The Art of Computer Game Design

The Art of Computer Game Design

Infobox Book
name = The Art of Computer Game Design
author = Chris Crawford
illustrator = Chris Crawford
country = United States
language = English
subject = Computer and video game design
publisher = McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media
release_date = 1984
pages = 476
isbn = ISBN 0-88134-117-7
followed_by = Chris Crawford on Game Design

"The Art of Computer Game Design" (ISBN 0-88134-117-7) by Chris Crawford is the first book [cite book|last=Wolf|coauthors=Perron|title=The Video Game Theory Reader] devoted to the theory of computer and video games. It was originally published in Berkeley, California by McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media in 1984. The original edition is now out-of-print but available for free download from a site maintained by Washington State University, Pullman.

ee also

*List of books on computer and video games
*Chris Crawford on Game Design, another book by Crawford

References

External links

* [http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/peabody/game-book/Coverpage.html "The Art of Computer Game Design" online]


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