For anyone interested in game systems, Mike Sellers' book is the best recent introduction: https://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Game-Design-Systems-Approach... This blog post didn't really do much for me. The blog author's definition of system is not how contemporary game development community uses the word. We wouldn't call decks of cards…
……《游戏设计透视镜》（The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses）- 史蒂夫·斯温克的《游戏感》（Game Feel）- 斯科特·罗杰斯的《通关！游戏设计之道》（Level Up）- 斯卡夫等人的《游戏的特质》（Characteristics of Games）- 拉夫·科斯特的《快乐之道》（A Theory of Fun）- 乔里斯·多曼斯与欧内斯特·亚当斯的《游戏机制：高级游戏设计》（Game Mechanics: Advanced Game Design）。这本刚出版，但我敢闭眼押宝：- 理查德·勒马尔尚的《好玩的制作流程》（A Playful Production Process）
…Design A Book of Lenses - Steve Swink's Game Feel - Scott Rogers' Level Up - Skaff & others' Characteristics of Games - Raph Koster's A Theory of Fun - Joris Dormans & Ernest Adams' Game Mechanics: Advanced Game Design This one was just published but I'll happily bet on it: - Richard LeMarchand's A Playful Production Process
…Sensation, by Steve Swink Designing Virtual Worlds, by Richard Bartle Here are a few more that I haven’t read and don’t own, so don’t know anything about them: Elements of Game Design, by Robert Zubek Advanced Game Design: A Systems Approach, by Michael Sellers Game Mechanics: Advanced Game Design, by Ernest Adams & Joris Dormans The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design, by Flint Dille & John Zuur Platten I’m sure there are…
……它把游戏机制抽象成了形式化的模拟，但技术性太强了，把整个过程的乐趣都给榨干了，所以我没读下去。书名叫《游戏机制：高级游戏设计》（Game Mechanics: Advanced Game Design）。不过话说回来，以后也许会有足够先进的工具，能做到既有深度又不失乐趣。
…which abstracted out the game mechanics into formalized simulation but it was too technical that was taking out the fun from the process so I stopped reading it. The name of the book is Game Mechanics: Advanced Game Design. But yes, maybe there'll be tools advanced enough to help not taking the fun out.
对游戏系统感兴趣的人，迈克·塞勒斯这本是近期最好的入门书：https://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Game-Design-Systems-Approach... 这篇博文对我来说倒没啥营养。博主对系统的定义根本不是当代游戏开发社区的用法。我们才不会把一副副扑克牌叫做……
For anyone interested in game systems, Mike Sellers' book is the best recent introduction: https://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Game-Design-Systems-Approach... This blog post didn't really do much for me. The blog author's definition of system is not how contemporary game development community uses the word. We wouldn't call decks of cards…
我读过最好的一本是迈克尔·塞勒斯的《高级游戏设计：系统方法》（Advanced Game Design: A Systems Approach）。它比其他游戏设计书籍要严谨不少。
The best one I’ve read is Advanced Game Design: A Systems Approach by Michael Sellers. It’s a good bit more rigorous than other books on game design.
……《游戏设计透视镜》（The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses）- 史蒂夫·斯温克的《游戏感》（Game Feel）- 斯科特·罗杰斯的《通关！游戏设计之道》（Level Up）- 斯卡夫等人的《游戏的特质》（Characteristics of Games）- 拉夫·科斯特的《快乐之道》（A Theory of Fun）- 乔里斯·多曼斯与欧内斯特·亚当斯的《游戏机制：高级游戏设计》（Game Mechanics: Advanced Game Design）。这本刚出版，但我敢闭眼押宝：- 理查德·勒马尔尚的《好玩的制作流程》（A Playful Production Process）
…Design A Book of Lenses - Steve Swink's Game Feel - Scott Rogers' Level Up - Skaff & others' Characteristics of Games - Raph Koster's A Theory of Fun - Joris Dormans & Ernest Adams' Game Mechanics: Advanced Game Design This one was just published but I'll happily bet on it: - Richard LeMarchand's A Playful Production Process
……《游戏感》，史蒂夫·斯温克著；《设计虚拟世界》，理查德·巴特尔著。下面还有几本我没读过也没买的，所以不太了解：《游戏设计要素》，罗伯特·祖贝克著；《高级游戏设计：系统方法》，迈克尔·塞勒斯著；《游戏机制：高级游戏设计》，欧内斯特·亚当斯与乔里斯·多曼斯著；《电子游戏编剧与设计终极指南》，弗林特·迪勒与约翰·祖尔·普拉滕著。我肯定还有……
…Sensation, by Steve Swink Designing Virtual Worlds, by Richard Bartle Here are a few more that I haven’t read and don’t own, so don’t know anything about them: Elements of Game Design, by Robert Zubek Advanced Game Design: A Systems Approach, by Michael Sellers Game Mechanics: Advanced Game Design, by Ernest Adams & Joris Dormans The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design, by Flint Dille & John Zuur Platten I’m sure there are…
……它把游戏机制抽象成了形式化的模拟，但技术性太强了，把整个过程的乐趣都给榨干了，所以我没读下去。书名叫《游戏机制：高级游戏设计》（Game Mechanics: Advanced Game Design）。不过话说回来，以后也许会有足够先进的工具，能做到既有深度又不失乐趣。
…which abstracted out the game mechanics into formalized simulation but it was too technical that was taking out the fun from the process so I stopped reading it. The name of the book is Game Mechanics: Advanced Game Design. But yes, maybe there'll be tools advanced enough to help not taking the fun out.