第一部分 制作前期 1
动作类游戏 2
游戏类型 2
第1章 游戏类型与视角 2
RPG角色扮演类游戏 3
冒险类游戏 3
策略类游戏 3
模拟类游戏 4
运动类游戏 4
第一人称视角 6
游戏视角 6
益智型游戏 6
第三人称视角 7
等轴斜视角 8
俯视角 8
平面横向视角 9
文字游戏 10
Jason Rubin,Naughty Dog 11
第2章 一般游戏设计:动作/街机游戏 11
Shinji Mikami,Capcom 12
Brendan McNamara,Sony Computer Entertainment Europe 13
Yu Suzuki,Sega 15
Hironobu Sakaguchi,Square.Ltd 17
Chris Cross,ElectronicArts LosAngeles 18
James McGee,Carbon6 Entertainment 20
Cliff Bleszinski,Epic Games 22
David Jaffe,Sony Computer Entertainment America 24
LorneLanning,OddworldInhabitants 27
Hideo Kojima,Konami 27
Gabe Newell,Valve Software 29
George Broussard,3D Realms 30
Scott Miller,3D Realms 31
Pierre Rivest,Ubi Soft Entertainment,and Reid Schneider,BAM!Entertainment 33
David Perry,Shiny Entertainment 34
Mathieu Ferland,Ubi Soft 37
Minh Le,Valve Software 37
Mike McCoy,Ubi soft 40
David Dienstbier 43
Randy Smith,Ion Storm Austin 44
Frin Roberts,Digital Anvil 45
Denny Thorley,Day 1 Studios 47
Bill Roper,Blizzard North 50
Sid Meier,Firaxis 50
第3章 一般游戏设计:策略游戏 50
Brian Reynolds,Big Huge Games 54
Brace C.Shelley, Ensemble Studios 55
Peter Molyneux,Lionhead Studios 57
Alex Garden,RelicEntertainment 58
Louis Castle,Electronic Arts/Westwood Studios 59
Chris Sawyer,Freelance 60
Rick Goodman,Stainless Steel Studios 61
Phil Steinmeyer,PopTop Software 63
Ed Dal Castillo,Liquid Entertainment 64
Kevin Wilkinson,EA Sports 66
运动游戏 66
第4章 一般游戏设计:运动、模拟、冒险与谜题游戏 66
Mark Dickenson,The 3DO Company 68
Jeremy Strauser,EA Sports 69
Steven Chiang,EA Sports 70
Mike Olsen,EA Sports 71
StevenRechtschaffner,Electronic ArtsCanada 72
Dave Davis,Electronic Arts 74
KenjiKanno,HitmakerStudios/Sega 75
Will Wright,Maxis Software 77
模拟游戏 77
Bruce Williams,Microsoft 79
Fred Markus,Rockstar San Diego 81
Steve Hunt 81
Ed Martin,Electronic Arts 82
Tim Schafer,Double Fine Productions 84
冒险游戏 84
Denis Dyack,Silicon Knights 86
Phil Saunders,Presto Studios 88
Ragnar Tornquist,Funcom 89
Ron Gilbert,Hulabee Entertainment 91
Harry Gottlieb, Jellyvision 92
谜题游戏 92
Alexey Pajitnov,Microsoft 93
Toshihiro Nagoshi,Amusement Vision/Sega 94
Bill Roper,Blizzard Entertainment 96
角色扮演游戏 96
第5章 一般游戏设计:角色扮演游戏与持久在线世界 96
Matt Householder,Blizzard North 98
Tim Cain,Troika Games 99
Chris Taylor,Gas Powered Games 101
Todd Howard,Bethesda Softworks 104
Warren Spector,Ion Storm Austin 105
Ray Muzyka和Greg Zeschuk,BioWare工作室 106
Harvey Smith,Ion Storm Austin 111
Brad McQuaid,Sign Games Online 112
大型多人游戏 112
Richard“LordBritish”Garriott,NCsoft 115
Michael Waite,Electronic Arts 117
Gordon Walton,Maxis Software 119
Will Wright,Maxis Software 119
Craig Alexander,Electronic Arts/Westwood Studios 121
