Swords & Circuitry: A Designers Guide to Computer Role-Playing Games - Brossura

Hallford, Neal; Hallford, Jana

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ISBN 10: 0761532994 ISBN 13: 9780761532996

Casa editrice: Cengage Learning Ptr, 2002

Riassunto

Decipher the arcane mysteries behind role-playing game development tools like plot trees, world bibles, design documents, and game scripts. You'll learn the history of the role-playing game and move on to discover what makes games tick and howto make yours a success! This book is stocked full of sage advice from game gurus like John Cutter (Betrayal at Krondor), Jon Van Caneghem (Might & Magic), Chris Taylor (Dungeon Siege), Trent Oster (Neverwinter Nights), Sara Stocker (Pools of Radiance II: The Ruins of Myth Drannor), and Carly Staehlin (Ultima Online). This book also contains actual excerpts from the proposal, design, world layout, and game script documentation of successful games.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Neal Hallford has been a professional game designer for more than' ten years and has led several best-selling computer role-playing titles. He co-authored the story behind the New York Times best-selling novel Krondor : The Betrayal and has created stories and designs for well-known computer role-playing games (RPGs) including Betrayal at Krondor, Planet's Edge, and Dungeon Siege. Jana Hallford started out as an art critic and then moved on to public relations and Marketing. She spent over five years promoting books and authors for an international publishing company. Jana has also supplied background material for two Sci-Fi Channel specials and has spoken at science fiction and fantasy conventions in the U.S. and the U.K.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cengage Learning Ptr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0761532994
• ISBN 13: 9780761532996
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 432
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile