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Want to design your own video games? Let expert Scott Rogers show you how! If you want to design and build cutting-edge video games but aren't sure where to start, then the Second Edition of the acclaimed Level Up! is for you! Written by leading video game expert Scott Rogers, who has designed the hits Pac Man World, Maximo and SpongeBob Squarepants, provides clear and well-thought out examples that forgo theoretical gobbledygook with charmingly illustrated concepts and solutions based years of professional experience. Level Up! Second Edition has been Newly Expanded to teach you how to develop marketable ideas, learn what perils and pitfalls await during a game's pre-production, production and post-production stages. Level 1 Welcome, N00bs! Level 2 Ideas Level 3 Writing the Story Level 4 You Can Design a Game, but Can You Do the Paperwork? Level 5 The Three Cs, Part 1: Character Level 6 The Three Cs, Part 2: Camera Level 7 The Three Cs, Part 3: Controls Level 8 Sign Language: HUD and Icon Design Level 9 Everything I Learned About Level Design, I Learned from Level 9 Level 10 The Elements of Combat Level 11 They All Want You Dead Level 12 The Nuts and Bolts of Mechanics Level 13 Now You're Playing with Power Level 14 Multiplayer--The More the Merrier Level 15 Everybody Wins: Monetization Level 16 Some Notes on Music Level 17 Cutscenes, or No One's Gonna Watch Anyway Level 18 And Now the Hard Part