Shane Dabiri,Blizzard Entertainment 122
Shigeru Miyamoto,Nintendo 124
第6章 创作角色、故事板与设计文档 124
Lorne Lanning, Oddworld Inhabitants 125
Tsunekazu Ishihara,PokémonCo 127
Toshihiro Nagoshi,Amusement Vision/Sega 128
David Perry,Shiny Entertainment 129
George Broussard,3D Realms 131
Scott Miller,3D Realms 133
Jason Rubin,Naughty Dog 134
Toby Gard,Confounding Factor 135
Yuji Naka,Sega 136
Hideo Kojima,Konami 137
Yu Suzuki,Sega 137
Michel Ancel,Ubi Soft Entertainment 138
Tim Schafer,Double Fine Productions 139
Bruce C.Shelley,Ensemble Studios 140
Alex Garden,Relic Entertainment 140
Gabe Newell,Valve Software 140
Noah Falstein,The Inspiracy 141
Phil Steinmeyer,PopTop Software 143
Ragnar Tornquist,Funcom 144
Phil Saunders,Presto Studios 144
Daniel Greenberg,Freelance 146
Ron Gilbert,Hulabee Entertainment 146
Bill Roper,Blizzard Entertainment暴雪娱乐公司 149
Chris Taylor,Gas Powered Games 150
Matt Householder,Blizzard North 150
Warren Spector,Ion Storm Austin 151
American McGee,Carbon6 Entertainment 152
标题页 155
第7章 主设计文档模板 155
目录表 156
版本2.10 159
版本2.00 159
设计历史 159
版本1.10 159
常见问题 160
基本原理 160
游戏概述 160
世界特征2 161
世界特征1 161
特征集 161
总体特征 161
多人游戏特征 161
编辑器 161
游戏可玩性 161
游戏世界 161
概述 161
照相机 162
渲染系统 162
物理世界 162
概述 163
世界布局 163
游戏引擎 163
光照模型 163
CD音轨 164
概述 164
世界布局细节1 164
世界布局细节2 164
游戏角色 164
概述 164
创作角色 164
敌人和怪物 164
用户界面 164
概述 164
用户界面细节1 164
用户界面细节2 164
武器 164
概述 164
武器细节1 164
武器细节2 164
音乐和音效 164
用户定制 165
服务器 165
三维音效 165
声音设计 165
单人游戏 165
概述 165
单人游戏细节1 165
单人游戏细节2 165
故事 165
可玩的时间 165
获胜条件 165
多人游戏 165
概述 165
玩家最大数量 165
我的思想碎片 166
概述 166
互联网 166
游戏站点 166
持久性 166
保存和加载 166
角色渲染 166
概述 166
角色渲染细节1 166
角色渲染细节2 166
世界编辑 166
概述 166
世界编辑细节1 166
世界编辑细节2 166
各种附加素材 166
某某附录 167
Paul Jaquays,Ensemble Studios 168
第8章 关卡设计 168
Paul Jaquays对于关卡设计的26条建议 169
Paul Jaquays对于游戏设计的建议 171
Tim Willits,Id Software 172
单人游戏 173
死亡游戏关卡 174
抢旗游戏 176
关卡王Richard Gray,Ritual Entertainment 177
Cliff Bleszinski,Epic Games 179
Peter Hirschmann,LucasArts 182
Chris Foster,Raven Software 185
Michael Raymond-July 186
JeffLane,Valve Software 187
Stevie Case,Monkeystone Games 188
Lorne Lanning,Oddworld Inhabitants 190
第9章 谜题设计 190
George Broussard,3D Realms 191
Phil Saunders,Presto Studios 192
Tim Schafer,Double Fine Productions 192
Ragnar Tamquist,Funcom 193
Michael Raymond-July 194
Gabe Newell,Valve Software 194
Chris Foster,Raven Software 195
第10章 任务设计 196
Greg Street,Ensemble Studios 197
Rob Pardo,Blizzard Entertainment 199
James Schmalz,Digital Extremes 200
Fred Markus,Angel Studios 202
Louis Castle,Electronic Arts/Westwood Studios 202
Harvey Smith,Ion Storm Austin 203
