Better Game Characters by Design A Psychological Approach 1st Edition by Katherine Isbister ISBN 9781000688863 1000688860

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ISBN 10: 1000688860
ISBN 13: 9781000688863
Author: Katherine Isbister

Better Game Characters by Design A Psychological Approach 1st Edition Table of contents:

I First Impressions

What Is Covered and Why

Who Will Find Part 1 Most Useful

Overview of Key Concepts

Take-Aways from Part 1

1 Social Surface

1.1 What Is Covered and Why

1.2 The Psychological Principles

1.3 Design Pointers

1.4 Interview: Gonzalo Frasca

1.5 Summary and What Is Next

1.6 Exercises

1.7 Further Reading

2 Practical Questions—Dominance, Friendliness, and Personality

2.1 What Is Covered and Why

2.2 The Psychological Principles

2.3 Design Pointers

2.4 Summary and What Is Next

2.5 Exercises

2.6 Further Reading

II Focus on the Player

What Is Covered and Why

Who Will Find Part II Most Useful

Overview of Key Concepts

Take-Aways from Part II

3 Culture

3.1 What Is Covered and Why

3.2 The Psychological Principles

3.3 Design Pointers

3.4 Interview: Ryoichi Hasegawa and Roppyaku Tsurumi of Sony

3.5 Interview: W. Lewis Johnson

3.6 Summary and What Is Next

3.7 Exercises

3.8 Further Reading

4 Gender

4.1 What Is Covered and Why

4.2 The Psychological Principles

4.3 Design Pointers

4.4 Interviews with Gamers—Personal Perspectives

4.5 Summary and What Is Next

4.6 Exercises

4.7 Further Reading

4.8 Acknowledgments

III Using a Character’s Social Equipment

What Is Covered and Why

Who Will Find Part III Most Useful

Overview of Key Concepts

Take-Aways from Part III

5 The Face

5.1 What Is Covered and Why

5.2 The Psychological Principles

5.3 Design Pointers

5.4 Summary and What Is Next

5.5 Exercise: Contagious Emotions

5.6 Further Reading

6 The Body

6.1 What Is Covered and Why

6.2 The Psychological Principles

6.3 Design Pointers

6.4 Interview: Chuck Clanton

6.5 Summary and What Is Next

6.6 Exercise: Social Bodies

6.7 Further Reading

7 The Voice

7.1 What Is Covered and Why

7.2 The Psychological Principles

7.3 Design Pointers

7.4 Future Directions—Emotion Detection

7.5 Interview: MIT Media Lab’s Zeynep Inanoglu and Ron Caneel

7.6 Summary and What Is Next

7.7 Exercise: Developing a Social “Ear”

7.8 Further Reading

7.9 Answers to Exercises

IV Characters in Action

What Is Covered and Why

Who Will Find Part IV Most Useful

Overview of Key Concepts

Take-Aways from Part IV

8 Player-Characters

8.1 What Is Covered and Why

8.2 The Psychological Principles

8.3 Design Pointers

8.4 Interview: Marc Laidlaw

8.5 Summary and What Is Next

8.6 Exercises

8.7 Further Reading

8.8 Acknowledgments

9 Nonplayer-Characters

9.1 What Is Covered and Why

9.2 The Psychological Principles

9.3 Dimensions of Social Rolesand NPCs

9.4 Common Social Roles in Games

9.5 Design Guidelines

9.6 Summary and What Is Next

9.7 Exercises

9.8 Further Reading

V Putting It All Together

What Is Covered and Why

Who Will Find Part V Most Useful

Overview of Key Concepts

Take-Aways from Part V

10 Process

10.1 What Is Covered and Why

10.2 Arguments for Bringing a Social-Psychological Approach to Game Development

10.3 The Development Time Line

10.4 Building in the Social-Psychological Approach

10.5 Interview: Tim Schafer

10.6 Summary and What Is Next

10.7 Exercise: Sequel Planning

10.8 Further Reading

11 Evaluation

11.1 What Is Covered and Why

11.2 The Psychological Principles

11.3 Current Evaluation Practice in Game Design: Market Research and Play Testing

11.4 Taking Design to the Next Level with Preproduction Evaluation

11.5 A Note on Postproduction Evaluation

11.6 Evaluation Checklist

11.7 Games Usability Perspectives

11.8 Interview: Randy Pagulayan

11.9 Interview: Nicole Lazzaro

11.10 Affective Sensing: An Evaluation Method for the Future?

11.11 Summary

11.12 Exercises

11.13 Further Reading

Appendix: Summaries of Games Discussed

Index

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