The art of game design : a book of lenses /

Schell, Jesse,

The art of game design : a book of lenses / Jesse Schell. - 3rd edition. Tenth anniversary [edition]. - Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2019] - xlii, 610 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm

Previous edition: 2015.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This title proposes that the most important skill for a game designer is not creativity as most suppose, but that of listening. The five kinds of listening (team, client, audience, game, and self) are shown to be the backbone of all successful game design methods.

9781138632059 (pbk.) : £53.99


Computer games--Design.
Hobbies and Games.