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Think Like a Game Designer: The Step-by-Step Guide to Unlocking Your Creative Potential
- By: Justin Gary
- Narrated by: Justin Gary
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 54
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 53
Do you love gaming? Do you have ideas for games of your own and want to learn how to produce them professionally? Longtime game designer Justin Gary has the answers you seek. After 20 years in the gaming industry, creating such games as Solforge, Ascension, and the World of Warcraft Miniatures Game, Justin is now sharing all his secrets in Think Like a Game Designer. Best of all, Justin’s secrets are really simple, practical, and common sense steps you can take yourself.
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- By Reaver on 04-05-24
Valuable Process and Insight Into Game Design
Reviewed: 03-09-22
As a person who has tried to create my own games, I was drawn to this title for a number of reasons. Listening to Justin's personal stories and going through the core design loop have allowed me to take my designs from ideas on paper to physical prototypes, and hopefully eventually, to a place where publishing is possible.
Justin goes through his entire creative process from start to finish, mixing in exercises at the end of chapters to allow you to apply his lessons to your games. He goes through a deep, step-by-step walkthrough of how designers should think, perceive game mechanics, and refine their own ideas by removing ego and focusing on player experience. Justin also introduces the parts of game design that are often overlooked by outsiders, such as focusing on cheap prototypes instead of polished products. In addition to the core design loop, Justin also offers advice and insight into the final stages of pitching and publishing a finished product.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it to anyone with any interest in game design, whether casually or professionally. I'm looking forward to seeing my games come to life using these lessons!
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