Book description
Learn to design games for tablets from a renowned game designer!
Eager to start designing games for tablets but not sure where to
start? Look no further! Gaming guru Scott Rogers has his finger on the
pulse of tablet game design and is willing to impart his wisdom and
secrets for designing exciting and successful games. As the creator of
such venerable games as God of War, the SpongeBob
Squarepants series, and Pac-Man World, to name a few,
Rogers writes from personal experience and in this unique book, he
hands you the tools to create your own tablet games for the iPad,
Android tablets, Nintendo DS, and other touchscreen systems.
- Covers the entire tablet game creation process, placing a
special focus on the intricacies and pitfalls of touch-screen game design
- Explores the details and features of tablet game systems and
shows you how to develop marketable ideas as well as market your
own games
- Offers an honest take on what perils and pitfalls await you
during a game's pre-production, production, and post-production stages
- Features interviews with established tablet game developers that
serve to inspire you as you start to make your own tablet game design
Swipe This! presents you with an in-depth analysis of popular
tablet games and delivers a road map for getting started with tablet
game design.
Once upon a time,
Scott Rogers
played video games, Dungeons and Dragons and drew comic books without
realizing he could do these things for a living. After being
"discovered" in a coffee shop and realizing game designers
have more fun, Scott helped design video games including Pac-Man World,
the Maximo series, God of War, Darksiders and the Drawn To Life series.
A lecture about his two favorite things - level design and Disneyland -
led to writing "Level Up! The Guide to Great Video Game
Design," lecturing at the prestigious Interactive Media Division at
the USC School of Cinematic Arts and employment with the Walt Disney
Imagineering R&D team. Scott is currently living happily ever after
in Thousand Oaks, CA with his family, action figure collection and an
iPad full of games.
