The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses, Third Edition
Jesse Schell · 2019 · CRC Press
Read it if: You want a framework for thinking about game design: over 100 sets of questions ("lenses") for judging a game from different angles, with examples from classic and modern games.
Game designCRC PressBeginner to intermediateEngine-agnostic
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