Game Design

Criterion, 43, 53
critical path, 456-457, 465, 480
cross-cutting, 322, 328
cross-marketing, 353
Cruisin’ World, 462
cult of personality, 36
cut-scenes, 17-18, 37, 207-212, 217, 301,
313, 317, 328, 329, 334, 350, 481-482
non-interactivity of, 209-211
playback, 209-210
Cyberball, 102
cyberspace mode, 513

D
Damage Incorporated, 49 , 49-50, 125,
156-157, 160 , 166 , 167 , 167-168, 210,
214, 224-225, 225 , 289
Dane, Warrel, 69
Daniels, Bruce, 180
Dark Age of Camelot, 241
Dark Camelot, 516-517, 518
Dark Crystal, The, 234
Dark Forces, 208
Das Boot, 271
data,
audio output of, 139-140
visual representation of, 137-139
data mining, 255
Dave Lebling, 172
Deadline, 172, 173, 186
Deathbounce, 321
death-match, 3, 248, 249, 250-251, 254,
461, 462
debugging, 90, 484
in level editor, 396
scripting language, 401
decision trees, 311
Deep Space, 501
Defender, 61, 393
demos, 283, 504-505
depth
of gameplay, 33-34, 386-387, 478-479,
524
vs. breadth, 387, 525-526
design,seegame design
design document, 78, 79, 98, 110, 284-285,
293-294, 295, 308, 309-311, 356-381
Artificial Intelligence section, 366-368
assumptions in, 366
Executive Summary, 360-361
format of, 356, 373-374
Game Elements section, 369-371

Game Mechanics section, 361-366

Game Progression section, 371-373

importance of keeping up to date, 380

inconsistency in, 358

Introduction/Overview, 360-361

poor, 374-379

repetition in, 357-358

sections of, 359-373

Story Overview section, 371

System Menus section, 373

Table of Contents, 360

tools for writing, 357

version number, 380

weight of, 379

writing style of, 357-359

designer’s story, 37, 203-206, 220, 235

vs. player’s story, 383-384

designers,seegame designers

Deus Ex, 129 , 315 , 525 , 525-526

development, xxi, 89

collaboration in, 474

community, 531

cycle, 285-286, 489-490

documentation, 306-319

environments, 31

limitations of, 53

process, xx, 69-70, 110-111, 184-185,

197, 282-287

using scripting languages in, 400-403

development team, xxiii, 69-70, 77, 79, 110,

285-286, 307, 339, 519

as playtesters, 485

communicating with, 436, 473

morale, 252

size of, 31-32, 436

Diablo, 131, 191, 231, 363, 370

Diablo II, 132 , 363 , 370

dialog

in-game, 99, 160, 213, 214, 313, 314

irritating, 219

dice, 147, 508

differentiation, points of, 70-71

difficulty, 59-60, 83, 120, 197, 198, 233,

290, 303, 465, 495-497

ramping up, 14, 67, 143, 148, 453

dinosaur game (Sid Meier), 30

Diplomacy, 243, 245

Dirt Bike,89

Disney, 322, 335, 350

dissolves, 331

distancing effect, 482

distribution, 177-178

Index 681