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Designing the User Experience of Game Development Tools de David Lightbown

Designing the User Experience of Game Development Tools

Autor David Lightbown
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 feb 2015
Most tools developers want to improve the user experience but are not given the time, lack the techniques, or don’t know where to begin.Designing the User Experience of Game Development Tools addresses these issues to empower tools developers to make positive steps toward improving the user experience of their tools.

The book explains how to improve the user experience of game development tools. The first part of the book details the logic behind why the user experience of game tools must be improved. The second part introduces the concept of user-centered design, a process that revolves around understanding people’s goals, watching them work, learning the context in which they work, and understanding how they think.

Ideal for anyone who makes, uses, or benefits from game development tools, the book presents complex concepts in a manner that is accessible to those new to user experience design. The book illustrates many proven concepts and techniques using before-and-after examples from tools development to supply you with the real-world understanding you need to become a better game developer. It also describes how to get buy-in from your team.

Although concepts have been simplified to make the information more easily accessible, the text includes resources in the footnotes if you want more details.

The book includes access to a companion website, www.UXofGameTools.com, that contains the latest revisions for the book as well as contact information. You can also follow the official Twitter account @UXofGameTools to see the latest updates and articles related to the improvement of the user experience.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781482240191
ISBN-10: 148224019X
Pagini: 188
Ilustrații: 105 black & white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: CRC Press
Colecția A K Peters/CRC Press

Public țintă

Professional Practice & Development

Cuprins

Introduction. Why do we need to do this?. Why is this Happening?. How can we do this?. Real-World Examples. What can you do?. Conclusion.

Recenzii

"What you are reading now is the result of David Lightbown’s first big mission on [a] very long quest. The rest is a co-op campaign and he has brought along these weapons to get us started."
—From the Foreword by Mike Acton, Engine Director, Insomniac Games
"[David’s] acclaimed lectures, now demonstrated and elaborated in this book, are brilliant and very appropriate to our industry."
—Jason Parks, Owner, Continuity AI (former Technical Artist for SCEA, THQ, and Volition)
"Lightbown tackles some complicated cognitive and scientific concepts, but does so in a completely conversational manner that is not only approachable, but fun and interesting to read."
—Jim Brown, Epic Games
"All developers owe it to their future selves to learn to apply the process presented in this book to their tools."
—Corey Johnson, Unity Technologies
"If you build games tools and are not familiar with user-centered design, then you should read this book."
—Tom Hoferek, Principal User Experience Designer, Autodesk
"David not only delivers the concepts and techniques that can be used to improve the user experience of game development tools, he also outlines … the return on investment for doing so. A must read."
—Liam Grieg, Senior UX Designer, Atlassian
"In this easy-to-read, comprehensive guide, David Lightbown applies classic principles of user-centered design to the tool-building process. ... A must-read, even if you’re not in the games industry."
—AJ Kandy, Co-Founder/Director of Design, Peterson/Kandy

Descriere

This book explains how to improve the user experience of game development tools. The first part of the book explains why the user experience of game tools must be improved and shows readers how to get buy-in from their teams. The second part introduces the concept of user-centered design. Ideal for anyone who makes, uses, or benefits from game development tools, the book presents complex concepts in a manner that is accessible to those new to user experience design.

Notă biografică

After spending most of his formative years in his parents' basement trying to clone 8-bit console games on an Apple IIGS, David Lightbown got a job in the games industry. Since then, he has dedicated the majority of his career to working on content creation tools and pipelines. In addition to contributing to a variety of games as a technical director, David has delivered presentations at the Game Developers Conference, Montreal International Game Summit, and SIGGRAPH, in various cities within Canada, the United States, and Europe. He has also collaborated with Autodesk to create product reviews, training manuals, tutorial videos, and masterclasses. In 2010, he received the Autodesk Master Award for his contributions to the 3D community. David currently holds the title of technical director at Ubisoft Montreal.