Game mechanics : advanced game design /
Ernest Adams, Joris Dormans.
- Berkeley, Calif. : New Riders, c2012.
- xiii, 353 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Two leading authorities in game design teach the essentials of game mechanics. Learn how to craft mechanics that generate challenging, well-balanced gameplay, and how to visualise and simulate game mechanics in order to design better games and learn at what stages to prototype, test, and implement mechanics in games.