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24 alternatives to The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses
Ryan Hoover's fave book on The Twenty Minute VC
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Thoughts on the most important element of any game's design
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Who are we designing games for and how do we do it best?
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The basic handbook of transactional analysis
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A book about designing animations for iOS
2014 · designthencode.com · its alternatives →
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A game theorist's guide to success in business and life
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The most comprehensive treatment of virtual world design
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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An interactive field guide to expand the popular video game
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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From 8-bit to 3D, great coffee table book
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Going from first time designer to published and full time
2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →
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A look at how games make us feel
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Free e-book. UX best practices from real projects.
2016 · uxpin.com · its alternatives →
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A step-by-step playbook for product teams
2016 · its alternatives →
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An insightful & entertaining tour of the art of video games
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Interviews and play testing with designers and publishers
2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →
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Exploring game design through a variety of perspectives
2016 · its alternatives →
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Learn to explain your design decisions so people agree!
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A great source of design inspiration
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A healthy mash of Lean, Design Thinking and Agile "up front"
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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