- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Introduction
- I. How to Use This Book
- II. Which Game Will You Make?
- 3. Hooks
- 4. What Publishers Want
- 5. Game POV and Game Genres
- 6. Business Models
- In-Game Advertising
- Around-Game Advertising
- Finder’s Fee from First Dollar
- Advert-Games/Advergaming/Re-Dressed Games
- Try before You Buy
- Episodic Entertainment/Expansion Packs
- Buy the Win
- Insurance
- Financing
- Velvet Rope or Member’s Club
- Subscription
- Support Tiers
- Become a “Brand Member”
- In-Game Stores and Microtransactions
- Selling Consumables
- Skill-Based Progressive Jackpots
- Player-to-Player Wagering and Item Sales/Trades
- Pay Players to Meet a Challenge
- Charityware
- Sponsored Games/Donationware
- Pay per Play/Pay as You Go/Pay for Time
- Player-to-Player Trading/Auctions
- Foreign Distribution Deals
- Sell Player Access/Co-Registration Offers
- Freeware
- Loss Leaders
- Peripheral Enticement
- User-Generated Content
- Pay for Storage Space
- Host a Private Game Server
- Rentals
- Licensing
- Sell Branded Physical Items
- Pre-Sell a Game to Its Players
- Before-Game Advertising
- Virtual Item Sponsorship
- Add Download Insurance
- Feed Me or I Die!
- Methods of Avoiding Buyer’s Regret
- 7. Branding
- 8. Protecting Your Intellectual Property
- III. Storytelling
- 9. Storytelling Techniques
- Elements of a Good Story
- The Basic Story Arc: Games and the Three-Act Structure
- Joseph Campbell Meets Star Wars and The Matrix
- Story and the Player’s Character
- Ways to Start a Story
- Ways to End a Story
- Story Techniques
- Plot Twists
- Dilemmas
- Timelines
- Relevance Today (Endless New Ideas!)
- Social Pressures (Grow Every Year)
- Sources of Current Information
- Multi-Session Storytelling
- Keeping Secrets
- Wrong-Headedness
- Creating Comedy
- Making Things Scary
- Enhancing the Player’s Emotional Response
- Creating Emotional Responses toward Characters
- Story-Builder Activity
- 10. Movie Genres
- 11. Scenarios
- Fleeing Something
- Unexpected Danger
- Hot Pursuit/The Chase
- Tit for Tat
- Preemptive Strikes
- Struggle for Resources
- Political Motivations
- Environmental Goals
- Cultural Differentiation
- Cultural Manipulation
- Mortal Threats
- Family and Personal Issues
- The Plot Thickens
- Collaborating with the Enemy
- Infiltration
- Neutralize the Base
- Making an Area Safe
- Timed and/or Cyclic Events
- Ways to Trigger Events and Flags
- Delayed Gratification
- Qualification Tests (Tests of Worthiness)
- Criminal Investigation
- Reversals of Fortune
- Party Members
- Unwanted Sidekicks
- Is It Safe?
- The Call for Help
- Unexpected Location Changes
- The Obscure Object of Desire
- Innocent Bystanders
- Missing Persons
- Ways to Gain Allies
- Memory Games
- Something’s Screwy
- Time Travel
- The Observer
- The Gauntlet
- Imprisonment Scenarios
- Godlike Roles
- Misdirection
- 9. Storytelling Techniques
- IV. Characters
- 12. Character Design
- Dave Perry’s Build-a-Character System
- Some Characters Are Roles
- Build a Character
- Roles
- Basic Characteristics
- Professions
- The Situation
- Goals
- Arc
- Flaws and Limitations
- Personal Strengths
- Basic Emotional States (Moods)
- Traits
- Quirks
- Fears
- General Activities
- Hobbies
- Pets
- Preferences
- Sexuality
- Travel
- Abilities
- Stress Management
- The Spiritual Side
- Relations to Other Characters
- Physical Description and Changes
- Humor
- Step-by-Step Examples
- A Simple Example
- Step 1: Roles
- Step 2: Basics
- Step 3: The Family
- Step 4: Professions
- Step 5: The Situation
- Step 6: Goals
- Step 7: Arc
- Step 8: Flaws and Limitations
- Step 9: Strengths
- Step 10: Basic Emotional States (Moods)
- Step 11: Traits
- Step 12: Quirks
- Step 13: Fears
- Step 14: General Activities
- Step 15: Hobbies
- Step 16: Pets
- Step 17: Preferences
- Step 18: Sexuality
- Step 19: Travel
- Step 20: Abilities
- Step 21: Stress Management
- Step 22: The Spiritual Side
- Step 23: Relations to Other Characters
- Step 24: Physical Description and Changes
- Step 25: Is the Character Funny?
