Swipe This! (Paperback)

Swipe This Book! 1

Some Possible Reasons You Picked Up Swipe This! 2

CHAPTER 1 Hardware Wars 13

DEVELOPER INTERVIEW 1 Paul O'Connor 29

CHAPTER 2 Clown-On-A-Unicycle 33

GAME DESIGN SPOTLIGHT 1 Fruit Ninja HD 53

CHAPTER 3 Finger Fu! 57

DEVELOPER INTERVIEW 2 Andy Ashcraft 81

CHAPTER 4 GenreBusters 85

GAME DESIGN SPOTLIGHT 2 Helsing's Fire 107

CHAPTER 5 Puzzlings 111

DEVELOPER INTERVIEW 3 Erin Reynolds 137

CHAPTER 6 Arcade Crazy 141

GAME DESIGN SPOTLIGHT 3 Where's My Water? 171

CHAPTER 7 Action Guy 175

DEVELOPER INTERVIEW 4 Blade Olsen 205

CHAPTER 8 DoodleCat 209

GAME DESIGN SPOTLIGHT 4 Jetpack Joyride 223

CHAPTER 9 Casual Fryday 227

DEVELOPER INTERVIEW 5 Sam Rosenthal 257

CHAPTER 10 The New Genres 261

GAME DESIGN SPOTLIGHT 5 No, Human 281

DEVELOPER INTERVIEW 6 Andy Reeves 285

CHAPTER 11 Make Your Own Star Wars 289

GAME DESIGN SPOTLIGHT 6 Angry Birds 323

APPPENDIX 1 The Class of 2008 329

APPPENDIX 2 Touchscreen Template 337

APPPENDIX 3 Gameplay Storyboarding Template 339

APPPENDIX 4 The Game Designer's Checklist 341

Afterword 343

Index 345