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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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An interactive field guide to expand the popular video game
2016 · its alternatives →
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Going from first time designer to published and full time
2016 · its alternatives →
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Free e-book. UX best practices from real projects.
2016 · its alternatives →
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A step-by-step playbook for product teams
2016 · its alternatives →
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Game designer's experience on getting a game published
2016 · its alternatives →
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Hello. This year I dived into UI/UX area and at the same time I work as a web developer. I sincerely love making good UI. But at my full time job it's not always possible due to different reasons =\ So I've been posting random UI/UX staff on Twitter, then I made a free book that had 50 tips (posted it here as well). I decided to finish this year by collecting everything I learned and here it is: https://akcium.gumroad.com/l/ui-ux-tips. This time it's a paid one. But, you can check ~20 pages of it, just go to…
2021 · its alternatives →
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Interviews and play testing with designers and publishers
2016 · its alternatives →
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Exploring game design through a variety of perspectives
2016 · its alternatives →
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A healthy mash of Lean, Design Thinking and Agile "up front"
2016 · its alternatives →
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Comparing video game development and PR to board games
2016 · its alternatives →
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