- Finishing Up
- A More Complex Example
- Step 1: Roles
- Step 2: Basics
- Step 3: The Family
- Step 4: Professions
- Step 5: The Situation
- Step 6: Goals
- Step 7: Arc
- Step 8 and 9: Strengths and Flaws/Limitations
- Step 10: Basic Emotional States (Moods)
- Step 11: Traits
- Step 12: Quirks
- Step 13: Fears
- Step 14: General Activities
- Step 15: Hobbies
- Step 16: Pets
- Step 17: Preferences
- Step 18: Sexuality
- Step 19: Travel
- Step 20: Abilities and Powers
- Step 21: Stress Management
- Step 22: The Spiritual Side
- Step 23: Relations to Other Characters
- Step 24: Physical Description
- Step 25: Is the Character Funny?
- A Simple Example
- Character Descriptions and Gameplay
- Gender/Type of Character
- Character Racial/Species Options
- Strong Character Names
- Relationships of Characters
- Jobs
- Character Goals
- How a Character Grows...Character Arcs
- Character Flaws and Strengths
- Real People’s Attributes
- Contrasting Traits
- Identities
- Character Traits
- Quirks
- Moods
- Hobbies
- Religious and Spiritual Practices
- Phun with Phobias
- Catchphrases
- Attributes of Funny Characters
- Kinds of Heroes, Villains, and Minions
- Heroes
- The Heroic Path
- Hero Archetypes
- Villains
- Villain Archetypes
- The Great Tyrant
- The Conqueror
- The Patriarch/Matriarch
- The Smooth Villain
- The Mad/Evil Genius
- The Sociopath
- The Professional Killer/Assassin
- The Demon
- The Defector
- The Unscrupulous Bastard/Nasty Bitch
- The False Ally
- The Avenger
- The Fanatic
- The Rival/Personal Enemy
- The Complete Lunatic
- The Unseen
- The Meek
- Giant Monsters
- Minions
- Minion Archetypes
- Functional Character Roles
- Personality Types
- Mental/Emotional Signals: The Other 93%
- Other Ways to Show Character Emotions/States
- Physical Changes
- Facial Expressions
- Ways to Customize Avatars
- Human Universals
- 13. Character Roles and Jobs
- NPC Roles
- NPC Jobs
- Evil Jobs
- Participatory Player Jobs
- Character Species/Type
- Character Race/Ethnicity
- Player Roles in Multiplayer Games
- Military Ranks and Divisions
- Army, Air Force, Marines
- Navy and Coast Guard
- Army Sizes
- Additional Unit Types
- ACR: Armored Cavalry Regiment
- ACR(L): Armored Cavalry Regiment (Light)
- Separate Brigade
- Corps Aviation Brigade
- Corps Artillery
- Military Intelligence Brigade (MPs)
- Air Defense Artillery Brigade
- Engineer Brigade
- Signal Brigade
- Chemical Brigade
- Military Police Brigade
- Special Forces Group
- Ranger Regiment
- Special Operations Aviation Regiment
- Psychological Operations Tactical Support Battalion (PSYOP)
- Civil Affairs Brigade
- Corps Support Command (COSCOM)
- Medical Brigade
- Personnel Group
- Finance Group (Some Positions)
- Transportation Group (Some Positions)
- Quartermaster Group
- During Military Occupation
- In Areas of Concentration (AOCs)
- Explosive Ordinance Group
- Psychological Operations Group (Psyop)
- 14. Enemies
- 15. Character Abilities
- Introduction
- Range of Human Abilities
- Superhero Abilities List
- Useful Superhero Jobs/Knowledge
- Statistical Abilities
- Fighting Abilities
- Fighting and Games
- Worldwide Martial Arts Systems
- Weapons of the Body
- Basic Techniques
- Hands/Wrists/Fingers
- Shoulders
- Elbows
- Feet
- Knees
- Shins
- Hips
- Body
- Head
- Blocks
- Joint Locks and Breaks
- Holds
- Throws
- Bluffing and Intimidation
- Cheating and Dirty Tricks
- Attack Approaches
- Human-to-Human Vulnerabilities and Attacks
- Fatality Systems
- Magic Abilities
- Known Superhero List
- 16. Speech
- Dialog Input
- Phonetic Alphabets
- Military Time
- Nicknames
- Slang
- Buzzwords
- Speech Patterns
- Interactive Conversation
- Common Hand and Body Expressions
- SWAT Communications
- Police and Military Codes
- Foreign Languages and Foreign Dialogue
- Colorful Language: Scatological Terminology and Other Dirty Words
- 12. Character Design
- V. Worlds
- 17. Game Worlds
- What Is a World?
