The Art of Computer Game Design

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The Art of Computer Game Design
Author Chris Crawford
Illustrator Chris Crawford
Country United States
Language English
Subject Computer and video game design
Publisher McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media
Publication date
 1984
Pages 113
ISBN 0-88134-117-7
OCLC 10277416
794.8/2 19
LC Class GV1469.2 .C72 1984
Followed by Chris Crawford on Game Design

The Art of Computer Game Design by Chris Crawford is the first book[1] devoted to the theory of computer and video games. It was originally published in Berkeley, California by McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media in 1984. The original edition is now out-of-print but from 1997 became available as a free download from a site maintained by Washington State University, Pullman. In 2011 the free download was removed and the text is currently available as a Kindle e-book.

Background

Crawford in 1981 and 1982 coauthored a series of technical articles in BYTE on developing games for the Atari 8-bit computers. The articles were collected into De Re Atari.[2] In December 1982 he published an article in BYTE on abstract aspects of game design, using Legionnaire as example.[3]

Reception

Calling the author "a master of computer game design", PC Magazine complimented Crawford using his own games as examples of success and failure, and recommended the book to both game designers and players.[4] Orson Scott Card was less favorable, writing in Ahoy! that "when one of the best computer game designers in the business writes a book about computer game design, you expect it to be wonderful ... And when [The Art of Computer Game Design] turned out to be merely fascinating but often shallow and sometimes just plain wrong-headed, I was disappointed".[5]

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References

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