I'm told the dead trees version is a must, but it's also massive, so pick your preferred inconvenience.
This is like Eno's Oblique Strategies deck in encyclopedia form.
Useful in any circumstances where you'd like to gain fresh perspective on a creation.
From Amazon :
The Art of Game Design presents 100+ sets of questions, or different lenses, for viewing a game’s design, encompassing diverse fields such as psychology, architecture, music, visual design, film, software engineering, theme park design, mathematics, puzzle design, and anthropology...
Nah--I wrote that about Amazon's initial design for an internal-only enterprise backup system, which was created by an MBA and given to me to make happen. (I scrapped it in favor of hiring someone who knew how to do it).
The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses, Second Edition https://amzn.com/dp/B00OYUO4PY
I'm told the dead trees version is a must, but it's also massive, so pick your preferred inconvenience.
This is like Eno's Oblique Strategies deck in encyclopedia form.
Useful in any circumstances where you'd like to gain fresh perspective on a creation.
From Amazon :
The Art of Game Design presents 100+ sets of questions, or different lenses, for viewing a game’s design, encompassing diverse fields such as psychology, architecture, music, visual design, film, software engineering, theme park design, mathematics, puzzle design, and anthropology...