The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses, Third Edition: A Book of Lenses: Tenth Anniversary

I have read 180+ books in last 5 years. This is in my top 5 books

The Quality of the Pages are good. It is a worth read.

Worst thing is Pages are coming out loose everywhere. Print feels like it was done on wet paper. Letters feel fat. Ink spread out. Some pages turned yellow. I bought the ₹1900 version. Dont know about 3k versions or higher. But this one was such a disappointment. Dont read with your fan running. Pages will fly away. Dont leave the book loose, put a book above or tie the entire book like an ancient scripture otherwise this book will evaporate eventually. But if you have 1900 rupees to waste, This book is still worth reading like this instead of a tablet or pc. Asking for replacement. Edit: after reading the book for a while, i feel the print does not look so bad. Wet paper feel is in few pages only overall the book is acceptable. But the pages coming loose made me so angry. Like every other page on the upper part of the book is coming loose. Will update on it when the replacement arrives.

Why this book has no price tag like MRP. Is this a problem ? should I return it?

The ultimate book on game design, from the ground up, every angle covered, explored and focused through the "lens" of the potential player aka the customer of your would be game. Best book hands down on the black art of great game design, and a step by step guide to ensuring your game is solid, engaging and highly playable. Highly recommended.

Usually I don't really rate products that I buy, but this book deserves it. It's a great book from what I've read so far, it'll change your mindset and perspective when it comes to games, you'll see why some games fail or why they're fun and addictive, it's simply the most important skill imo, so I'd recommend this book to anyone who has a passion for games and is serious about game development.

Why is such an expensive book so dirty? Can't Amazon store this properly?

I love this book. I've been reading it between my college classes.

This book somehow walks that fine line between a deeply informative academic work and a highly personalized take on game design. There is a lot of insight here for budding and experienced game designers, and also for those who are interested in how to make games of all kinds, in or out of the game industry. My personal area of education is screenwriting; I enjoyed a lot of Mr. Schell's writing as I found that the concepts explored were universally applicable to storytelling even if they were taught specifically through the lens of game design. This is a value purchase.