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Practical Game Design

You're reading from   Practical Game Design A modern and comprehensive guide to video game design

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803245157
Length 446 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Introducing the Game Production Process 2. Chapter 2: Preparing a Game Concept FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Scoping a Game Project 4. Chapter 4: Creating Design Documentation 5. Chapter 5: Understanding Game Mechanics 6. Chapter 6: Designing Systems and Features 7. Chapter 7: Making Prototypes 8. Chapter 8: Designing Compelling Stories for Games 9. Chapter 9: The Fundamentals of Level Design 10. Chapter 10: Creating Characters 11. Chapter 11: Balancing Your Content and Systems 12. Chapter 12: Building a Great User Interface and User Experience 13. Chapter 13: Making Your Games Accessible 14. Chapter 14: Mastering Games as a Service 15. Chapter 15: Understanding Monetization Techniques 16. Chapter 16: The Final 10% 17. Index 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Community and customer support

The video game community at large is not the easiest one to interact with. Players are rarely aware of the realities that you have to deal with and the obstacles you encounter when making and operating games. It takes months and years to gain the trust of players, and a single mistake or a bad (or badly communicated) decision is enough to lose it.

This is where the CCS team comes in. They foster, maintain, and police your communities, as well as provide your team with deep insight into the most pressing issues and general player sentiment.

CCS is an invaluable part of your operations, so try to utilize it to the best of your possibility. Implement daily CCS reports, include CCS in parts of your decision-making, and have agents reach out with community suggestions and player feedback on a regular basis.

Supporting players

Helping our players with various game-, community-, and account-related issues is the primary role of each CCS agent. It...

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