Ultimate Game Design: Building Game Worlds-电子书百科大全

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Ultimate Game Design: Building Game Worlds
Tom Meigs(Author)

Editorial Reviews From the Back Cover Filled with tips and techniques from veteran game designers at Sony, Blizzard, Disney, LucasArts, Activision, 3DO, and many others!

Plan, design, and create enthralling game environments complete with richly animated characters and objects by applying the expert techniques described in this one-of-a-kind resource. Veteran game developer Tom Meigs covers the foundations of game design, including previsualization, level stubbing and layout, lighting, texturing, behavior scripting, and using particles, and explains in detail each stage of game development and design. Each chapter features an in-depth interview with a game industry expert as well as case a study based on Tom's real-world experiences working on Sony PlayStation games and various other projects. Plus, you'll get priceless advice on how to get into the game development industry now with details on the different types of jobs available.

Develop a comprehensive previsualization process for your game project

Create topographic maps and reference drawings for level planning and layout

Build up your game scenes with lighting, texturing, particles, effects, and audio

Place actors, props, and items and tune specific camera details

Learn about game design by genre–sports, fighting, RTS, role-playing, FPS, sims, MMOG, and others

Script action events using JavaScript, Visual Basic, Python, Perl, and other tools

Develop and design games for wireless devices including PDAs and mobile phones

Implement a testing loop