Better Game Characters by Design: A Psychological Approach [With Dvdrom]

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· 제목 : Better Game Characters by Design: A Psychological Approach [With Dvdrom] (Paperback) (A Psychological Approach)
· 분류 : 외국도서 > 예술/대중문화 > 디지털
· ISBN : 9781558609211
· 쪽수 : 364쪽
· 출판일 : 2006-07-01

About the Author
Foreword by Tim Schafer
Preface
About the DVD
I First Impressions
- What Is Covered and Why
- Who Will Find Part I Most Useful
- Overview of Key Concepts
- Take-Aways from Part I
- 1 Social Surface
  - 1.1 What Is Covered and Why
  - 1.2 The Psychological Principles
  - 1.3 Design Pointers
  - 1.4 Interview: Gonzalo Frasca
  - 1.5 Summary and What Is Next
  - 1.6 Exercises
  - 1.7 Further Reading
- 2 Practical Questions - Dominance, Friendliness, and Personality
  - 2.1 What Is Covered and Why
  - 2.2 The Psychological Principles
  - 2.3 Design Pointers
  - 2.4 Summary and What Is Next
  - 2.5 Exercises
  - 2.6 Further Reading
II Focus on the Player
- What Is Covered and Why
- Who Will Find Part II Most Useful
- Overview of Key Concepts
- Take-Aways from Part II
- 3 Culture
  - 3.1 What Is Covered and Why
  - 3.2 The Psychological Principles
  - 3.3 Design Pointers
  - 3.4 Interview: Ryoichi Hasegawa and Roppyaku Tsurumi of Sony
  - 3.5 Interview: Lewis Johnson
  - 3.6 Summary and What Is Next
  - 3.7 Exercises
  - 3.8 Further Reading
- 4 Gender
  - 4.1 What Is Covered and Why
  - 4.2 The Psychological Principles
  - 4.3 Design Pointers
  - 4.4 Interviews with Gamers - Personal Perspectives
  - 4.5 Summary and What Is Next
  - 4.6 Exercises
  - 4.7 Further Reading
III Using a Character's Social Equipment
- What Is Covered and Why
- Who Will Find Part III Most Useful
- Overview of Key Concepts
- Take-Aways from Part III
- 5 The Face
  - 5.1 What Is Covered and Why
  - 5.2 The Psychological Principles
  - 5.3 Design Pointers
  - 5.4 Summary and What Is Next
  - 5.5 Exercises
  - 5.6 Further Reading
- 6 The Body
  - 6.1 What Is Covered and Why
  - 6.2 The Psychological Principles
  - 6.3 Design Pointers
  - 6.4 Interview: Chuck Clanton
  - 6.5 Summary and What Is Next
  - 6.6 Exercise
  - 6.7 Further Reading
- 7 The Voice
  - 7.1 What Is Covered and Why
  - 7.2 The Psychological Principles
  - 7.3 Design Pointers
  - 7.4 Further Directions - Emotion Detection
  - 7.5 Interview: MIT Media Lab's Zeynep Inanoglu and Ron Caneel
  - 7.6 Summary and What Is Next
  - 7.7 Exercise
  - 7.8 Further Reading
  - 7.9 Answers to Exercises
IV Characters in Action
- What Is Covered and Why
- Who Will Find Part IV Most Useful
- Overview of Key Concepts
- Take-Aways from Part IV
- 8 Player-Characters
  - 8.1 What Is Covered and Why
  - 8.2 The Psychological Principles
  - 8.3 Design Pointers
  - 8.4 Interview: Marc Laidlaw
  - 8.5 Summary and What Is Next
  - 8.6 Exercises
  - 8.7 Further Reading
  - 8.8 Acknowledgments
- 9 Nonplayer-Characters
  - 9.1 What Is Covered and Why
  - 9.2 The Psychological Principles
  - 9.3 Dimensions of Social Roles and NPCs
  - 9.4 Common Social Roles in Games
  - 9.5 Design Guidelines
  - 9.6 Summary and What Is Next
  - 9.7 Exercises
  - 9.8 Further Reading
V Putting It All Together
- What Is Covered and Why
- Who Will Find Part V Most Useful
- Overview of Key Concepts
- Take-Aways from Part V
- 10 Process
  - 10.1 What Is Covered and Why
  - 10.2 Arguments for Bringing a Social-Psychological Approach to Game Development
  - 10.3 The Development Time Line
  - 10.4 Building in the Social-Psychological Approach
  - 10.5 Interview: Tim Schafer
  - 10.6 Summary and What Is Next
  - 10.7 Further Reading
- 11 Evaluation
  - 11.1 What Is Covered and Why
  - 11.2 The Psychological Principles
  - 11.3 Current Evaluation Practice in Game Design: Market Research and Play Testing
  - 11.4 Taking Design to the Next Level with Preproduction Evaluation
  - 11.5 A Note on Postproduction Evaluation
  - 11.6 Evaluation Checklist
  - 11.7 Games Usability Perspectives
  - 11.8 Interview: Randy Pagulayan
  - 11.9 Interview: Nicole Lazzaro
  - 11.10 Affective Sensing: An Evaluation Method for the Future?
  - 11.11 Summary
  - 11.12 Exercises
  - 11.13 Further Reading
Appendix
Index