Gamestar Mechanic For Dummies

Jacob Cordeiro is a math and gaming enthusiast attending the Stanford Online High School. He was a panelist at the Games for Change conference in 2012, and taught classes in the Gamestar Mechanic platform in the same year. Jacob is the author of Minecraft For Dummies, Portable Edition.

Introduction 1 Part I: Introducing the Gamestar Mechanic World 5 Chapter 1: What Is Gamestar Mechanic? 7 Chapter 2: Getting Up and Running 17 Part II: Playing and Designing Games 41 Chapter 3: The Basics of Playing a Game 43 Chapter 4: Completing Quest Missions 55 Chapter 5: Designing and Publishing Your First Game 75 Chapter 6: Understanding Sprites 105 Part III: Participating in the Gamestar Community 143 Chapter 7: Reviewing Games 145 Chapter 8: Earning Ranks and Badges 157 Chapter 9: Meeting the Mechanics 171 Chapter 10: Making Yourself Known within the Community 181 Part IV: Designing Masterpieces 191 Chapter 11: Understanding What Makes a Good Game 193 Chapter 12: Designing and Redesigning Games 211 Chapter 13: Seeking True Mastery in Game Design 223 Part V: Going Deeper in the Gamestar World 245 Chapter 14: Examining Premium Content 247 Chapter 15: Entering Game Design Contests 261 Chapter 16: Teaching and Learning through Gamestar Mechanic 277 Part VI: The Part of Tens 299 Chapter 17: Ten Types of Gameplay 301 Chapter 18: Ten Pitfalls of Gamestar Mechanic Projects 309 Index 319