In The Game Designers Playlist, top game design instructor Zack Hiwiller introduces more than 70 remarkable games, revealing how they work, why they're great, and how students can apply their breakthrough techniques in their own games. Ranging from Go to Texas Hold'em and Magic: The Gathering to Dishonored 2, Hiwiller teaches indispensable lessons about game decision-making, playability, narrative, mechanics, chance, winning, originality, cheats, and a whole lot more. He gleans powerful insights from virtually every type of game: console, mobile, PC, board, card, and beyond.
In The Game Designers Playlist, top game design instructor Zack Hiwiller introduces more than 70 remarkable games, revealing how they work, why they're great, and how students can apply their breakthrough techniques in their own games. Ranging from Go to Texas Hold'em and Magic: The Gathering to Dishonored 2, Hiwiller teaches indispensable lessons about game decision-making, playability, narrative, mechanics, chance, winning, originality, cheats, and a whole lot more. He gleans powerful insights from virtually every type of game: console, mobile, PC, board, card, and beyond.
Zack Hiwiller is a game designer, educator, and author living in Orlando, Florida. He has been a game designer for large publishers and small, independent developers. He is also a department chair in the game design program at Full Sail University and is the author of Players Making Decisions: Game Design Essentials and the Art of Understanding Your Players (New Riders, 2016).
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Preface xiii Acknowledgments xxi About the Author xxii Chapter 1: From Simplicity, The Universe 1 A Universe, Conquered 2 The Simplicity and Complexity of Go 3 More Than Thinking, Learning 6 Play to Win 9 Summary 11 Chapter 2: Randomness and Cholesterol 13 A Short History of Randomness 14 Pass the Chips 14 Mate 15 Stranger and Stranger Danger 18 Goofspiel 19 Agency and Uncertainty 21 Types of Uncertainty in Mechanics 23 Randomness and Perceptions of Fairness 26 Summary 28 Chapter 3: Pushing One's Luck 31 Press Your Luck or Press Your Skill? 32 No Whammy 34 It's in the Name 35 Greed and Risk 38 Let Them Eat Cake 39 Equity 43 Summary 44 Chapter 4: Piecemeal Perspectives 45 Interactive Fictions 46 Actors and Interactions 47 Armchair Jurors 48 Her Story 49 Orwell 52 The Eye Above 53 Summary 54 Chapter 5: Permanence 57 Interactive Fictions 58 Fiero 58 Memories of Places That Have Never Been 62 Summary 65 Chapter 6: Mechanics as Message 67 Where Meaning Exists 68 Marriage of Theme and Interaction 70 September 12th 71 Passage 72 Dissonance 73 Bioshock and Dissonance 74 Systems as Politics 76 Parable of the Polygons 78 Summary 82 Chapter 7: Requiem for a Pewter Shoe 85 Pieces and Meaning 86 The Buddha Nature 86 Nomic 89 Eying Basic Grammars 90 Summary 91 Chapter 8: The Second Chance Phenomenon 93 Flexibility 94 Hearthstone 96 Dominion 97 7 Wonders 98 Summary 99 Chapter 9: Challenging Complexity 101 Retracing Your Steps 102 Drop7 103 Triple Town 107 Game of Life 109 Pair Solitaire 111 Love Letter 114 Summary 115 Chapter 10: Learning to Walk 117 The Price of Entry 118 Building a Structure 119 Thinking with Portals 121 Summary 124 Chapter 11: Mechanics in Milieu 127 Taste and Distaste 128 Agency and Dilemma 130 Depression Quest and Indirect Representation 131 Papers, Please 133 A Mind Forever Voyaging 135 One Vision 136 Summary 138 Chapter 12: The Clone Wars 141 Here Comes the Flood 142 What If Clones Are Necessary First Steps? 143 How Mechanically Different Can a Clone Be? 144 Summary of Questions 146 Chapter 13: The Discipline of Game Design 149 The Worst Game Design Question 150 So Then What Is a Game Designer? 