How to achieve a happier and healthier game design process by connecting the creative aspects of game design with techniques for effective project management.
This book teaches game designers, aspiring game developers, and game design students how to take a digital game project from start to finishâfrom conceptualizing and designing to building, playtesting, and iteratingâwhile avoiding the uncontrolled overwork known among developers as âcrunch.â Written by a legendary game designer, A Playful Production Process outlines a process that connects the creative aspects of game design with proven techniques for effective project management. The book outlines four project phasesâideation, preproduction, full production, and post-productionâthat give designers and developers the milestones they need to advance from the first glimmerings of an idea to a finished game.
How to achieve a happier and healthier game design process by connecting the creative aspects of game design with techniques for effective project management.
This book teaches game designers, aspiring game developers, and game design students how to take a digital game project from start to finishâfrom conceptualizing and designing to building, playtesting, and iteratingâwhile avoiding the uncontrolled overwork known among developers as âcrunch.â Written by a legendary game designer, A Playful Production Process outlines a process that connects the creative aspects of game design with proven techniques for effective project management. The book outlines four project phasesâideation, preproduction, full production, and post-productionâthat give designers and developers the milestones they need to advance from the first glimmerings of an idea to a finished game.