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Exploring Game Mechanics - Principles and Techniques to Make Fun, Engaging Games (Paperback, 1st ed.) Loot Price: R768
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Exploring Game Mechanics - Principles and Techniques to Make Fun, Engaging Games (Paperback, 1st ed.): Maithili Dhule

Exploring Game Mechanics - Principles and Techniques to Make Fun, Engaging Games (Paperback, 1st ed.)

Maithili Dhule

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List price R896 Loot Price R768 Discovery Miles 7 680 | Repayment Terms: R72 pm x 12* You Save R128 (14%)

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Learn simple yet powerful, modern-day techniques used in various gaming genres, including casual and puzzle, strategy and simulation, action-adventure, and role-playing. This book is your pocket-sized guide to designing interesting and engaging mechanics for any type of game. Exploring Game Mechanics is a cornucopia of concepts related to gameplay mechanics that you can use to create games that are fun and rewarding to play. Dive into key gameplay elements that improve the player experience, such as implementing in-game tutorials, controlling the flow of player-choice-based games, and building a game narrative through storytelling. Understand how to establish the game's end goal for the player to work towards by creating quests, missions, and objectives. Explore the key ideas behind creating immersive game worlds, generating better NPCs and enemies, and controlling the in-game economy. Finally, discover the unique mechanics that make established industry games so successful. What You Will Learn Discover the key elements that make gameplay immersive and entertaining Develop players and NPCs through customization and levelling up Gain insight into the tried-and-tested concepts behind modern-day games Who Is This Book ForGame development enthusiasts with little to no knowledge of game mechanics will find the content informative and useful.

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Imprint: Apress
Country of origin: United States
Release date: December 2022
First published: 2022
Authors: Maithili Dhule
Dimensions: 235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 193
Edition: 1st ed.
ISBN-13: 978-1-4842-8872-6
Categories: Books > Computing & IT > Computer programming > General
Books > Computing & IT > Computer software packages > Computer games
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LSN: 1-4842-8872-6
Barcode: 9781484288726

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