Category:GameDesign - Revision history

EricChadwick: Moving content to Game design

2014-11-30T16:35:10Z

Moving content to Game design

Cheeseplus: 27 revisions

2014-07-29T08:38:01Z

27 revisions

EricChadwick: Warren Spector's Commandments of Game Design

2013-09-04T15:24:13Z

Warren Spector's Commandments of Game Design

EricChadwick: categoryleveldesign link

2013-08-30T15:01:09Z

categoryleveldesign link

EricChadwick: moving level design info from CategoryGameDesign

2013-08-30T14:40:01Z

moving level design info from CategoryGameDesign

EricChadwick: Designing Action: Defining the Encounter in Games

2013-07-30T01:33:01Z

Designing Action: Defining the Encounter in Games

EricChadwick: The Anatomy of a Design Document, Design Concepts

2013-07-30T01:27:33Z

The Anatomy of a Design Document, Design Concepts

EricChadwick: modular link

2013-07-04T14:17:55Z

modular link

EricChadwick: Units and Scale

2013-07-04T14:17:00Z

Units and Scale

EricChadwick: Unreal units

2013-07-04T13:59:11Z

Unreal units

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+Game design is about creating the overall game experience for the player.
-= Category Game Design =
 Game design is about creating the overall game experience for the player.
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-== Pages in This Category ==
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-== Game Design Resources ==
-* [http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-09-04-warren-spectors-commandments-of-game-design?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=us-daily Warren Spector's Commandments of Game Design] - by ''[http://junctionpoint.wordpress.com/ Warren Spector]''
-* [http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131791/the_anatomy_of_a_design_document_.php?page=1 The Anatomy of a Design Document, Part 1: Documentation Guidelines for the Game Concept and Proposal] 1999 article for Gamasutra by ''[http://www.gamasutra.com/view/authors/915461/Tim_Ryan.php Tim Ryan]''
-* [http://www.gamepitches.com/ Game Pitches] repository for video game pitches and design documents - by ''[http://www.thejonjones.com/ Jon Jones]''
-* [http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/peabody/game-book/Chapter6.html Design Techniques and Ideals] from ''[http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/peabody/game-book/Coverpage.html The Art of Computer Game Design]'' - by ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Crawford_%28game_designer%29 Chris Crawford]''
-* [http://www.theinspiracy.com/Current%20Rules%20Master%20List.htm The 400 Project] - by ''[http://www.finitearts.com/Pages/biopage.html Hal Barwood]'' & ''[http://www.theinspiracy.com/ Noah Falstein]''
-* [[VideoGameDesignTerms]]
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_semiotics Visual Semiotics] - from ''Wikipedia''<<BR>>Environments involve the player more if they have several layers of thinking behind their design.
-* [http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_visual_metaphor What is a visual metaphor?] - from ''Answers.com''
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-== Game Design Blogs ==
-* [http://lifeofadesignmonkey.blogspot.com/ Life of a Design Monkey] - a blog by ''Mark Davies'', game designer at Ninja Theory
-* [http://randomgamedesign.wordpress.com/ Random Encounters in Imaginary Realms] - a blog by [http://randomgamedesign.wordpress.com/2006/08/22/so-who-are-you/ an anonymous game designer]
-* [http://www.lostgarden.com/ Lost Garden] - a blog by ''Danc'', game designer
-* [http://www.cliffyb.com/blog/ CliffyB.com] - a blog by ''Cliff Bleszinski'', game designer at Epic Games
-* [http://www.johnsto.co.uk/design Level Design] - a blog by ''David Alexander Johnston'', freelance game designer
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-== More Information ==
-* [[Category:LevelDesign]]: the design of gameplay spaces, levels, and environments.
-* [[Category:EnvironmentModularity]]: techniques for creating reusable environment meshes.
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-== Game Design Tutorials ==
+== Game Design Resources ==
 * [http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131791/the_anatomy_of_a_design_document_.php?page=1 The Anatomy of a Design Document, Part 1: Documentation Guidelines for the Game Concept and Proposal] 1999 article for Gamasutra by ''[http://www.gamasutra.com/view/authors/915461/Tim_Ryan.php Tim Ryan]''
 * [http://www.gamepitches.com/ Game Pitches] repository for video game pitches and design documents - by ''[http://www.thejonjones.com/ Jon Jones]''

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 * [http://www.johnsto.co.uk/design Level Design] - a blog by ''David Alexander Johnston'', freelance game designer
 == More Information ==
 * [[Category:LevelDesign]]: the design of gameplay spaces, levels, and environments.

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-All about game design.
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-== Game Design ==
+== Game Design Tutorials ==
-This section is about designing the overall experience for the player.
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 * [http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131791/the_anatomy_of_a_design_document_.php?page=1 The Anatomy of a Design Document, Part 1: Documentation Guidelines for the Game Concept and Proposal] 1999 article for Gamasutra by ''[http://www.gamasutra.com/view/authors/915461/Tim_Ryan.php Tim Ryan]''
 * [http://www.gamepitches.com/ Game Pitches] repository for video game pitches and design documents - by ''[http://www.thejonjones.com/ Jon Jones]''
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 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_semiotics Visual Semiotics] - from ''Wikipedia''<<BR>>Environments involve the player more if they have several layers of thinking behind their design.
 * [http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_visual_metaphor What is a visual metaphor?] - from ''Answers.com''
 == Game Design Blogs ==
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 * [http://www.johnsto.co.uk/design Level Design] - a blog by ''David Alexander Johnston'', freelance game designer
 == More Information ==
-* [[Category:EnvironmentModularity]]
+* [[Category:LevelDesign]]: the design of gameplay spaces, levels, and environments.
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 This section is about designing game environments, also called "levels".
-* [http://www.curiousconstructs.com/projects/level-design-concepts/ Design Concepts] by ''[http://www.curiousconstructs.com/about/ Nathan Cheever]'', an excellent dissection of how successful game levels are designed and made. Recommended!
+* [http://www.curiousconstructs.com/projects/level-design-concepts/ Designing Action: Defining the Encounter in Games] by ''[http://www.curiousconstructs.com/about/ Nathan Cheever]'', an excellent dissection of how successful game levels are designed and made. Recommended!
 * [http://www.bendarling.net/index.php?page=levels Level design process] by ''Benjamin Darling''
 * [http://www.worldofleveldesign.com/about.php World of Level Design.com], a website/blog about game environment art and game level design for first person shooters.

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 == Units and Scale ==
-The units and scale you use is very important. Modular meshes should be built to snap to a unit-based grid, and physics calculations depend on certain scales. Fortunately, game editors usually have a scale setting you can use on import to convert from 3d modeler scale into proper game engine scale.
+The units and scale you use is very important. [[Category:EnvironmentModularity|Modular]] meshes should be built to snap to a unit-based grid, and physics calculations depend on certain scales. Fortunately, game editors usually have a scale setting you can use on import to convert from 3d modeler scale into proper game engine scale.
 * [http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/UnrealUnits.html UDN: Unreal Units] - what units and scale to use for scenes in Unreal Engine. (Gears of War: 2 units = 1 inch, Unreal Tournament: 1 unit = 2 cm)