Game Design Fundamentals
by Joshua Kinney and Thomas Winkley
Learn the basics of Game Design and the ideologies behind Swords and Shovels.
What you'll learn
Have you ever had a killer game idea, but just aren’t sure how to spawn the baddies? In Game Design Fundamentals, you will get hacking and slashing in no time. First, you will get your idea cemented. Second, assess and create your timelines and resources. 3rd, build your Technical Design Document and finally, get your outline assembled, so you can start building your game.
About the authors
Joshua is a devoted games author at Pluralsight. For years Joshua has been a key author behind Digital-Tutors' (now a Pluralsight company) popular game engine training. As a kid, he had a passion for playing video games, which eventually developed into a fascination with the process of game creation. The question of "How'd they do that?" led Joshua on a quest to learn to make these games himself. Ever since then, Joshua has devoted his life to creating games, as well as teaching others to build ... moretheir own fantastic video games.
He gets a huge sense of pride in knowing that he can make a difference in helping people create incredible games. From platformers to puzzlers, Joshua will gladly guide any artist who wants to start using a game engine and learn to put some power behind their polygons. At Pluralsight, he has been honored to develop the core curriculum for CryENGINE, Unity, UDK, and Unreal Engine 4.
Thomas Winkley is an audio engineer, podcast producer and, Street Fighter junkie. As a Unity Certified Instructor and Programmer, he finds joy in teaching others skills and helping them skill up in whatever areas they prefer. He's always ready to talk video production and Game Development