Jeremy Gibson Bond - Introduction to Game Design, Prototyping, and Development: From Concept to Playable Game with Unity and C#

When teaching about game design and development, you often get asked the dreaded question: Where can I learn all this? Introduction to Game Design, Prototyping, and Development has been my deliverance, as it provides a one-stop solution and answer. This book is quite unique in covering in-depth both game design and development: it embraces and exemplifies the idea that design, prototyping, development, and balancing combine in an iterative process. By sending the message that creating games is both complex and feasible, I believe this to be a great learning tool; and the new edition with even more detailed examples seems even better.

Pietro Polsinelli, Applied Game Designer at Open Lab

Introduction to Game Design, Prototyping, and Development has truly helped me in my game development journey and has opened my mind to many helpful techniques and practices. This book not only contains a full introduction to the C# language, but also includes information about playtesting, game frameworks, and the game industry itself. Jeremy is able to explain complex concepts in a way that is very informative and straightforward. I have also found the prototype tutorials to be useful and effective for developing good programming practices. I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking to learn game development from scratch, or simply brush up on their skills. I look forward to using it as a guide and reference for future projects.

Logan Sandberg, Pinwheel Games & Animation

Jeremys approach to game design shows the importance of prototyping game rules and prepares the readers to be able to test their own ideas. Being able to create your own prototypes allows for rapid iteration and experimentation, and makes better Game Designers.

Juan Gril, Executive Producer, Flowplay

Introduction to Game Design, Prototyping, and Development combines the necessary philosophical and practical concepts for anyone looking to become a Game Designer. This book will take you on a journey from high-level design theories, through game development concepts and programming foundations. I regularly recommend this book to any aspiring game designers who are looking to learn new skills or strengthen their design chops. Jeremy uses his years of experience as a professor to teach you how to think with vital game design mindsets so that you can create a game with all the right tools at hand. Regardless of how long youve been in the games industry, youre bound to find inspirational ideas that will help you improve your design process. Im personally excited to dive into the updates in this latest edition and get a refresher course on some of the best practices for creating amazing games!

Michelle Pun, Game Producer at Osmo, former Lead Game Designer at Disney and Zynga

I used Professor Bonds book to teach myself how to code in C# and familiarize myself with Unity. Since then I have used the book as the backbone for my high school Digital Game Design class. The programming lessons are top-notch, the prototypes clearly demonstrate the myriad facets of programming and how those are used to create recognizable game mechanics, and the prototypes are easily adapted for student personalization. I cant wait to get hold of the second edition and begin using it in my classroom.

Wesley Jeffries, Game Design Teacher, Riverside Unified School District

With the latest edition of Introduction to Game Design, Prototyping, and Development, Bond builds on the solid foundation of the first. The new edition adds new content throughout the book, with updated examples and topics across all the chapters. This is a thorough and thoughtful exploration of the process of making games.

Drew Davidson, Director, Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University

If you want to take your game development to the next level, this book is a must! Not only does it give you a lot of game examples from beginning to end, it alsoand this is the most important partmakes you think like a game designer. What makes a game fun and engaging? What makes a player come back to your game over and over again? The answers are all here. This book gives you a lot more than a couple of online tutorials can give you. It gives you the whole picture!

David Lindskog, Founder, Monster Grog Games

Introduction to Game Design, Prototyping, and Development

From Concept to Playable Game with Unity and C#

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