The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses, Third Edition

This is an extremely profound book on game design, Jesse explains the process from the inside out, leading you to the core of what a game is, and leading you from the heart of the labyrinth outwards. This may not be the easiest "step-by-step", nor the most comprehensive research-based, but if you're designing a game, this is the book you want. I've actually had dreams about parts of this book, and its content has helped me tremendously in the design process. Honestly, even if I wasn't interested in the game design process, this would be an entertaining book to read to learn about myself, humanity, and/or every one of the myriad things that goes into game design, making it somewhat unique among textbooks as the only one I would ever read for fun. So far.

Im not even halfway through the entire thing and i have already learned so much from it. It really does transform your perspective to videogames when you consumed enough from this book which is essential for a game designer.

This book uses a good quality paper where you can use a highlighter on and it won't bleed through. The layout and typography is nicely done for easy reading. The content of the text in some parts could be edited down a little, I think the author can be a little verbose at times. It is a book I would recommend to any serious game developer, even if you only seriously do it on the side. You will get ideas from it and it will help you think through the myriad of issues a game developer is up against.

This is a great book for anyone involved in designing games of any kind, especially to educate. It was a textbook for my master’s degree if that says anything about how full of great information it is. The book is also available as a deck of cards format containing the same information as the book in a gamified format. You can also download a digital version of this as a free app, for those interested in learning on a budget. I really enjoyed this book (as well as the app version) and found it to be inspiring for game design as well as other creative endeavors!

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Excelente

This is the clearest breakdown of game development and design that I have come across in 21 years of lifeI highly reccomend it for any aspiring game designer, as well as those deeply interested in game development

it's a really detailed and interesting book, it is teaching the concepts/knowledge we need for a good game design