21st Century Game Design
Encyclopedia
21st Century Game Design (ISBN 978-1-58450-429-0) is a book by Chris Bateman
and Richard Boon. This book is part of the Game Development Series
. It was first published by Charles River Media on August 29, 2005.
The main innovation of the book is the focus on demographic game design through the use of a new audience model for game developers and publishers. The authors say that today, the only audience models in widespread use are those of the "hardcore gamer" and "casual gamer", and the book proposes a more sophisticated audience model.
Chris Bateman
Chris Mark Bateman is a game designer, outsider philosopher and author, best known for the games Discworld Noir and Ghost Master, the books Game Writing: Narrative Skills for Videogames, 21st Century Game Design and Beyond Game Design: Nine Steps Toward Creating Creating Better Videogames, and his...
and Richard Boon. This book is part of the Game Development Series
Game Development Series
The Game Development Series is a series of books published by Charles River Media on game design.-External links:*...
. It was first published by Charles River Media on August 29, 2005.
The main innovation of the book is the focus on demographic game design through the use of a new audience model for game developers and publishers. The authors say that today, the only audience models in widespread use are those of the "hardcore gamer" and "casual gamer", and the book proposes a more sophisticated audience model.
External links
- Publisher site
- Book excerpt, on GamasutraGamasutraGamasutra is a website founded in 1997 for video game developers. It is owned and operated by UBM TechWeb , a division of United Business Media, and acts as the online sister publication to the print magazine Game Developer...
- Book Review: 21st Century Game Design
- International Hobo