Creating Adventure Games for Teens

Jason Darby is a game designer for one of Europe's leading game developers and publishers, working on a leading AAA game title for the PS3 and Xbox platforms. Jason is the author of a number of game-creation books, including Make Amazing Games in Minutes; Power User's Guide to Windows Development; Awesome Game Creation, Third Edition; Game Creation for Teens; Going to War: Creating Computer War Games; Picture Yourself Creating Video Games; and Wizards and Warriors: Massively Multiplayer Online Game Creation, all published by Cengage Learning. Jason has also had a number of articles published in the UK press, including in Retro Gamer and PC Format, both leading magazines in their field.

Introduction.
1. Adventures Through Time.
2. Introduction to MMF2 & SAM.
3. Your First Game – Dungeon of Text.
4. Text Adventures in Depth.
5. The Adventure Game Object.
6. Game – Time Traveler – Rome.
7. Graphic Text Adventures.
8. Game – Wild West.
9. Editors.
10. Creating Your First Editor.
11. Point and Click Adventures.
12. Game - Sherlock The Detective.
13. More Advanced Techniques.
14. Hidden Object Games.
15. Game – Lost & Found.
16. Hidden Object – Mini Games.
17. S.A.M.
18. Game Design Ideas.
19. Other considerations.