Randy Smith,Ion Storm Austin 204
Peter Hirschmann,LucasArts 205
第二部分 制作中期 207
Alan Lawrance,Volition 208
第11章 编程原理 208
John Slagel,Volition 211
Tim Sweeney,Epic Games 215
Don Hopkins,Freelance 218
Shigeru Miyamoto,Nintendo 218
SidMeier,Firaxis Games 218
Bartosz Kijanka,Gas Powered Games 222
Stephen White,Naughty Dog 225
Catherine Roy和EricAllard,Ubi Soft Entertainment 227
David Wu,Pseudo Interactive 229
Brian Reynolds,Big Huge Games 229
Louis Castle,Electronic Arts/Westwood Studios 231
Peter Molyneux,Lionhead Studios 231
Greg Thomas,Sega ofAmerica/Visual Concepts 232
Steve Hunt 233
James Schmalz,Digital Extremes 234
Doug Church,Freelance 236
John Scott,Raven Software 238
Michael Raymond-July 239
Ed Magnin,Magnin Associates 240
Brian Reynolds,Big Huge Games 242
第12章 人工智能 242
Sid Meier,Firaxis Ganes 243
Bruce Shelley,Ensemble Studios 244
Will Wright,Maxis Software 245
Chris Sawyer,Freelance 245
David Wu,Pseudo Interactive 246
Warren Spector,Ion Storm Austin 246
Alan Lawrance,Volition 247
Steve Hunt 247
John Scott,Raven Software 248
Don Hopkins,Freelance 248
Richard Evans,Lionhead Studios 249
IanLloyd,Electronic Arts 251
第13章 游戏美术和动画 251
Rodney Alan Greenblat,Freelance 255
John Miles,Electronic Arts UK 257
MarkGibbons,SCEE,Cambridge Studio 259
Richard Kriegler,Electronic Arts/Westwood Studios 263
Takiyoshi Sato,Konami 265
Lee Petty,Circus Freak Studios 266
Tetsuya Nomura,Square Enix 273
Don Hopkins,Freelance 274
Kevin Cloud,Id Software 275
Pierre Rivest,Ubi,BAM! 278
CatherineRoy,Ubi Soft Entertainment 279
Greg Thomas,Sega of America/Visual Concepts 280
Todd Howard,Bethesda Softworks 281
Emmanuel Valdez 282
Rick Stringfellow 284
Dan Michelson,Electronic Arts 287
DonBluth,DonBluthFilms 289
Steve Rechtschaffner,Electronic ArtsCanada 292
第14章 用户界面与游戏控制 292
Lorne Larnning,OddworldInhabitants 293
Shigeru Miyamoto,Nintendo 294
Pierre Rivest,Ubi Soft Entertainment 295
George Broussard,3D Realms 295
James Schmalz,Digital Extremes 295
Bruce Shelley,Ensemble Studios 296
Sid Meier,Firaxis Games 296
Catherine Roy,Ubi Soft Entertainment 296
Don Hopkins,Freelance 297
为模拟游戏设计界面:Don Hopkins对Will Wright演讲的总结 298
Mark Dickenson,The 3D0 Company 301
Tim Cain,TroikaGames 302
Phil Saunders,Presto Studios 302
Steve Hunt,Rage Software 302
Richard Garriott与Ncsoft 303
Matt Householder,Blizzard Entertainment 303
David Wu,Pseudo Interactive 304
Michael Waite,Electronic Arts 304
ToddHoward,Bethesda Softworks 305
MatthewLeeJohnston,Microsoft 306
第15章 声音工程 306
Marty O'Donnell,TotalAudio/Bungie Studios/Microsoft 310
ErikKraber,JackGrillo,EALA 313
Clint Bajakian,The Sound Department 316
