Fundamentals of Action and Arcade Game Design

by Ernest Adams

You understand the basic concepts of game gameplay, user interfaces, core mechanics, character design, and storytelling. Now you want to know how to apply them to the action and arcade genre. This focused guide gives you exactly what you need. It walks you through the process of designing for the action and arcade genre and shows you how to use the right techniques to create fun and challenging experiences for your players.

26 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 10, 2014

About the author

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Ernest Adams is founder of the International Game Developers Association, a game design consultant and author on game development.

He started out in the game industry in 1989 as a software engineer and holds a Ph.D. from the School of Computing and Mathematics at Teesside University for his work on interactive storytelling.

Reviews

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another good one from Ernest Adams.