Basics of Game Design

Making Games

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to use, or they can be so complex that only skilled team members

can use them condently and with ease. Sometimes, companies will

build tools like map editors and scripting languages for the design-

ers to use. In this case, the designers can build assets directly and

test and balance them while testers send in their suggestions and

bug reports. At other times, companies prefer not to spend the time

building tools for the designers and rely on commercial products.

Most designers, for example, aren’t adept with complex 3D model-

ing applications such as Autodesk’s 3ds Max or Maya, and so they

would have diculty building envir ...