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Chris Crawford On Game Design
''Chris Crawford on Game Design'' () is a book about computer and video game design by Chris Crawford. Although referred to as the second edition of '' The Art of Computer Game Design'', it is in fact a completely new book. It was published by Peachpit under the New Riders imprint in 2003. It includes Crawford's response to recent game developments, such as ''The Sims'', and dedicates a chapter to each of his first 14 published games: ''Tanktics'', ''Legionnaire'', '' Wizard'', ''Energy Czar'', ''Scram'', ''Eastern Front (1941)'', ''Gossip'', ''Excalibur'', '' Balance of Power'', '' Patton Versus Rommel'', '' Siboot'', '' The Global Dilemma: Guns & Butter'', '' Balance of the Planet'' and '' Patton Strikes Back''. See also * List of books on computer and video games * People games External linksPeachpit's catalog entry for ''Chris Crawford on Game Design'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Crawford (game Designer)
Christopher Crawford (born June 1, 1950) is an American video game designer and writer. Hired by Alan Kay to work at Atari, Inc., he wrote the computer wargame ''Eastern Front (1941)'' for the Atari 8-bit family which was sold through the Atari Program Exchange and later Atari's official product line. After leaving Atari, he wrote a string of games beginning with '' Balance of Power'' for Macintosh. Writing about the process of developing games, he became known among other creators in the nascent home computer game industry for his passionate advocacy of game design as an art form. He self-published '' The Journal of Computer Game Design'' and founded the Computer Game Developers Conference (later renamed to the Game Developers Conference). In 1992 Crawford withdrew from commercial game development and began experimenting with ideas for a next generation interactive storytelling system. In 2018, Crawford announced that he had halted his work on interactive storytelling, concluding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balance Of Power (computer Game)
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Video Game Culture
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Google Book Search
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People Games
Christopher Crawford (born June 1, 1950) is an American video game designer and writer. Hired by Alan Kay to work at Atari, Inc., he wrote the computer wargame ''Eastern Front (1941)'' for the Atari 8-bit family which was sold through the Atari Program Exchange and later Atari's official product line. After leaving Atari, he wrote a string of games beginning with '' Balance of Power'' for Macintosh. Writing about the process of developing games, he became known among other creators in the nascent home computer game industry for his passionate advocacy of game design as an art form. He self-published '' The Journal of Computer Game Design'' and founded the Computer Game Developers Conference (later renamed to the Game Developers Conference). In 1992 Crawford withdrew from commercial game development and began experimenting with ideas for a next generation interactive storytelling system. In 2018, Crawford announced that he had halted his work on interactive storytelling, concludin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Books On Computer And Video Games
The following is a list of books about video games, which range from development, theory, history, to game art design books. Business ; ''Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made'': () by Jason Schreier ; ''Business & Legal Primer for Game Development'': () by Brian Green and S. Gregory Boyd ; ''Changing the Game: How Video Games Are Transforming the Future of Business'': () by David Edery and Ethan Mollick ; ''Gamers at Work: Stories Behind the Games People Play'': () by Morgan Ramsay ; ''Innovation and Marketing in the Video Game Industry: Avoiding the Performance Trap'': () by David Wesley and Gloria Barczak ; ''Online Game Pioneers at Work'': () by Morgan Ramsay ; ''Opening the Xbox: Inside Microsoft's Plan to Unleash an Entertainment Revolution'': () by Dean Takahashi. The behind-the-scenes story of Microsoft's first gaming console reported by an award-winning journalist and gaming-industry expert. ; ''Not All Fairy Tales H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patton Strikes Back
