Brenda Brathwaite Ian Schreiber Challenges For Game Designers

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· 11 ratings · 2 reviews

Start your review of Challenges for Games Designers: Non-Digital Exercises for Video Game Designers

Mar 29, 2017 Alvaro rated it it was amazing

Se você quiser aprender de maneira prática o que é ser um Game Designer, não comece por nenhum outro caminho. Leia esse livro. Faça os desafios e exercícios. PROFIT!

Jul 10, 2019 Adam rated it liked it

If I was reviewing this as a textbook, instead of something to read on your own, the rating might go up by a star. I was hoping for smaller exercises, but the ones presented in the book could take anywhere from a day to a week and often require a group to be meaningful. But that's on me.

Some medium nitpicks:
- from time to time the authors try to use "hip" language, which comes of grating
- the terminology applied to boardgames is not aligned with what exists in community (e.g. a game is not cooperative because there's trading in a competitive game)
- the book shows it's age - both board and video game technology has gone forward rapidly
- the Kindle version is badly formatted and lacks chapters

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