Game Magic

Make More Immersive and Engaging Magic Systems in GamesGame Magic: A Designer's Guide to Magic Systems in Theory and Practice explains how to construct magic systems and presents a compendium of arcane lore, encompassing the theory, history, and structure of magic systems in games and human belief. The author combines rigorous scholarly analysis wi

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How to Use This Book. Magic Systems in Theory and Practice. From Exemplary Game Magic Systems to Code Recipes. Schools of Game Magic. Magic as Programming, Programming as Magic. Game Design Lessons from Occult Magic. A Videogame Designer's Guide to Non-Digital Game Magic. Adapting Game Magic from the Literature of the Fantastic. Works Cited. Appendices. Index.