Part III, starting on
page 347 of this book, covers the place of the game
designer on a design team and in the industry.
The book is full of exercises intended to get you
working on game design problems and creating your
own designs. When you reach the end, you will have
prototyped and playtested many games, and you will
have at least one original playable project of your own.
We emphasize the importance of doing these exercises
because the only way to really become a game
designer is to make games, not just play them or read
about them. If you think of this book as a tool to lead
you through the process of design, and not just a text to
read, you will ?¬? nd the experience much more valuable.
So if you are ready to get started, it??™s your turn
now. Best of luck!
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own answer, and the answers of other players, is the
?¬? rst step to becoming a game designer.
We bring up this long history of games as a prelude
to a book primarily about designing digital
games because we feel that it??™s important for today??™s
designers to ???reclaim??? that history as inspiration
and for examples of what makes great gameplay.
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