- Types of Worlds
- Perception of Freedom
- Ways to Make a World Feel Alive and Real
- Randomness
- Cause and Effect
- Continuity
- NPCs
- Animation and Effects
- Lighting
- What Is Reality? (Common Reality Distortions)
- Dangerous Places
- Places to Get Lost In
- Environmental Effects on Locations
- Good Places to Attack or Defend
- Moving or Transient Locations
- Weather Types and Phenomena
- Location Surfaces
- Location Sizes
- Money and Commerce
- Politics
- Creating Your World
- 18. Travel
- 19. Objects and Locations
- Some Qualities an Object Can Have
- Other Qualities of Objects in Games
- Relevance to the Game
- Objects by Locations
- Street and Vehicle Objects
- Household Objects
- Common Signs
- Office Objects
- Gym/Health-Club Objects
- Hospital and Medical Objects
- Dental Office Objects
- Police Station Objects
- Fire Station Objects
- School/College/University Objects
- Sewer Objects
- Library Objects
- Shop/Market/Miscellaneous Store Objects
- Research/Tech Facility Objects
- Weapons Facility Objects
- Military Base Objects
- Airport Objects
- Factory Objects
- Warehouse Objects
- Medieval Village Objects
- Castle Objects
- Theater Objects
- TV Studio Objects
- Amusement Park Objects
- Objects on a Train
- Objects on a Cruise Liner
- Objects Inside a Mine
- Objects Inside a Museum
- Open-Air Market Objects
- Spacecraft Objects
- Futuristic Objects
- Tools of Magic
- Good Places to Hide Objects
- Objects with Cultural Meaning
- List of Machines
- The Many Uses of Ordinary Items
- Individual Objects Carried by Specific NPCs
- Things You Can Also Love
- 20. Music and Sound
- 17. Game Worlds
- VI. Experience Design
- Section A The Elements of Experience
- 21. Experiential Design
- 22. Game Conventions and Clichés
- Section B Goals and Rewards
- 23. Goals
- 24. Rewards, Bonuses, and Penalties
- Section C Obstacles
- 25. Barriers, Obstacles, and Detectors
- 26. Traps and Counter Traps
- 27. Puzzles
- What Is a Puzzle?
