Game Design Foundations

Master the Principles and Vocabulary of Game Design Why aren't videogames getting better? Why does it feel like we're playing the same games, over and over again? Why aren't games helping us transform our lives, like great music, books, and movies do? The problem is language. We still don't know how to talk about game design. We can't share our visions. We forget what works (and doesn't). We don't learn from history. It's too hard to improve. The breakthrough starts here. A Game Design Vocabulary gives us the complete game design framework we desperately need-whether we create games, study them, review them, or build businesses on them. Craft amazing experiences. Anna Anthropy and Naomi Clark share foundational principles, examples, and exer...

The ultimate guide to UX from the world's most popular resource for web designers and developersSmashing Magazineis the worlds most popular resource for web designers and developers and with this book the authors provide the ideal resource for mastering User Experience Design (UX).The authors provide an overview of UX and User Centred Design and examine in detail sixteen of the most common UX design and research tools and techniques foryour web projects.The authors share their top tips from their collective 30 years ofworking inUXincluding:Guides to when and how to use the most appropriate UX research and design techniques such as usability testing, prototyping, wire framing, sketching, information architecture running workshopsHow to plan UX projec...