Hello everyone. I have long been seeking an accessible copy of Jesse Schell's book The Art of Game Design; A book of Lenses. A friend found me a very questionable copy which wasn't indexed at all so I had to read it sequentially. Despite this drawback, I still found the first edition of this book to be the best book on game design and creation that I've ever come across. I've got quite a large library of such books now but if I had to pick one book, The Art of Game Design would be it. Jesse does a great job of introducing concepts in layman's terms and then building your understanding up to a decent level very smoothly and quickly.
The version available on Kindle is sadly inaccessible at present. However, you can get a fully accessible one for Windows, Androiad, Mac and iOS from: www.crcpress.com The ebook is a text book and is priced accordingly. There's a sale on now but it still ran me over $50. In my humble opinion, it's worth every penny. the Vital Source bookshelf software is what you'll need to read a purchased book from CRC Press. You can download them for offline reading quite easily. The iOS app and Windows software are both designed to be accessible with screen-readers. I found the book a pleasure to navigate through and read so far. I'm just starting to feel my way around the iPHONE app. On the PC, it lets your screen-reader and therefore your preferred voice do the reading. Voiceover does a good job on iOS too. Doubtless, there are more books of interest on CRC Press and likely other places which use the Vital Source bookshelf too. Having a book like this really elevates one's thinking about games. I hope that some of you would-be developers will have a lok at it for yourselves. -- Michael Feir Creator and presentor of Journeys of the Mind: Play is Where Community Begins http://www.michaelfeir.blogspot.ca/2015/01/journeys-of-mind-play-is-where.html Volunteer at New Horizons Peel Multicultural Centre www.peelmc.ca 2014-- Disability advocate Meadowvale Community Christian Reformed Church www.meadowvalecrc.ca 2013--2014 Volunteer at The Dam http://www.thedam.org 2011-2013 Twitter: mfeir Skype: michael-feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 http://michaelfeir.blogspot.ca/2009/01/personal-power.html A Life of Word and Sound 2003-2007 http://michaelfeir.blogspot.ca/2009/01/life-of-word-and-sound.html Creator and former editor of Audyssey Magazine 1996-2004 Check out my blog at: http://www.michaelfeir.blogspot.ca --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
