eBook - ePub

Designing the User Experience of Game Development Tools

Name: Designing the User Experience of Game Development Tools
ISBN: 9781040658055

David Lightbown,

English
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Available on iOS & Android

eBook - ePub

Designing the User Experience of Game Development Tools

David Lightbown,

About this book

This book is the ultimate guide to improving the user experience of game development tools. It will guide you through the User?Centered Design process — the gold standard in user experience design — and show you how watching users work, understanding their goals, designing efficient and learnable user interfaces, and refining them through targeted evaluation techniques is the key to building tools with a better user experience. This completely revised and expanded second edition includes nine new inserts with deep dives into many important topics, including:

How to design tools that people will say are intuitive
When to follow standards and when to innovate
AI and game development tools
What games can teach us about tools design
Why watching users work is essential to improving the user experience

It also features excerpts from interviews with game industry legends, offering their advice on tools development:

John Romero, co-founder of id Software and designer of DOOM and Quake
Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games (Unreal Engine, Fortnite)

Designing the User Experience of Game Development Tools is ideal for anyone who makes, uses, or benefits from game development tools. It explains complex concepts in a clear, accessible way and shares proven techniques backed by real?world examples and extensive references. Whether you're building a quick script or a full-scale level editor, this book offers the guidance and strategies you need to create tools that empower people to make great video games.

To learn more about the author, visit www.davidlightbown.com.

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