[game_edu] Books on Virtual Worlds?

[Gregory Walek]

Don 't get caught up on the "World Building" term.. it's just another term for Level design. And the fundamentals of level design apply everywhere! 


I currently use the following book to teach the fundamentals. 

Game Development Essentials: Game Level Design
Travis Castillo, Jeannie Novak
http://www.amazon.com/Game-Development-Essentials-Level-Design/dp/1401878644

One thing I love about this book is they go through the process of building from concept to actually building. 



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From: game_edu-bounces at igda.org [mailto:game_edu-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Peter Border
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 10:30 AM
To: IGDA Game Education Listserv
Subject: [game_edu] Books on Virtual Worlds?


Hi folks:

Does anybody have any recommendations for a new text on building virtual worlds? We have using Bartle's book, but it's getting a bit long in the tooth (copyright 2004- pre WoW!) and is rather wordy (150 pages for one chapter??). OTOH, Bartle's an excellent book by one of the founders so I don't want to change just for the sake of being hip.

What are other people using for a text on MMOs?

Peter Border
Game and Application Design Chairman
Globe University/Minnesota School of Business
1401 West 76th St
Richfield, MN 55423
pborder at msbcollege.edu
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