MMOs from the Inside Out: The History, Design, Fun, and Art of Massively-multiplayer Online Role-playing Games
暫譯: 從內部看MMO：大型多人線上角色扮演遊戲的歷史、設計、樂趣與藝術
Richard A. A. Bartle
- 出版商: Apress
- 出版日期: 2015-12-26
- 售價: $3,370
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $3,202
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 752
- 裝訂: Paperback
- ISBN: 1484217233
- ISBN-13: 9781484217238
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商品描述
This is an astonishing collection of ideas, information, and instruction from one of the true pioneers of Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games. MMOs from the Inside Out: The History, Design, Fun, and Art of Massively-Multiplayer Role-playing Games speaks to the designers and players of MMOs, taking it as axiomatic that such games are inspirational and boundless forces for good. The aim of this book is to enthuse an up-coming generation of designers, to inspire and educate players and designers-to-be, and to reinvigorate those already working in the field who might be wondering if it’s still all worthwhile.
Playing MMOs is about fun, immersion, and identity. Creating MMOs is about imagination, expression, and art. MMOs are so packed with potential that today's examples are little more than small, pioneering colonies on the shore of a vast, uncharted continent. What wonders wait beyond the horizon? What treasures will explorers bring back to amaze us? MMOs from the Inside Out is for people with a spark of creativity: it pours gasoline on that spark.
It:
- Explains what MMOs are, what they once were, and what they could – and should – become.
- Delves into why players play, and why designers design.
- Encourages, enthuses, enrages, engages, enlightens, envisions, and enchants.
- Doesn't tell you what to think, it tells you to think.
What You Will Learn:
- Myriad ways to improve MMOs – and to decide for yourself whether these are improvements.
- What MMOs are; who plays them, and why.
- How MMOs became what they are, and what this means for what they will become.
- That you have it in you to make MMOs yourself.
Whom This Book is For:
MMOs from the Inside Out is a book for those who wish to know more about game design in general and MMO design in particular. It's for people who play MMOs, for people who design MMOs, and for people who study MMOs. It's for people with a yearning to see beyond the world around them and to make manifest the worlds of their imagination.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
這是一部令人驚嘆的創意、資訊和指導的集合，來自於大型多人線上角色扮演遊戲（Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games, MMO）的真正先驅之一。《從內部看MMO：大型多人角色扮演遊戲的歷史、設計、樂趣與藝術》針對MMO的設計師和玩家，將這類遊戲視為靈感和無限善良力量的公理。本書的目標是激勵新一代的設計師，啟發和教育未來的玩家和設計師，並重新振作那些已經在這個領域工作的人，讓他們思考這一切是否仍然值得。
玩MMO是關於樂趣、沉浸和身份。創造MMO是關於想像、表達和藝術。MMO充滿了潛力，今天的例子不過是廣大、未被探索的洲岸邊的小型先驅殖民地。地平線之外等待著什麼奇蹟？探險者將帶回什麼寶藏來驚艷我們？《從內部看MMO》是為那些擁有創意火花的人而寫的：它為那火花加上了汽油。
它：
- 解釋了MMO是什麼，它們曾經是什麼，以及它們可以——也應該——成為什麼。
- 深入探討了玩家為什麼玩，設計師為什麼設計。
- 鼓勵、激勵、激怒、吸引、啟發、展望和迷住。
- 不告訴你該怎麼想，而是告訴你要思考。
你將學到：
- 改進MMO的無數方法——並自行決定這些是否為改進。
- MMO是什麼；誰在玩它們，為什麼。
- MMO是如何成為現在這樣的，這對它們未來的發展意味著什麼。
- 你有能力自己創造MMO。
本書適合誰：
《從內部看MMO》是一本希望了解遊戲設計（特別是MMO設計）的人所需的書籍。它適合玩MMO的人，設計MMO的人，以及研究MMO的人。它適合那些渴望超越周圍世界，實現自己想像中的世界的人。
