Design Games for Architecture teaches you how to create playful software tools based on your architectural design processes; whether or not you are familiar with game design technology. The book combines the fun and engaging aspects of video games to ease the sometimes complex process of learning software development. By working through exercises illustrated with screen shots and code; you acquire knowledge about each step required to build useful tools you can use to accomplish design tasks. Steps include analysing design processes to identify their logic; translating that logic into a collection of objects and functions; then encoding the design procedure into a working software tool. Examples presented in the book are design games---tools that a designer ldquo;playsrdquo; like video games---that span a wide range of design activities. These software tools are built using Unity; free; innovative; and industry-leading software for video game development. Unity speeds up the process of software creation; offers an interface that will be familiar to you; and includes very advanced tools for creating forms; effects; and interactivity. If you are looking to add cutting-edge skills to your repertoire; then Design Games will help you sharpen your design thinking and allow you to specialize in this new territory while you learn more about your own design processes.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. A "must read" for learning to be playwrightsBy Bert Axel"A More Perfect Ten" is as compelling a read as the10 minute play itself should be. Reading this book gives me the sense that this writer knows his subject backward and forward and is willing to share his knowledge so we might also know what were doing when play writing. I like this book because it is concise; filled with the craft of writing; and can be read with interest. My only reservation is what seemed to be a similarity of many of the example plays. None the less; they are plays written by known playwrights. Im adding this book to my play writing library and expect to refer back to it often; especially when I begin my next short play. Id recommend this book as one of the few that focus on the writing and production of the 10 minute play.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Indispensable!By Lyle H JanneyI bought this book on recommendation from an old friend working on his MFA after telling him that I wanted to try my hand at writing a 10-minute play. The writing style of the author is direct and relaxed and the advise is clear and well-supported. The content corroborated much of what I thought I knew and also covered several important lessons that Id likely only otherwise have learned through taking a course at university or through life experience (i.e.; the school of hard knocks). I strongly recommend this book for anyone who wants to work in this form.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I enjoyed this book a lot and found it very helpful ...By Courtney JustusI enjoyed this book a lot and found it very helpful to my writing process. I appreciate the inclusion of places to submit my work; but would have appreciated it if some of these places were still taking submissions. I searched over a dozen of these opportunities last night and ran into a dead end each and every single time. This situation is somewhat understandable; considering that this book came out more than six years ago; but it is still a bit disorienting. Overall; its a great book to get you writing and editing; but personally I did not find it to be a reliable source of information for submitting my work.