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Game Design Links
Various web sites or pages related to game design.
General Game Design Answers the questions: Where do game ideas come from? How many people are involved in making a game and what do they do? How is a game developed? How does a game get to my local store?
The Art of Computer Game Design by Chris Crawford Read this online book for free!
Game Design & Development Links Knowledge Hound: The How-To Hunter
They have tons of screenshots (arcade and home) that you can study. They even have title screen shots for almost every game.
All Game Guide: Genre & Styles List Descriptions of just about every type of game that has ever been made. A great page for ideas and inspiration.
Computer games industry definitions.
Glossary of video game terms.
Algorithms, Tips, and Articles This great article shows how to realistically apply physics and gravity to your games, including programmer friendly algorithms (Games++).
Ten Tips from the Programming Pros Secrets from Lucasfilm's Game Group (Atari Connection).
Programmers' Notes: How to Win at Asteroids Learn how Asteroids works from the original programmer (GameArchive).
Game design articles by Richard Rouse III.
Internet Pinball Machine Database Glossary Very helpful info if you're going to make a video pinball game.
Playfield Structure of a Pinball Game A diagram of the pinball game "Fathom."
So You Want To Be A Pixel Artist? His name is Tsugumo, and this is what he knows.
Game Theory "Unlike game theory, which stresses how a player should react to a situation, this article will focus on how they really do react to certain stereotypical conditions." (Gamasutra)
Talks about Tit-For-Tat and other strategies.
From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Strategy and Conflict: An Introductory Sketch of Game Theory By Roger A. McCain (He seems to have frequent server troubles, so if the link is dead today, try again tomorrow).
Professional Game Development Classic game designer, Tom Sloper, teaches how to get in and move up in the game business, with a new lesson every month.
Why Being a Computer Game Developer Sucks From Slashdot.
Why Being a Computer Game Developer Sucks From Slashdot.
Game Programmer Quits for Coffee Gary Strawn talks about quitting "the best job in America."
Should working in games be more fun? From gamedev.net.
The Education of a Computer Game Designer From erasmatazz.com.
fabjob.com Guide to Become a Video Game Designer Read a free sample from an e-book.
DigiPen Institute of Technology "The first school in the world dedicated to computer science instruction as it applies to real-time interactive simulation programming. DigiPen is also one of the oldest computer animation schools in the world."
Creating a video game requires a wide variety of talents. The Game Creation Society is about bringing together those talents. They welcome programmers, artists, level designers, writers, project managers, sound effects technicians, composers, play testers, interface designers, producers, directors and marketing gurus.
Programming Resources/Tutorials "Gamedev.net is the leading resource for game developers, featuring daily news updates, over 1000 featured articles and tutorials, and the most active game development forums anywhere!"
Amit's Game Programming Information Information on many subjects including AI.
Various programming resources.
Game Creation Resources for Non-Programmers Long list of links and descriptions.
A practical process for creating great game designs.
Artificial Intelligence & Artificial Life Links to just about every web site and article related to AI that exists.
Article by Zafer Barutcuoglu (Games++).
"AI community where everyone interested in artificial intelligence can discuss news, exchange ideas and research information."
Learn how to simulate the flocking behaviors of animals such as birds and fish.
Includes information on artificial intelligence.
Interactive Fiction Home page of legendary adventure game author Scott Adams. While you're there, make sure you check out the Links page. You can also download his classic text adventures to play for free!
Tips from a fan of interactive fiction.
Lists and describes almost every text adventure made.
Magazine for interactive fiction enthusiasts.
Cooperative Games (For Study) "These are games to change the world. They show that the alternative to competition, to striving to be the best, to winning at all costs can be enormous fun. That cooperation and sharing not only have some big words going for them like equality, fraternity and justice but a great little word too - fun!"
"Play as friends, not as enemies!"
All players work together to attain a mutually desirable goal. Strategies, resources and decisions are shared. The challenge and enjoyment is in the teamwork.
"Cooperative Sports allow you to play with other people and stay physically fit without spending your leisure time in competition. In sport, Pure Cooperation = Pure Fun!"
"The world's leading experts on the power of fun at work"
Grammar & Spelling "Sometimes we misuse words or phrases in standard English. This section includes many of the most common problems."
Useful information, but the list is a little hard on the eyes (sections aren't separated).
Free online spell checker that also catches doubled words. Check up to 5,000 characters at a time. It even gives you a live word and character count. |
Pages in this Section Alternatives to Constant Restarting Planning and Editing Your Designs Good Games are not a Waste of Time Game Design Links Where Are They? I thought by now that we would have easy-to-use tools so that even semi-untalented people could use to make their own games. The easiest things right now are Klick & Krud type programs, but even they're more complicated than they should be and they don't even come with the good quality tools that Gary Kitchen's GameMaker came with back in the 1980s
for the Commodore 64. Cool Stuff NaturalMotion's Endorphin Game Making Software Future Pinball Game Editor Torque Games Factory and Multimedia Fusion |
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