- Dilemmas
- Puzzles in Games
- Putting Pieces Together
- Missing Persons, Creatures, or Things
- Hard Choices
- Kill Tasks
- Getting It Right
- Unusual Objects You Can Carry or Move
- Ordering Things
- Buttons and Switches
- Keys
- Configurations
- Sequence of Tasks
- Follow the Leader
- Timing Challenges
- The Obscure Object of Desire
- You Can’t Do That...Yet
- Barriers
- Thinking Outside the Box
- Managing Chaos (Too Much Too Fast)
- Moral Dilemmas
- Riddles
- Signs and Wonders
- Devices
- Sudden Responsibilities
- Sudden Loss of Power
- Whodunit
- Mental Puzzles
- Puzzle-Based Games
- Codes and Cryptography
- A Puzzle Story
- Puzzle Maker
- Section D Time
- 28. Controlling Pacing
- 29. Time Limits and Time Manipulation
- Section E Communication
- 30. Ways to Communicate with the Player
- Section F Common Problems
- 31. Common Game Design Problems
- Ways to Start a Game
- How to Contain a Player
- How to Destroy a Planet
- Ways to Kill a Character
- Ways to Play With the Players’ Emotions
- Customizing/Personalizing the Game
- Ways to Make a Game Replayable
- Qualification Tests
- Things You Can Do with NPCs
- Ways to Protect a Character or Place
- Stealthy Ways to Play
- The Various Mechanics of Mini-Games
- 32. Ways to Die
- Direct Causes of Death
- Animal Attack
- Boiling
- Biological Weapons
- Bleeding to Death
- Burning (Immolation)
- Bursting
- Capture and Slow Death
- Chemical Weapons
- Conversion/Transformation
- Critical Hit
- Crushing Death
- Dehydration
- Deletion
- Disappearance
- Disease or Illness
- Disembowelment
- Drowning (in any Liquid)
- Elemental Causes/Natural Disasters
- Exhaustion
- Execution/Assassination
- Explosion
- Freezing to Death
- Friendly Fire
- G-Forces
- Gravity
- Grinding Death
- Impact
- Impalement
- Imploding
- Internal Invader
- Laughing to Death
- Life Force Removed
- Liquefaction
- Magic and Supernatural Causes
- Mechanical Failure or Malfunction
- Medical Failure
- Melting or Vaporization
- Metaphysical Revelation
- Mind Control
- Molecular Breakdown
- Mutation
- Mystery
- Mythical Death Blows
- Natural Causes
- Nausea
- Overwhelmed
- Pinching/Restriction
- Poison
- Projectile Death
- Radioactivity
- Rapid Aging
- Scared to Death
- Shock (Electrical)
- Shock (Mental)
- Sleep Deprivation
- Sliced and Diced
- Spinning
- Spirit/Body Separation
- Spirit Death
- Splitting
- Starvation
- Stretching
- Suicide
- Suffocation/Asphyxiation/Strangulation
- Taste (Direct Death)
- The Bends
- Tickling
- Time Travel or Dimensional Accident
- Turned Inside Out
- Turning into Bait
- Vehicular Death
- Vibration
- Writer’s Pun
- Fooled You!
- Indirect Causes of Death
- Torture Methods
- Other Useful Links
- Direct Causes of Death
- VII. Weapons and Armor
- 33. Historical and Cultural Weapons
- 34. Standard Modern Weaponry and Armor
- Guns
- Modern Explosives
- Modern Artillery
- Automatic Artillery and Machine Guns
- Armored Fighting Vehicles (AFV)–a.k.a. Tanks
- Mines
- Aircraft
- Dirigibles
- Multi-Winged Planes
- Monowinged Planes
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- 1989
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
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- 1995
- 1996
- 1997–Present
- Helicopters and Gunships
- Bombs
- Ships
- Depth Charges
- Torpedoes
- General Information and History
- Lightweight Torpedoes (LWT)
- Heavyweight Torpedoes (HWT)
- Torpedo Propulsion
- Torpedo Countermeasures
- A Very Brief History of Rockets
- Types of Missiles (Strategic/Tactical)
- Propulsion Methods
- Jet Engines
- Solid-Fueled Rockets
- Liquid-Fueled Rockets
- Liquid Versus Solid Fuels: Pros and Cons
- Nozzle Cooling
- Rockets in World War II
- Missile Subsystems
- Inertial Guidance Systems
- Command and Homing Guidance Systems
- Modern Missile Sensor Systems
- Launching Systems
- Modern Rockets and Missiles
- Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems
- Biological and Chemical Weapons
- Nuclear Weapons
- Modern Armor
- Nonlethal Weapons
- Information Warfare
- Brainstorming Weapons and Armor
- Epilogue Last Words
David Perry on Game Design: A Brainstorming ToolboxDavid Perry and Rusel DeMariaPublisher and General Manager, Course Technology PTR: Stacy L. HiquetAssociate Director of Marketing: Sarah PanellaContent Project Manager: Jessica McNavichMarketing Manager: Jordan CaseyAcquisitions Editor: Heather HurleyDevelopment Editor: Cathleen D. SmallProject Editor/Copy Editor: Cathleen D. SmallEditorial Services Coordinator: Jen BlaneyInterior Layout: Jill FloresCover Designer: Mike TanamachiIndexer: Valerie Haynes PerryProofreader: Kim V. Benbow
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