Game Balance Contributor(s): Schreiber, Ian (Author), Romero, Brenda (Author) |
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ISBN: 1032034009 ISBN-13: 9781032034003 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Computers | Programming - Games - Games & Activities | Video & Electronic |
Physical Information: 1.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (2.86 lbs) 806 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Within the field of game design, game balance can best be described as a black art. It is the process by which game designers make a game simultaneously fair for players while providing them just the right amount of difficulty to be both exciting and challenging without making the game entirely predictable. This involves a combination of mathematics, psychology, and occasionally other fields such as economics and game theory. Game Balance offers readers a dynamic look into game design and player theory. Throughout the book, relevant topics on the use of spreadsheet programs will be included in each chapter. This book therefore doubles as a useful reference on Microsoft Excel, Google Spreadsheets, and other spreadsheet programs and their uses for game designers. FEATURES
Ian Schreiber has been in the industry since 2000, first as a programmer and then as a game designer. He has worked on eight published game titles, training/simulation games for three Fortune 500 companies, and has advised countless student projects. He is the co-founder of Global Game Jam, the largest in-person game jam event in the world. Ian has taught game design and development courses at a variety of colleges and universities since 2006. Brenda Romero is a BAFTA award-winning game director, entrepreneur, artist, and Fulbright award recipient and is presently game director and creator of the Empire of Sin franchise. As a game director, she has worked on 50 games and contributed to many seminal titles, including the Wizardry and Jagged Alliance series and titles in the Ghost Recon, Dungeons & Dragons, and Def Jam franchises. |