Game magic a designer's guide to magic systems in theory and practice

"This book provides a guide to performing magic and combining arcane symbols to render meaningful and powerful utterances. The author analyzes magic systems in games and shows how to effectively design better systems. The text encompasses the theory, history, and structure of magic systems in b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Howard, Jeff
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baco Raton, FL A K Peters/CRC Press 2014
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:"This book provides a guide to performing magic and combining arcane symbols to render meaningful and powerful utterances. The author analyzes magic systems in games and shows how to effectively design better systems. The text encompasses the theory, history, and structure of magic systems in both games and human belief and incorporates pseudocode examples of how to design and program magic systems, with working examples offered online"--
Physical Description:1 online resource text file, PDF
ISBN:9781466567856
1466567872
9781466567870