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The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses, Third Edition 2019

1. Cover

2. Half Title

3. Title Page

4. Copyright Page

5. Dedication Page

6. Table of Contents

7. Table of Lenses

8. Hello

1 In the Beginning, There Is the Designer

2 The Designer Creates an Experience

3 The Experience Takes Place in a Venue

4 The Experience Rises Out of a Game

5 The Game Consists of Elements

6 The Elements Support a Theme

7 The Game Begins with an Idea

8 The Game Improves through Iteration

9 The Game Is Made for a Player

10 The Experience Is in the Player’s Mind

11 The Player’s Mind Is Driven by the Player’s Motivation

12 Some Elements Are Game Mechanics

13 Game Mechanics Must Be in Balance

14 Game Mechanics Support Puzzles

15 Players Play Games through an Interface

16 Experiences Can Be Judged by Their Interest Curves

17 One Kind of Experience Is the Story

18 Story and Game Structures Can Be Artfully Merged with Indirect Control

19 Stories and Games Take Place in Worlds

20 Worlds Contain Characters

21 Worlds Contain Spaces

22 Some Interfaces Create a Feeling of Presence

23 The Look and Feel of a World Is Defined by Its Aesthetics

24 Some Games Are Played with Other Players

25 Other Players Sometimes Form Communities

26 The Designer Usually Works with a Team

27 The Team Sometimes Communicates through Documents

28 Good Games Are Created through Playtesting

29 The Team Builds a Game with Technology

30 Your Game Will Probably Have a Client

31 The Designer Gives the Client a Pitch

32 The Designer and Client Want the Game to Make a Profit

33 Games Transform Their Players

34 Designers Have Certain Responsibilities

35 Each Designer Has a Purpose

44. Goodbye

45. Acknowledgments

46. Endnotes

47. Bibliography

48. Index