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  • Think Like a Game Designer: The Step-by-Step Guide to Unlocking Your Creative Potential

  • By: Justin Gary
  • Narrated by: Justin Gary
  • Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
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By: Justin Gary
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Do you love gaming? Do you have ideas for games of your own and want to learn how to produce them professionally?

Longtime game designer Justin Gary has the answers you seek. After 20 years in the gaming industry, creating such games as Solforge, Ascension, and the World of Warcraft Miniatures Game, Justin is now sharing all his secrets in Think Like a Game Designer. Best of all, Justin’s secrets are really simple, practical, and common sense steps you can take yourself.

Justin will walk you through each step and provide exercises for you to formulate your own game concepts and bring them to fruition.

In Think Like a Game Designer, you will learn how to:

  • Overcome mental blocks to great creative work
  • Understand players’ emotional reactions and evoke the right ones
  • Brainstorm ideas and then refine them into useable ones
  • Follow the six steps of the core design loop for successfully designing a game
  • Capitalize on the excitement of Big Moments in a game
  • Get a job in the game industry and get your games published
  • Remove the grind of gaming or use it to your advantage
  • Integrate monetization into your designs
  • Deliver an enjoyable experience to your players so your game stands the test of time

Whether you want to create video games, board games, or just discover how a true creative mind works, it’s all here in Think Like a Game Designer. It’s time to take the first step toward your game designer dream. Are you game?

©2018 Justin Gary (P)2021 Justin Gary

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On point primer on the practice of Game Design

I was turned onto the book via Justin’s fantastic podcast series of the same name.

Even as a game designer with some previous experience I found the book is a valuable resource filled with actionable insights and exercises that helped bring order to what can be a somewhat chaotic creative process.

Justin’s reading of the book follows in the style of his podcast presentation; a genuine and well considered professional who has lived the lessons he’s delivering.

A must listen for anyone aspiring to become a designer and one that I am sure I will return to regularly.

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