I was reading Brenda's recommended reading for people who want to design games, and she mentioned some great books for students interested in game design or classes. I decided to read two books she recommended, but in the end I picked up this book instead of those two simply because it really sounded like it had tactile practices I could actually use. This reeeeeeally helped me with my prototyping class which is unrelated to where they teach and use this book.
As mentioned those wishing to work in teams within the industry - this book REALLY makes sense for those helping teams with "outside the box" thinking. I am still reading it alone though, and find no problems gaining helpful knowledge from the ideas set forth and doing the challenges alone (for us small town folk :P).
It has really been a lot of fun approaching this solo and it's hard to come up with balancing out ideas presented in the book. I think anyone could read it and skim through the game ideas thinking about what might work, but really making the suggested prototypes at least on paper would help readers get the most from this book. I would have paid more for such an excellent, helpful book.
The challenges within the book are definitely present because it's almost 100% likely that you have not tried to come up with prototypes or games for every type of idea mentioned.
If you are going at this alone I encourage you as a fellow reader to try out the strategies and see what you come up with. The team creating this book did an excellent job, the book does exactly what it says and more. If you're brand new to games the first 35 pages or so will get you up to speed on what to start thinking about.... if you have been in game design a while you might skip ahead to the good stuff (i.e. the excellent challenges set forth, but those first pages give the point of view of the book and set up the rest well).
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Nathan Smela
Enjoyable, but didn't answer my Questions
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This is an excellent book for game designers - both digital and analogue
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