TEAMFLY

Team-Fly

Game Design:Theory & Practice

Richard Rouse III

Illustrations by Steve Ogden

Atomic Sam character designed byRichard Rouse III and Steve Ogden

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rouse, Richard.Game design: theory & practice / by Richard Rouse III ; illustrations by Steve Ogden.p. cm.Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN 1-55622-735-3 (pbk.)1. Computer games—Programming. I. Title.QA76.76.C672 R69 2000794.8'1526—dc21 00-053436CIP

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