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• Contents
• Introduction Press Start!
• If You Are Anything Like Me
• No, You Can?t Have My Job
• Who Is This Book For?
• Why a Second Edition?
• Level 1: Welcome, N00bs!
• A Brief History of Video Games.
• The Brave New World of Gaming: Mobiles, Online Distribution, and Touchscreens.
• Game Genres.
• Who Makes This Stuff?
• Have You Thought about Publishing?.
• Level 2: Ideas
• Ideas: Where to Get Them and Where to Stick Them.
• Getting Ahead of the Game.
• What Do Gamers Want?.
• Brainstorming.
• Breaking Writer?s Block.
• Why I Hate ?Fun?.
• Level 3: Writing the Story
• Once Upon a Time . . ..
• The Triangle of Weirdness.
• A Likely Story.
• Time to Wrap It Up.
• A Game by Any Other Name.
• Creating Characters Your Players Care About.
• A Few Pointers on Writing for Kids of All Ages.
• Writing for Licenses.
• Level 4: You Can Design a Game, but Can You Do the Paperwork?
• Writing the GDD, Step 1: The One-Sheet.
• Writing the GDD, Step 2: The Ten-Pager
• Writing the GDD, Step 3: Gameplay Progression
• Writing the GDD, Step 4: The Beat Chart
• Writing the GDD, Step 5: The Game Design Document (and the Awful Truth about Writing It)
• Writing the GDD, Step 6: Above All, Don?t Be a Jerk
• Level 5: The Three Cs, Part 1: Character
• Who Do You Want To Be Today?
• Finally, We Talk About Gameplay
• Level 6: The Three Cs, Part 2: Camera
• Get It Right: Camera Views
• First Person Camera
• Third Person Camera
• Giving Up Control
• Two and a Half D
• Isometric Camera
• Top-Down Camera.
• AR Cameras.
• Special Case Cameras.
• Tunnel Vision.
• Camera Shot Guide.
• Camera Angle Guide.
• Camera Movement Guide.
• Other Camera Notes.
• Multiple-Player Cameras.
• Level 7: The Three Cs, Part 3: Controls
• Control Is in Your Hand.
• You?ve Got the Touch.
• Dance, Monkey, Dance
• Character or Camera Relative?.
• Shake, Rattle, and Roll.
• Level 8: Sign Language: HUD and Icon Design
• Heads Up!.
• There Are Other Screens Than the HUD.
• A Final Word on Fonts.
• Level 9: Everything I Learned About Level Design, I Learned from Level 9
• The Top 10 Clich? Video Game Themes
• The Name Game
• Everything I Learned About Level Design, I Learned from Disneyland. .
• Following Procedure
• You?ve Got the Beat
• Re-using Re-use
• The Gary Gygax Memorial Mapping Section
• Sandbox Play
• Illusional Narrative
• The Dave Arneson Memorial Mapping Section
• Wrapping Up Mapping
• Gray Matters
• Leave the Training Level for Last
• Levels without Characters
• Level 10: The Elements of Combat
• 400 Quatloos on the Newcomer!
• Put ?Em Up!
• And a One and a Two
• The Big Finish
• Live by the Sword
• Now You Have to Kiss Me
• Let?s Get Defensive
• Dodging the Bullet
• On Guarding
• State of the Art Bang Bang
• The Best Gun for You
• Run and Gun
• Not Just Shooting
• Dang it, Jones! Where Doesn?t It Hurt?
• Death: What Is It Good For?
• Conflict Without Combat
• Level 11: They All Want You Dead
• Sizing Up the Enemy.
• Bad Behavior.
• How Rapid is Rapid?.
• Movement Style .
• Bring on the Bad Guys.
• I Love Designing Enemies.
• I Hate You to Pieces.
• Non-Enemy Enemies.
• How to Create the World?s Greatest Boss Battle.
• Who?s the Boss?
• Size Matters.
• Location, Location, Location.
• Why Not to Create the World?s Greatest Boss Battle.
• Level 12: The Nuts and Bolts of Mechanics
• The Mechanics of Mechanics.
• Holy Death Trap!.
• What I Learned from Making Kids Cry.
• Time to Die.
• The Music of Mechanics.
• Chip Off the Old Block .
• A Nice Little Calm Spot.
• Riddle Me This.
• Puzzle Me That.
• Minigames and Microgames.
• Level 13: Now You?re Playing with Power
• Powering Up.
• ?Love Thy Player?.
• Seriously. ?Love Thy Player.?.
• More Wealth Than You Can Imagine!.
• Bonus Section about Bonus Features
• How to Win at Losing
• Level 14: Multiplayer?The More the Merrier
• How Many Is the Right Number?
• MMORPGS, or Hell Is Other People
• Designing Multiplayer Levels
• Level 15: Everybody Wins: Monetization
• Cashing In
• Money Is the Root of Something Something
• Level 16: Some Notes on Music
• I Know It When I Hear It
• Music with Style
• And the Beat Goes On
• Sounds Like a Game to Me
• Level 17: Cutscenes, or No One?s Gonna Watch ?Em Anyway
• A Cut Above
• How to Write a Screenplay in Eight Easy Steps
• Finding Your Voice
• Level 18: And Now the Hard Part
• No One Cares About Your Stupid Little World
• Who?s Paying?
• Video Games Is a Haaaard Business.
• What to Do for an Encore?.
• Continue?
• Time to Level Up!.
• Bonus Level 1: The One- Sheet Sample
• Bonus Level 2: The Ten-Page Design Document Sample
• Bonus Level 3: Game Design Document Template
• Bonus Level 4: The Medium-Sized List of Story Genres
• Bonus Level 5: Game Genres
• Bonus Level 6: The Big List of Environments
• Bonus Level 7: Mechanics and Hazards
• Bonus Level 8: Enemy Design Template
• Bonus Level 9: Boss Design Template
• Bonus Level 10: High-Concept Pitch Presentation
• Bonus Level 11: Achievement Unlocked: Exactly Like Making Chili
• Index
• About the Author