Learn Game Design and Indie Game Marketing from GameDev.net and CRC Press
<p> GameDev.net and <a href=https://www.crcpress.com rel="external nofollow">CRC Press</a> have teamed up to bring a new ebook of content curated from top titles published by CRC Press. The freebook, <a href="https://www.crcpress.com/go/freebook_practices_of_game_design?utm_source=banner_ad&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=170504650" rel="external nofollow">Practices of Game Design & Indie Game Marketing</a>, includes chapters from <a href="https://www.crcpress.com/The-Art-of-Game-Design-A-Book-of-Lenses-Second-Edition/Schell-Schell/p/book/9781466598645?utm_source=banner_ad&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=170504650" rel="external nofollow">The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses</a>, <a href="https://www.crcpress.com/A-Practical-Guide-to-Indie-Game-Marketing/Dreskin/p/book/9781138801547?utm_source=banner_ad&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=170504650" rel="external nofollow">A Practical Guide to Indie Game Marketing</a>, and <a href="https://www.crcpress.com/An-Architectural-Approach-to-Level-Design/Totten/p/book/9781466585416?utm_source=banner_ad&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=170504650" rel="external nofollow">An Architectural Approach to Level Design</a>. </p> <p> The GameDev.net FreeBook is relevant to game designers, developers, and those interested in learning more about the challenges in game development. We know game development can be a tough discipline and business, so we picked several chapters from CRC Press titles that we thought would be of interest to you, the GameDev.net audience, in your journey to design, develop, and market your next game. </p> <p> The free ebook is available through CRC Press by <a href="https://www.crcpress.com/go/freebook_practices_of_game_design?utm_source=banner_ad&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=170504650" rel="external nofollow">clicking here</a>. </p> <h2> The Curated Books </h2> <h3 style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=artofgamedesign.jpg class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" data-fileid=37111 data-mime-type data-original=https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2017_07/artofgamedesign.jpg.3b953f5eb0b0ed647f4f32ce9f4148e4.jpg data-unique=jnjf7k2m2 decoding=async height=232 loading=lazy referrerpolicy=no-referrer sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 1200px, (min-width: 768px) 768px, (min-width: 300px) 300px, 100vw" src=https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2017_07/medium.artofgamedesign.jpg.3b953f5eb0b0ed647f4f32ce9f4148e4.webp srcset="https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2017_07/thumbnail.artofgamedesign.jpg.3b953f5eb0b0ed647f4f32ce9f4148e4.webp 150w, https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2017_07/small.artofgamedesign.jpg.3b953f5eb0b0ed647f4f32ce9f4148e4.webp 300w, https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2017_07/medium.artofgamedesign.jpg.3b953f5eb0b0ed647f4f32ce9f4148e4.webp 768w, https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2017_07/large.artofgamedesign.jpg.3b953f5eb0b0ed647f4f32ce9f4148e4.webp 1200w" style="aspect-ratio: 180/232;" width=180> </h3> <h3 style="text-align: center;"> The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses, Second Edition, by Jesse Schell </h3> <p> Presents 100+ sets of questions, or different lenses, for viewing a game’s design, encompassing diverse fields such as psychology, architecture, music, film, software engineering, theme park design, mathematics, anthropology, and more. Written by one of the world's top game designers, this book describes the deepest and most fundamental principles of game design, demonstrating how tactics used in board, card, and athletic games also work in video games. It provides practical instruction on creating world-class games that will be played again and again. View it <a href="https://www.crcpress.com/The-Art-of-Game-Design-A-Book-of-Lenses-Second-Edition/Schell-Schell/p/book/9781466598645?utm_source=banner_ad&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=170504650" rel="external nofollow">here</a>. </p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=indiegamemarketing.jpg class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" data-fileid=37113 data-mime-type data-original=https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2017_07/indiegamemarketing.jpg.3535092b0a2e524b3553ea85f9c228ef.jpg data-unique=aibs5z0ps decoding=async height=268 loading=lazy referrerpolicy=no-referrer sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 1200px, (min-width: 768px) 768px, (min-width: 300px) 300px, 100vw" src=https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2017_07/medium.indiegamemarketing.jpg.3535092b0a2e524b3553ea85f9c228ef.webp srcset="https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2017_07/thumbnail.indiegamemarketing.jpg.3535092b0a2e524b3553ea85f9c228ef.webp 150w, https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2017_07/small.indiegamemarketing.jpg.3535092b0a2e524b3553ea85f9c228ef.webp 300w, https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2017_07/medium.indiegamemarketing.jpg.3535092b0a2e524b3553ea85f9c228ef.webp 768w, https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2017_07/large.indiegamemarketing.jpg.3535092b0a2e524b3553ea85f9c228ef.webp 1200w" style="aspect-ratio: 180/268;" width=180></p> <h3 style="text-align: center;"> A Practical Guide to Indie Game Marketing, by Joel Dreskin </h3> <p> Marketing is an essential but too frequently overlooked or minimized component of the release plan for indie games. A Practical Guide to Indie Game Marketing provides you with the tools needed to build visibility and sell your indie games. With special focus on those developers with small budgets and limited staff and resources, this book is packed with tangible recommendations and techniques that you can put to use immediately. As a seasoned professional of the indie game arena, author Joel Dreskin gives you insight into practical, real-world experiences of marketing numerous successful games and also provides stories of the failures. View it <a href="https://www.crcpress.com/A-Practical-Guide-to-Indie-Game-Marketing/Dreskin/p/book/9781138801547?utm_source=banner_ad&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=170504650" rel="external nofollow">here</a>. </p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <img alt=architecturalapproachtoleveldesign.jpg class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" data-fileid=37112 data-mime-type data-original=https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2017_07/architecturalapproachtoleveldesign.jpg.0323ffb2fc93d041ecfcff1331420731.jpg data-unique=te3azhjkw decoding=async height=222 loading=lazy referrerpolicy=no-referrer sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 1200px, (min-width: 768px) 768px, (min-width: 300px) 300px, 100vw" src=https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2017_07/medium.architecturalapproachtoleveldesign.jpg.0323ffb2fc93d041ecfcff1331420731.webp srcset="https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2017_07/thumbnail.architecturalapproachtoleveldesign.jpg.0323ffb2fc93d041ecfcff1331420731.webp 150w, https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2017_07/small.architecturalapproachtoleveldesign.jpg.0323ffb2fc93d041ecfcff1331420731.webp 300w, https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2017_07/medium.architecturalapproachtoleveldesign.jpg.0323ffb2fc93d041ecfcff1331420731.webp 768w, https://uploads.gamedev.net/monthly_2017_07/large.architecturalapproachtoleveldesign.jpg.0323ffb2fc93d041ecfcff1331420731.webp 1200w" style="aspect-ratio: 180/222;" width=180></p> <h3 style="text-align: center;"> An Architectural Approach to Level Design </h3> <p> This is one of the first books to integrate architectural and spatial design theory with the field of level design. The book presents architectural techniques and theories for level designers to use in their own work. It connects architecture and level design in different ways that address the practical elements of how designers construct space and the experiential elements of how and why humans interact with this space. Throughout the text, readers learn skills for spatial layout, evoking emotion through gamespaces, and creating better levels through architectural theory. View it <a href="https://www.crcpress.com/An-Architectural-Approach-to-Level-Design/Totten/p/book/9781466585416?utm_source=banner_ad&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=170504650" rel="external nofollow">here</a>. </p> <p> Learn more and download the ebook by <a href="https://www.crcpress.com/go/freebook_practices_of_game_design?utm_source=banner_ad&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=170504650" rel="external nofollow">clicking here</a>. </p> <h3> Did you know? </h3> <p> GameDev.net and CRC Press also recently teamed up to bring <a href=/info/gdnetplus.html/ rel>GDNet+ Members</a> up to a 20% discount on all CRC Press books. Learn more about this and other benefits <a href=/info/gdnetplus.html/ rel>here</a>. </p>
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