TommyTallarico,Tommy Tallarico Studios 316
George Sanger,Fat Man Music 319
Tommy Tallarico,Tommy Tallarico Studios 322
第16章 音乐与游戏 322
George Sanger,Fat Man Music 326
Chance Thomas,HUGEsound Network 327
Jeff Kliment,LucasArts 330
第三部分 制作后期 331
Bill Roper,Blizzard 332
第17章 游戏测试 332
David Dienstbier 334
Chirs Taylor,动作游戏/RPG 334
Matt Householder,Blizzard North 334
Bruce Williams,Microsoft 335
Steven Rechtschaffner,篮球游戏NBA 335
David Jaffe,Sony Computer Entertainment America 335
Todd Howard,Bethesda Softworks 336
Harvey Smith,Ion Storm Austin 337
Warren Spector,Ion Storm Austin 337
Brad McQuaid,Sigil Games Online 338
Randy Smith,Ion Storm Austin 338
Richard与大不列颠贵族及其Garriott,Ncsoft 339
Eric Tremblay,Ubi Soft Entertainment 340
Sid Meier,Firaxis 340
Harry Gottlieb,Jellyvision 342
Robert RileyJr.,THQ 344
第18章 技术支持与客户服务 344
Mark Linn,Interplay 345
Ernest McCay 347
Tammv Schachter,Konami of America 350
公共关系 350
第19章 公共关系与市场营销 350
Jeffrey Castaneda,Rockstar Games 353
Jeane Wong,Electronic Arts(EA) 357
Tom Sarris,LucasArts 359
Chris Olmstead,Golin/Harris International 360
Mike Rubinelli,THQ 362
Mary Bihr,LucasArts 363
市场营销 363
Peter Dille,VP市场与THQ 364
Mike Fischer,Sega 367
Jason Enos,Konami 369
Jay Miller,ZIOSoft 371
第四部分 如何实现 373
Howard Tomlinson,Astraware 374
第20章 自己动手与共享软件革命 374
Chris Kantrowitz,7ate9 376
John Romero,Monkeystone Games 379
Bill Bales,Friendly Software 380
Ian Wall,Beernat Software 382
Shawnee Sequeira,Small Rockets 386
Steve Moraff,MoraffWare 388
Thomas Warfield,GoodSol Development 390
Joel Jewett,Neversoft Entertainment 393
第21章 步入游戏行业 393
Paul Jaquays,Ensemble Studios 395
Bill Roper,Blizzard North 396
Erin Roberts,Digital Anvil 397
Tim Willits,Id Software 397
Chris Cross,Electronic Arts Los Angeles(EALA) 398
Chris Taylor,Gas Powered Games 398
American McGee,Carbon6 Entertainment399 Cliff Bleszinski,Epic Games 399
Denny Thorlev,Day 1 Studios 400
Michael Rubinelli 401
Dave Davis,Electronic Arts 401
Brendan McNamara,SCEE 403
Lorne Lanning,Oddworld Inhabitants 404
Ed Martin,Electronic Arts 404
George Broussard,3D Realms 404
David Dienstbier 405
Alex Garden,Relic Entertainment 406
Mike McCoy,Ubi Soft Entertainment 406
David Jaffe,SCEA 407
David Perry,Shiny Entertainment 408
Craig Alexander,Electronic Arts Westwood Studios 408
Peter Hirschmann,LucasArts 409
Scott Miller,3D Realms 409
Brian Reynolds,Big Huge Games 410
Sid Meier,Firaxis Games 410
Peter Molyneux,Lionhead Studios 411
Bruce Shelley,Ensemble Studios 411
Tim Schafer,Double Fine Productions 412
Phil Steinmeyer,PopTop Software 412
Matt Householder,Blizzard North 413
Harry Gottlieb,Jellyvision 413
