"Chris Crawford on Game Design" is all about the foundational skills behind the design and architecture of a game. Without these skills, designers ...
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Jan 04, 2009
Dirk
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On Game Design von Chris Crawford war zunächst einmal eine Enttäuschung. Wer eine Vorstellung von Methodiken oder Tipps zum Thema Spieledesign sucht, wird in diesem Buch kaum fündig. Lediglich das erste Drittel des Buches beschäftigt sich mit dem Thema und selbst in diesem Drittel schafft es der Autor nicht, seine Ansichten auf den Punkt zu bringen. Ich hatte immer den Eindruck, dass er ja möglicherweise etwas interessantem auf der Spur ist, aber seine Ausschweifungen und insbesondere die Beispi
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Jul 30, 2011
Chris
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The best kind of advice: blatantly biased. Crawford doesn't try to hide away of his eccentricities or beliefs in objective-sounding weasel words. I certainly found places to disagree with his positions, and found his history of video games more than a little egocentric, but that's fine -- I know where he stands, and can better define where I do in comparison.
The best bits are when he talks about games he developed early in his career. In particular I found his discussion of coding an A More...
The best bits are when he talks about games he developed early in his career. In particular I found his discussion of coding an A More...
Dec 01, 2007
Steve
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The first half are essays on how to design games and the second are lessons from crafting his own games. The painful war stories were fun to read and poignant; Even though I started reading this book 2 years ago I still remember a number of the lessons almost verbatim.
Sometimes the writing is stilted but the tone is down to earth and full of useful knowledge and experience. If you want to understand games, I think this is a good place to start.
Sometimes the writing is stilted but the tone is down to earth and full of useful knowledge and experience. If you want to understand games, I think this is a good place to start.
Jan 06, 2012
Now and then I dip into this text. Chris Crawford, for all his crotchets and foibles and unstylish prose, is one of my heroes. His ideas on interactivity make the world go round.
Jan 27, 2010
Tom
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A lot of the book has a lot of really good content, but there's a few sections that feel a little like filler.
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