Fundamentals of Adventure Game Design

Table of Contents

1. Title Page
2. About the Author
3. Table of Contents
4. Introduction
   1. What Are Adventure Games?
5. The History of Adventure Games
   1. The Early Days
   2. Graphics Change Everything
   3. Today
6. Game Features
   1. Setting and Emotional Tone
   2. Interaction Model
   3. Camera Model
   4. Player Roles
   5. Story and Spatial Structure
   6. Storytelling
   7. Challenges
   8. Conversations with Non-player Characters
   9. Mapping
   10. Journal Keeping
   11. A Few Things to Avoid
7. The Presentation Layer
   1. Avatar Movement
   2. Manipulating Objects
8. Summary
   1. Design Practice Case Study
   2. Design Practice Questions
   3. References
9. Copyright Page
10. Fundamentals of Game Design