- Copyright
- Publisher's Acknowledgments
- FOREWORD
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- PRESS START!
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: EVERYTHING I LEARNED ABOUT WRITING A BOOK
- 1. WELCOME, N00BS!
- 2. IDEAS
- 3. WRITING THE STORY
- 4. YOU CAN DESIGN A GAME, BUT CAN YOU DO THE PAPERWORK?
- 5. THE THREE CS, PART 1—CHARACTER
- 5.1. FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION
- 5.2. PERSONALITY: DO WE REALLY NEED ANOTHER BADASS?
- 5.3. LET'S GET PERSONAL
- 5.4. FINALLY, WE TALK ABOUT GAMEPLAY
- 5.5. WHY WALK WHEN YOU CAN RUN?
- 5.6. THE ART OF DOING NOTHING
- 5.7. MIGHT AS WELL JUMP
- 5.8. HOISTS AND TEETERS
- 5.9. WHAT GOES UP, MUST FALL DOWN
- 5.10. THE WATER'S FINE... OR IS IT?
- 5.11. BE KIND TO OUR FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS
- 5.12. USING ALL OF THE PARTS
- 5.13. WE ARE NOT ALONE
- 5.14. WHO ARE THE PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD?
- 5.15. Level 5's Universal Truths and Clever Ideas:
- 6. THE THREE CS, PART 2—CAMERA
- 6.1. GET IT RIGHT: CAMERA VIEWS
- 6.2. FIRST PERSON CAMERA
- 6.3. THIRD PERSON CAMERA
- 6.4. GIVING UP CONTROL
- 6.5. TWO AND A HALF D
- 6.6. ISOMETRIC CAMERA
- 6.7. TOP-DOWN CAMERA
- 6.8. SPECIAL CASE CAMERAS
- 6.9. TUNNEL VISION
- 6.10. CAMERA SHOT GUIDE
- 6.11. CAMERA ANGLE GUIDE
- 6.12. CAMERA MOVEMENT GUIDE
- 6.13. OTHER CAMERA NOTES
- 6.14. MULTIPLE PLAYER CAMERAS
- 6.15. Level 6's Universal Truths and Clever Ideas:
- 7. THE THREE CS, PART 3—CONTROLS
- 8. SIGN LANGUAGE—HUD AND ICON DESIGN
- 8.1. HEALTH BAR
- 8.2. TARGETING
- 8.3. AMMO GAUGE
- 8.4. INVENTORY
- 8.5. SCORE
- 8.6. RADAR/MAP
- 8.7. CONTEXT-SENSITIVE PROMPT
- 8.8. THE CLEAN SCREEN
- 8.9. ICON HAS CHEEZBURGER3?
- 8.10. DON'T GET QTE
- 8.11. HUDS, AND WHERE TO STICK 'EM
- 8.12. THERE ARE OTHER SCREENS THAN THE HUD
- 8.13. THE PAUSE THAT REFRESHES
- 8.14. A FINAL WORD ON FONTS
- 8.15. Level 8's Universal Truths and Clever Ideas:
- 9. EVERYTHING I LEARNED ABOUT LEVEL DESIGN, I LEARNED FROM LEVEL 9
- 9.1. THE TOP 10 CLICHÉ VIDEO GAME THEMES
- 9.2. THE NAME GAME
- 9.3. EVERYTHING I LEARNED ABOUT LEVEL DESIGN, I LEARNED FROM DISNEYLAND
- 9.4. THE BEAT CHART
- 9.5. RE-USING RE-USE
- 9.6. THE GARY GYGAX MEMORIAL MAPPING SECTION
- 9.7. THE DAVE ARNENSON MEMORIAL MAPPING SECTION
- 9.8. WRAPPING UP MAPPING
- 9.9. ILLUSIONAL NARRATIVE
- 9.10. GRAY MATTERS
- 9.11. LEAVE THE TRAINING LEVEL FOR LAST
- 9.12. Level 9's Universal Truths and Clever Ideas:
- 10. THE ELEMENTS OF COMBAT
- 10.1. 400 QUATLOOS ON THE NEWCOMER!
- 10.2. NOW YOU HAVE TO KISS ME
- 10.3. ON MOVING
- 10.4. ON GUARDING
- 10.5. STATE OF THE ART BANG BANG
- 10.6. THE BEST GUN FOR YOU
- 10.7. RUN AND GUN
- 10.8. NOT JUST SHOOTING
- 10.9. DAMMIT JONES, WHERE DOESN'T IT HURT?
- 10.10. DEATH: WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?
- 10.11. Level 10's Universal Truths and Clever Ideas:
- 11. THEY ALL WANT YOU DEAD
- 11.1. FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION!
- 11.2. BRING ON THE BAD GUYS
- 11.3. I LOVE DESIGNING ENEMIES
- 11.4. I HATE YOU TO PIECES
- 11.5. NON-ENEMY ENEMIES
- 11.6. HOW TO CREATE THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOSS BATTLE
- 11.7. WHO'S THE BOSS?
- 11.8. SIZE MATTERS
- 11.9. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
- 11.10. WHY NOT TO CREATE THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOSS BATTLE
- 11.11. Level 11's Universal Truths and Clever Ideas:
- 12. THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF MECHANICS
- 13. NOW YOU'RE PLAYING WITH POWER
- 14. MULTIPLAYER—THE MORE THE MERRIER
- 15. SOME NOTES ON MUSIC1
- 16. CUTSCENES, OR NO ONE'S GONNA WATCH 'EM ANYWAY
- 17. AND NOW THE HARD PART
- 1. THE ONE-SHEET SAMPLE
- 2. THE TEN-PAGE DESIGN DOCUMENT SAMPLE
- 2.1. Page 1: Title Page
- 2.2. Page 2: Story and Gameplay
- 2.3. Page 3: Game Flow
- 2.4. Page 4: Character(s) and Controls
- 2.5. Page 5: Main Gameplay Concepts and Platform Specific Features
- 2.6. Page 6: Game World
- 2.7. Page 7: Interface
- 2.8. Page 8: Mechanics and Power-ups
- 2.9. Page 9: Enemies and Bosses
- 2.10. Page 10: Cutscenes, Bonus Material, and Comps
- 3. GAME DESIGN DOCUMENT TEMPLATE
- 4. THE MEDIUM-SIZED LIST OF STORY THEMES
- 5. THE BIG LIST OF ENVIRONMENTS1
- 6. MECHANICS AND HAZARDS
- 7. ENEMY DESIGN TEMPLATE
- 8. BOSS DESIGN TEMPLATE
- 9. HIGH CONCEPT PITCH PRESENTATION
- ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: EXACTLY LIKE MAKING CHILI
- CONTINUE?
After discovering that game designers have more fun, Scott Rogers embarked on a 16-year-(and counting) career in video games. He has helped design many successful video games including: Pac-Man World, the Maximo series, God of War, Drawn to Life series and Darksiders. Scott is currently a creative manager for THQ and lives just outside nuclear strike range of Los Angeles with his lovely wife, two children and many, many action figures.
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