John Hopson Bücher

The Secret Science of Games is an entertaining tour of games research with behind-the-scenes stories from blockbuster games including Halo, Destiny, Age of Empires, and World of Warcraft. This book is a friendly and practical guide to games research by someone who’s done the work. It explores the differences between a good player and a good playtester, how to give feedback to game designers that they’ll actually listen to, why asking players if a game is fun isn’t all that useful, what happened when encountering the most toxic players in Overwatch, how game designers are different than normal people, why players said they cheated in Destiny’s competitive modes, and the right way to use online feedback to make a better game. Instead of a dry list of research methods or theory, this book is a lively exploration of how science and games mix together to create fun experiences that work for all players, including real stories from games everyone knows.