCHES OF THE GODSâ€?BUILDING LIVING WORLDS""; ""Evicting the Elves: Honoring the Spirit of Worldbuilding""; ""Describe the Universe, and Give Three Examples""; ""Realty 101""; ""Exercises""; ""CHAPTER 8 THE ARCHITECTURE OF FANTASYâ€?PUTTING THE ELEMENTS TOGETHER""; ""Going behind the Cybernetic Curtain""; ""The Proposal"" ""The Design Document""""The Game Script""; ""Conclusion""; ""Exercises""; ""Part Four: The Games""; ""CHAPTER 9 JOHN CUTTER: BETRAYAL AT KRONDOR""; ""CHAPTER 10 CHRIS TAYLOR: DUNGEON SIEGE""; ""CHAPTER 11 TRENT OSTER: NEVERWINTER NIGHTS""; ""CHAPTER 12 SARAH STOCKER: POOL OF RADIANCE 11: RUINS OF MYTH DRANNOR""; ""CHAPTER 13 JON VAN CANEGHEM: MIGHT & MAGIC Iâ€?IX""; ""CHAPTER 14 CARLY STAEHLIN: ULTIMA ONLINE""; ""Part Five: Appendixes""; ""APPENDIX A: GLOSSARY""; ""APPENDIX B: THE PROPOSALâ€?BETRAYAL AT KRONDOR""; ""APPENDIX C: THE DESIGN DOCUMENTâ€?EXCERPTS FROM NOX""
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  • 系統號: 005300859
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Decipher the arcane mysteries behind role-playing game development tools like plot trees, world bibles, design documents, and game scripts. You'll learn the history of the role-playing game and move on to discover what makes games tick and howto make yours a success! This book is stocked full of sage advice from game gurus like John Cutter (Betrayal at Krondor), Jon Van Caneghem (Might & Magic), Chris Taylor (Dungeon Siege), Trent Oster (Neverwinter Nights), Sara Stocker (Pools of Radiance II: The Ruins of Myth Drannor), and Carly Staehlin (Ultima Online). This book also contains actual excerpts from the proposal, design, world layout, and game script documentation of successful games.
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