Swipe This! The Guide to Great Touchscreen Game Design
The Guide to Great Touchscreen Game Design
Samenvatting
Learn to design games for tablets from a renowned game designer!
Eager to start designing games for tablets but not sure where to start? Look no further! Gaming guru Scott Rogers has his finger on the pulse of tablet game design and is willing to impart his wisdom and secrets for designing exciting and successful games. As the creator of such venerable games as God of War, the SpongeBob Squarepants series, and Pac–Man World, to name a few, Rogers writes from personal experience and in this unique book, he hands you the tools to create your own tablet games for the iPad, Android tablets, Nintendo DS, and other touchscreen systems.
Covers the entire tablet game creation process, placing a special focus on the intricacies and pitfalls of touch–screen game design
Explores the details and features of tablet game systems and shows you how to develop marketable ideas as well as market your own games
Offers an honest take on what perils and pitfalls await you during a game′s pre–production, production, and post–production stages
Features interviews with established tablet game developers that serve to inspire you as you start to make your own tablet game design
Swipe This! presents you with an in–depth analysis of popular tablet games and delivers a road map for getting started with tablet game design.
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<p>Some Possible Reasons You Picked Up Swipe This! 2</p>
<p>CHAPTER 1 Hardware Wars 13</p>
<p>DEVELOPER INTERVIEW 1 Paul O′Connor 29</p>
<p>CHAPTER 2 Clown–On–A–Unicycle 33</p>
<p>GAME DESIGN SPOTLIGHT 1 Fruit Ninja HD 53</p>
<p>CHAPTER 3 Finger Fu! 57</p>
<p>DEVELOPER INTERVIEW 2 Andy Ashcraft 81</p>
<p>CHAPTER 4 GenreBusters 85</p>
<p>GAME DESIGN SPOTLIGHT 2 Helsing′s Fire 107</p>
<p>CHAPTER 5 Puzzlings 111</p>
<p>DEVELOPER INTERVIEW 3 Erin Reynolds 137</p>
<p>CHAPTER 6 Arcade Crazy 141</p>
<p>GAME DESIGN SPOTLIGHT 3 Where′s My Water? 171</p>
<p>CHAPTER 7 Action Guy 175</p>
<p>DEVELOPER INTERVIEW 4 Blade Olsen 205</p>
<p>CHAPTER 8 DoodleCat 209</p>
<p>GAME DESIGN SPOTLIGHT 4 Jetpack Joyride 223</p>
<p>CHAPTER 9 Casual Fryday 227</p>
<p>DEVELOPER INTERVIEW 5 Sam Rosenthal 257</p>
<p>CHAPTER 10 The New Genres 261</p>
<p>GAME DESIGN SPOTLIGHT 5 No, Human 281</p>
<p>DEVELOPER INTERVIEW 6 Andy Reeves 285</p>
<p>CHAPTER 11 Make Your Own Star Wars 289</p>
<p>GAME DESIGN SPOTLIGHT 6 Angry Birds 323</p>
<p>APPPENDIX 1 The Class of 2008 329</p>
<p>APPPENDIX 2 Touchscreen Template 337</p>
<p>APPPENDIX 3 Gameplay Storyboarding Template 339</p>
<p>APPPENDIX 4 The Game Designer′s Checklist 341</p>
<p>Afterword 343</p>
<p>Index 345</p>