Game magic : a designer's guide to magic systems in theory and practice /: a designer's guide to magic systems in theory and practice. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jeff Howard.
• Authors: Howard, Jeff
• Contents: Front Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Thanks; The Author; Table of Recipes/Code Snippets; Proverbs of Game Magic; Epigraphs; Chapter 1: How to Use This Book; Chapter 2: Magic Systems in Theory and Practice; Chapter 3: From Exemplary Game Magic Systems to Code Recipes; Chapter 4: Schools of Game Magic; Chapter 5: Magic as Programming, Programming as Magic; Chapter 6: Game Design Lessons from Occult Magic; Chapter 7: A Videogame Designer's Guide to Non-Digital Game Magic; Chapter 8: Adapting Game Magic from the Literature of the Fantastic; Works Cited. Appendix A: A Magic System WorksheetAppendix B: Timelines; Back Cover.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor and Francis
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxix, 337 pages)
• Subjects: 793.8; Magic -- Psychological aspects; Magic tricks; Magic -- Psychological aspects; Magic tricks; GAMES -- Reference; GAMES -- Travel Games; Magic -- Psychological aspects; Magic tricks; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466567870; 1466567872
• Related ISBNs: 9781466567856; 1466567856
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.