good but could have been great

This book makes the same mistake most every other book does having to do with game design in that the author assumes the reader has never played a video game before and spends the first few chapters explaining "game design concepts" that are beyond obvious and would only benefit someone who has lived in a cave for the last 10 years. When the authors finally get around to explaining how to do game levels, they dont give any particular button pushing instructions, its all "we did this, and then we did this.....". Despite these shortcomings this book is quite a bit better than the other books on game level design that are out there.

Other Reviews

• good but could have been great
• Every page is full of precious information
• Great book! Good for aspiring devs and everyone else.
• FYI: Important tidbit of info not covered in description