Game Magic: A Designer's Guide to Magic Systems in Theory and Practice

by Jeff Howard

Overview

Make More Immersive and Engaging Magic Systems in GamesGame Magic: A Designer's Guide to Magic Systems in Theory and Practice explains how to construct magic systems and presents a compendium of arcane lore, encompassing the theory, history, and structure of magic systems in games and human belief. The author combines rigorous scholarly analysis wi

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040057766
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	04/22/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	376
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Jeff Howard

Table of Contents

How to Use This Book. Magic Systems in Theory and Practice. From Exemplary Game Magic Systems to Code Recipes. Schools of Game Magic. Magic as Programming, Programming as Magic. Game Design Lessons from Occult Magic. A Videogame Designer's Guide to Non-Digital Game Magic. Adapting Game Magic from the Literature of the Fantastic. Works Cited. Appendices. Index.