The Art of Game Design by Jesse Schell

adent42adent42 Key Master, Head Chef, Executive Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 3,159
edited November -1 in Working with GS (Mac)
So I was trying to find a place to buy the PDF of Jesse Schell's The Art of Game Design: A book of lenses, when I found this:

http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~rich/courses/imgd4000-d09/lectures/schell-GDC09.pdf

which is a quick summary of the book's concepts. We posted about this book in or blog a while back.

Has anyone read it? What did you think?

Comments

  • CannonFodderCannonFodder Member Posts: 230
    Good find adent42 I read this book briefly while at uni, from what I can remember it was a very interesting read. It was also recommended by one of my lectures.
  • JamesZeppelinJamesZeppelin Member Posts: 1,927
    Yes, good find

    I'll digest all this when the kids go to bed

    Thanks
  • snortchsnortch Member Posts: 19
    IMO, this book is the best book that there is on the art and discipline of game design. Jesse Schell has written an extraordinary book here. I bought the cards as well and found them to be enormously helpful in acting as a filter for my often noisy game design concepts.

    If you're looking for a framework to help think through game designs, I can't think of a better read.
  • adent42adent42 Key Master, Head Chef, Executive Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 3,159
    While digging around, I also found this:

    http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/peabody/game-book/Coverpage.html
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