Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
CHAPTER 10
Crawford, Chris. 1986.
Balance of Power: International Politics as the Ultimate Global
Game.
Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press. Now available in ASCII format at
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(referenced May 25, 2009).
CHAPTER 11
Adams, Ernest. 2008. “Difficulty Modes and Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment.”
Designer's Notebook column in the
Gamasutra
webzine, May 14, 2008, at
www.
gamasutra.com/view/feature/3660/the_designers_notebook_.php
(referenced May
25, 2009).
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihalyi. 1991.
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience.
Reprint
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.
New York: Harper Perennial.
Sirlin, David. 2000. “Rock, Paper, Scissors in Strategy Games.” At
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articles/rock-paper-scissors-in-strategy-games.html
(referenced May 25, 2009).
Smith, Harvey. 2003. “Orthogonal Unit Differentiation.” Lecture delivered at the
Game Developers' Conference, San Francisco, CA, March 2003. Slides available in
PowerPoint format at
www.planetdeusex.com/witchboy/gdc03_OUD.ppt
(referenced
July 20, 2009).
CHAPTER 12
Barwood, Hal, and Noah Falstein. The 400 Project. At
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400P/400project.htm
(referenced April 20, 2006).
Knowles, Rick, and Joseph Ganetakos. 2004. “Level Design.” Lecture delivered at
the Computer Game Technology Conference, Toronto, Ontario, April 2004. Slides
available at
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(referenced May 25, 2009).
Lopez, Mike. 2006. “Gameplay Design Fundamentals: Gameplay Progression.”
Article in the
Gamasutra
developers' webzine, November 28, 2006, at
www.gamasutra.com/features/20061128/lopez_01.shtml
(referenced May 25, 2009).
CHAPTER 13
Adams, Ernest. 2009. “Sorting Out the Genre Muddle.” Designer's Notebook col-
umn in the
Gamasutra
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(referenced July 15, 2009).
Entertainment Software Association. 2009. 2009 Essential Facts about the
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