The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses, Third Edition

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Written By Donna Spears

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Presents over 100 sets of questions, or different lenses, for viewing a game’s design. Written by one of the world’s top game designers, this book describes the deepest and most fundamental principles of game design, demonstrating how tactics used in board, card, and athletic games also work in video games. It provides practical instruction on creating world-class games that will be played again and again. New to this edition: many great examples from new VR and AR platforms as well as examples from modern games such as Uncharted 4 and The Last of Us, Free to Play games, hybrid games, transformational games, and more.


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Publisher ‏ : ‎ A K Peters/CRC Press; 3rd edition (August 27, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 652 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1138632058
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1138632059
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.8 x 1.1 x 11.02 inches

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Customers find this book to be an extremely profound guide to game design, particularly helpful for tabletop and boardgame creation. They appreciate the writing style, describing it as easy to read.

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