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Butter fingers
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Posted: 22nd Sep 2006 13:57
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I've been doing quite alot of reading recently, and I just wanted to reccomend Half Real, by Jesper Juul. It's a breif history of games, how games evolved, and then the majorety of the book looks at the different ways that game engage the player, and why this is.

It's really inspiring, and makes you think about the way you build your games, and how easy it is just to make something exactly the same as 1000 other FPS games.

Anyway, I know alot of people won't care about this, but I just thought I'd put it out there, and ask:

does anyone know any other good theoretical books based in videogames, 3D art or Level design? I really want to build up a theoretical background!

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Evil Star
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Posted: 22nd Sep 2006 23:00
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Quote: "3D art or Level design?"


Your level design is brilliant anyway, just my opinion but I don't personally think you need any 3D art or Level design information.


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NIK
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Posted: 22nd Sep 2006 23:44 Edited at: 22nd Sep 2006 23:48
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http://www.cliffyb.com/rants/art-sci-ld.shtml

I found this interesting Butters. Have a look.

Especially the part "Thou Shalt Value Rivalries".

-NIK

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Butter fingers
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Posted: 22nd Sep 2006 23:53
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Evil Star.

Thanks man, but I don't feel my level design is by any means perfect, and it's always interesting to read new info, theres alot in the book about the psycology of how people play games, and how games can be design to appeal to certain psycologies.

NIK

That was a wicked article mate! Thanks for showing me...Thou Shalt Value Rivalries LOL, yeah that's why I've got to play a demo of your game, although perhaps we should do a colaboration at some point and see if that whole
Quote: "Healthy competition in any area of a development team means improved results"

works out and we end up 1 uping each other into infinity!

butters.

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Reality Forgotten
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Posted: 23rd Sep 2006 07:42
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Hey butter I have some required reading for you, I will email tommorrow with the titles. I am at work and all of the files are on my home computer.

RF
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NIK
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Posted: 23rd Sep 2006 08:38 Edited at: 23rd Sep 2006 08:38
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Quote: "works out and we end up 1 uping each other into infinity!"


lmao!

Quote: "yeah that's why I've got to play a demo of your game"


Don't worry you will be one of the first to beta. Actually it should happen quite soon.


I'm down for some collaboration. A joint-project would be sick.

-NIK

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Posted: 23rd Sep 2006 11:18 Edited at: 23rd Sep 2006 11:22
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Butter fingers,

Everyone should have and read a copy of :

Game Design - Secrets of the Sages. Second Edition (at least)
by Marc Saltzman (Editor)
BradyGames : www.bradygames.com
Macmillan Software
ISBN:1-57595-442-2

Its a great investment in both money and time.



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