Contents at a Glance

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Preface

Part 1: Getting Started

1. What Is a Game Designer?

2. Problem Statements

3. Development Structures

4. Starting Practices

Part 2: Prototypes and Playtesting

5. Paper Prototyping Development Techniques

6. Playtesting

7. Scientific Playtesting

8. Prototypes and Intellectual Property

Part 3: Meaningful Decisions

9. Flow and the Fundamental Game Design Directive

10. Decision-Making

11. Randomness

12. Goals

Part 4: Describing Game Elements

13. Mechanics, Dynamics, and Aesthetics (MDA)

14. Milieu

15. Rules and Verbs

16. Balance

17. Feedback Loops

18. Puzzle Design

Part 5: Game Theory and Rational Decision-Making

19. Equilibria in Normal-Form Games

20. Sequential and Iterated Games

21. Problems with Game Theory

22. Marginal Decision Analysis

Part 6: Human Behavior in Games

23. Behaviorism and Schedules of Reinforcement

24. Learning and Constructivism

25. Motivation

26. Human Decision-Making

27. Attention and Memory

Part 7: Game Design Tools

28. Documentation and Written Communication

29. Probability

30. Spreadsheets for Simulation

31. Monte Carlo Simulation

32. Presenting Ideas

Part 8: The Game Design Business

33. Metrics

34. Personal Care and Development

Appendix A. Ludography

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