151 Accidental Game Design 154 Write What You Love ... or Not? 156 Why Rewards? 158 Summary 159 Chapter 14: Winning and Losing 163 Playing Together 164 Communication 164 Diplomacy 167 Informal Rules 168 Summary 169 Chapter 15: Inputs and Outputs 171 Mimicry 172 Jousting 173 Life as Game Inputs 174 Waiting Is the Hardest Part 176 Verbal Communication as Game Inputs 178 Summary 179 Chapter 16: Whose Stories? 183 Negotiated Storytelling 184 Automated Dungeon Masters 186 Symbolic Worlds 187 Who Are You? 188 Summary 189 Chapter 17: Cheat Codes 191 On Cheating 192 Katamari Damacy 194 Terry Cavanaugh 195 Dream Quest 196 Desert Golfing 196 Summary 197 Chapter 18: Conclusion and Final Playlist 199 Mindset 200 Final Playlist, Divided by Platform 200 Mobile 201 Consoles 201 PC 201 Analog 203 Index 205
Preface xiii Acknowledgments xxi About the Author xxii Chapter 1: From Simplicity, The Universe 1 A Universe, Conquered 2 The Simplicity and Complexity of Go 3 More Than Thinking, Learning 6 Play to Win 9 Summary 11 Chapter 2: Randomness and Cholesterol 13 A Short History of Randomness 14 Pass the Chips 14 Mate 15 Stranger and Stranger Danger 18 Goofspiel 19 Agency and Uncertainty 21 Types of Uncertainty in Mechanics 23 Randomness and Perceptions of Fairness 26 Summary 28 Chapter 3: Pushing One's Luck 31 Press Your Luck or Press Your Skill? 32 No Whammy 34 It's in the Name 35 Greed and Risk 38 Let Them Eat Cake 39 Equity 43 Summary 44 Chapter 4: Piecemeal Perspectives 45 Interactive Fictions 46 Actors and Interactions 47 Armchair Jurors 48 Her Story 49 Orwell 52 The Eye Above 53 Summary 54 Chapter 5: Permanence 57 Interactive Fictions 58 Fiero 58 Memories of Places That Have Never Been 62 Summary 65 Chapter 6: Mechanics as Message 67 Where Meaning Exists 68 Marriage of Theme and Interaction 70 September 12th 71 Passage 72 Dissonance 73 Bioshock and Dissonance 74 Systems as Politics 76 Parable of the Polygons 78 Summary 82 Chapter 7: Requiem for a Pewter Shoe 85 Pieces and Meaning 86 The Buddha Nature 86 Nomic 89 Eying Basic Grammars 90 Summary 91 Chapter 8: The Second Chance Phenomenon 93 Flexibility 94 Hearthstone 96 Dominion 97 7 Wonders 98 Summary 99 Chapter 9: Challenging Complexity 101 Retracing Your Steps 102 Drop7 103 Triple Town 107 Game of Life 109 Pair Solitaire 111 Love Letter 114 Summary 115 Chapter 10: Learning to Walk 117 The Price of Entry 118 Building a Structure 119 Thinking with Portals 121 Summary 124 Chapter 11: Mechanics in Milieu 127 Taste and Distaste 128 Agency and Dilemma 130 Depression Quest and Indirect Representation 131 Papers, Please 133 A Mind Forever Voyaging 135 One Vision 136 Summary 138 Chapter 12: The Clone Wars 141 Here Comes the Flood 142 What If Clones Are Necessary First Steps? 143 How Mechanically Different Can a Clone Be? 144 Summary of Questions 146 Chapter 13: The Discipline of Game Design 149 The Worst Game Design Question 150 So Then What Is a Game Designer? 151 Accidental Game Design 154 Write What You Love ... or Not? 156 Why Rewards? 158 Summary 159 Chapter 14: Winning and Losing 163 Playing Together 164 Communication 164 Diplomacy 167 Informal Rules 168 Summary 169 Chapter 15: Inputs and Outputs 171 Mimicry 172 Jousting 173 Life as Game Inputs 174 Waiting Is the Hardest Part 176 Verbal Communication as Game Inputs 178 Summary 179 Chapter 16: Whose Stories? 183 Negotiated Storytelling 184 Automated Dungeon Masters 186 Symbolic Worlds 187 Who Are You? 188 Summary 189 Chapter 17: Cheat Codes 191 On Cheating 192 Katamari Damacy 194 Terry Cavanaugh 195 Dream Quest 196 Desert Golfing 196 Summary 197 Chapter 18: Conclusion and Final Playlist 199 Mindset 200 Final Playlist, Divided by Platform 200 Mobile 201 Consoles 201 PC 201 Analog 203 Index 205
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