Phil Saunders,Presto Studios 413
Todd Howard,Bthesda Softworks 414
Ed Del Castillo,Liquid Entertainment 414
Warren Spector,Ion Storm Austin 414
Kevin Bachus,Capital Entertainment Group 415
MirnhLe,Valve Software 415
Stevie Case Monkeystone Games 415
Melanie Cambron 419
第22章 游戏代理与猎头 419
Jeff Brunner,Representing Entertainers Developers(R.E.D.) 421
Marc Mencher,Virtual Search 424
Pat Bigley,Prime Candidate 428
DigiPen技术学院 430
第23章 设计学校与课程 430
全程实践 431
其他学校与课程 432
Gamasutra 434
第24章 游戏设计资源 434
flipCode 437
关键网站 437
Diana Gruber 438
Loony Games 438
GameDev.Net 438
GameJobs 438
GameSlice 438
GarageGames 438
GIGnews 438
游戏电子杂志和其他游戏开发站点 439
Sloperama 439
独立游戏节(Independent Games Festival) 441
游戏开发者会议(Game Developers Conference,GDC) 441
第25章 重要的会议、组织机构与奖项 441
会议和商业展览 441
电子娱乐展(Electronic Entertainment Expo,E3) 441
Gen Con 442
SIGGRAPH 442
D.I.C.E.峰会 442
电子消费者商业展(Electronic Consumer Trade Show,ECTS) 442
Milia 442
组织 443
Comdex,国际CES,MacWorld展,玩具展销会 443
娱乐软件分级委员会 445
计算机游戏美工 445
其他组织 445
互动艺术与技术学会 445
美国人工智能协会 445
软件及信息行业协会 446
蒙古烤肉计划 446
欧洲休闲软件出版商协会 446
互动数字软件协会 446
互动娱乐零售商协会 446
Bachus Kevin 447
Craig Alexander 447
附录人物传记 447
Bleszinski Cliff 448
Pat Bigley 448
Clint Bajakian 448
Don Bluth 449
Nolan Bushnell 451
Jeff Brunner 451
Louis Castle 452
Stevie Case 452
Timothy Cain 452
Melanie Cambron 452
Ed Del Castillo 453
Dave Davis 453
Church Doug 453
Falstein Noah 454
Dunne Alex 454
Peter Dille 454
Alex Garden 455
Chris Foster 455
Gibbons Mark 456
Richard Garriott 456
Gray Richard 457
Gottlieb Harry 457
Gilbert Ron 457
Rodney Greenblat 458
Greenberg Daniel 458
Don Hopkins 459
Peter Hirschmann 459
Matthew Householder 460
Matthew Lee Johnston 461
Paul Jaquays 461
Todd Howard 461
Ian Lloyd 462
Lorne Larnning 462
Kojima Hideo 462
Richard Kriegler 462
Jeff Lane 462
Mike McCoy 463
Ed Magnin 463
Sid Meier 464
Brad MeQuaid 464
James McGee 464
Shinji Mikami 465
Dan Michelson 465
Marc Mencher 465
Miyamoto Shigeru 466
Miller Scott 466
Ray Muzyka 467
Peter Molyneux 467
Pajitnov Alexey 468
Marty O'Donnellt 468
Gabe Newell 468
Nomura Tetsuya 468
John Romero 469
Perry David 469
Bill Roper 470
Phil Saunders 471
George Sanger 471
Roy Catherine 471
Mike Rubinelli 471
Hironobu Sakaguchi 471
James Schmalz 472
Tim Schafer 472
Chris Sawyer 472
Tammy Schachter 472
Shawnee Sequeira 473
Warren Spector 474
Randy Smith 474
Bruce Shelley 474
Harvey Smith 474
Tim Sweeney 475
Yu Suzuki 475
Greg Street 475
Chris Taylor 476
Tommy Tallarico 476
Chance Thomas 477
Ragnar Tornquist 478
Bruce Williams 479
Stephen White 479
Wright Will 480
Jeane Wong 480
Tim Willits 480
Greg Zeschuk 481