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Acceleration Flow
action role-playing mechanics
advanced RPG design analysis
Attack Rating
Attack Speed
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Block Rate
Bow Skills
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Category=UGG
Class Specific Items
Cold Damage
Crowd Control
Diablo II
Difficulty Setting
DPS
Elemental Availability
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Game design
Game development
game systems analysis
historical game studies
Item Drop
Level design
Magic Find
Melee Attacks
Nintendo
Passive Skills
Planned Deficits
Platformer
player engagement strategies
Procedural Content Generation
procedural generation theory
randomness in video games
Reverse Design
RR Variation
Scrabble Tiles
Set Items
Set Randomness
Skill Points
Super Mario
Super Mario World
Product details
- ISBN 9781138323285
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 28 Aug 2018
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The Reverse Design series looks at all of the design decisions that went into classic video games. This is the sixth installment in the Reverse Design series, looking at Diablo II. Written in a readable format, it is broken down into three sections examining three topics important to the game:
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- How does Diablo II borrow from different types of games like action RPGs, classical class-based RPGs and Roguelikes?
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- What are the different types of randomness in Diablo II and how do they work?
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- How do elaborate level-up mechanics keep players interested in a relatively short game for dozens or hundreds of hours?
Key Features
Patrick Holleman founded The Game Design Forum in 2010 with the specific goal of publishing scholarly articles about videogame design. On that site he originally published the Reverse Design series, which has been used by game designers and students across the world to improve their understanding of their craft. Material from that series has been used in online courses as well as University settings, including the University of Toronto and Cornell. His writing has also appeared in Paste Magazine, Indie Game Magazine and Tutsplus. In addition to his writing, Holleman has worked as a part-time producer and consultant in the game development industry. He lives in Pennsylvania.