''Patton Strikes Back: The Battle of the Bulge'' is a 1991 computer wargame designed by Chris Crawford and published by Broderbund for the Macintosh and MS-DOS. Gameplay ''Patton Strikes Back'' is a computer wargame that simulates the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. Development ''Patton Strikes Back'' was developed by designer Chris Crawford and released in December 1991. Reception Alan Emrich reviewed the game for '' Computer Gaming World'', and stated that "When a professional critic like this reviewer can't find some chink in a game's armor, the design and development work must have been thoroughly executed." In ''Game Players PC Entertainment'', William R. Trotter wrote that "Chris Crawford has given ''all'' computer games something wonderful to behold". He described ''Patton Strikes Back'' as "a potential classic". ''Game Players PC Entertainment'' named ''Patton Strikes Back'' the year's best wargame, and praised it for "rethinking the concept of what a war gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balance Of The Planet
''Balance of the Planet'' is a simulation video game developed by Chris Crawford. He self-published it in 1990 for Macintosh. It was ported to MS-DOS and PC-98. Development Chris Crawford was approached in early 1989 by Epyx's Joe Miller about working on an environmental game to coincide with the film ''Voice of the Planet'' to be released for Earth Day in 1990. While wary of licensed games, he developed a design concept that explored the intricate connections between ecological and economic factors. He created a hypertext system to house his game. In order to place values into the game (e.g. whether the economic value of a factory is worth the deaths from air pollution), Crawford was forced to place a value on human life; he spent a lot of time treading on eggshells before conceding that no matter what value-based decisions he made he would be accused of bias. Crawford designed the title as a serious game; to be very educational but not necessarily a lot of fun. He self-pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guns & Butter
A gun is a ranged weapon designed to use a shooting tube (gun barrel) to launch projectiles. The projectiles are typically solid, but can also be pressurized liquid (e.g. in water guns/cannons, spray guns for painting or pressure washing, projected water disruptors, and technically also flamethrowers), gas (e.g. light-gas gun) or even charged particles (e.g. plasma gun). Solid projectiles may be free-flying (as with bullets and artillery shells) or tethered (as with Taser guns, spearguns and harpoon guns). A large-caliber gun is also called a ''cannon''. The means of projectile propulsion vary according to designs, but are traditionally effected pneumatically by a high gas pressure contained within the barrel tube, produced either through the rapid exothermic combustion of propellants (as with firearms), or by mechanical compression (as with air guns). The high-pressure gas is introduced behind the projectile, pushing and accelerating it down the length of the tube, imparti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siboot
''Trust & Betrayal: The Legacy of Siboot'', often abbreviated simply to ''Siboot'', was a game designed and programmed by Chris Crawford for the Macintosh and published by Mindscape in 1987. Gameplay The player, an alien creature named Vetvel, must compete with six other acolytes (each a different alien species) for the Shepherdship. Each of these characters has a distinct personality. Each morning, the acolytes wake up knowing one of each of the three "auras" the others possess. They must trade knowledge with each other in order to try to gain enough knowledge for the "mind combat" that takes place every night, which is basically a fancy Rock, Paper, Scissors game that depends on the aura counts for the players involved. The game is won when a player gets eight auras in all three categories. However, in giving away somebody's aura count, the player betrays that person, which angers them and may make them less likely to trade aura counts with the player. Therefore, a player has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patton Versus Rommel
''Patton vs. Rommel'' is a computer wargame designed and programmed by Chris Crawford for the Macintosh and published by Electronic Arts in 1986. Versions for MS-DOS compatible operating systems and Commodore 64 were developed by Sculptured Software and published in 1987. Plot ''Patton vs. Rommel'' is set in and around the Normandy beachhead shortly after the D-Day invasion of June, 1944. American, Canadian and British forces are placed in the correct positions as the Allied advance started to bog down. The German forces of Rommel are likewise in place defending Caen and other cities. Gameplay To win the game, the Allied player must advance farther and faster than the real-life Allied forces. For the Rommel-side player to win, he or she must defend more territory longer than the actual German defenders. If the German side can effectively counter and stall the Allied attacks and prevent a breakthrough, the Rommel player will usually win. This creates a dynamic where the Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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