Game Development Essentials

Chapter 1: World of the Level Designer
Chapter 2: Conceptualization of a World
Chapter 3: Paper Design
PART 2: PRODUCTION
Chapter 4: Blocking In
Chapter 5: Environmental Art
Chapter 6: Lighting
PART 3: POST PRODUCTION
Chapter 7: Sounds and Effects
Chapter 8: AI, Triggers, Movers, and Machineamatography
Chapter 9: Games of our Lives

Jeannie Novak is Lead Author and Series Editor of Delmar Cengage Learning's acclaimed Game Development Essentials series. She is Vice Chair of the Los Angeles chapter of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA-LA), Vice President of Women in Games International (WIGI), and CEO of Kaleidospace, LLC, which oversees the Indiespace social network and a game education consulting division. Jeannie has directed programs, developed curriculum, and taught at the Art Institute Online, Art Center College of Design,UCLA Extension, and the Academy of Entertainment & Technology at Santa Monica College. Jeannie has developed or participated in game workshops and panels at the Austin Game Developers Conference (GDC Online), Penny Arcade Expo (PAX), Macworld Expo, Game Education Summit, and LA Games Conference. She is ANIMIAMI's Game Conference Chair, SIGGRAPH 2010 session chair, and a member of the Game Education Summit advisory board and AIAS Online Excellence and Multiplayer Awardspanels. Jeannie received an M.A. in Communication Management from USC's Annenberg School and a B.A. in Mass Communication/Business Administration from UCLA. Jeannie is also an accomplished composer, recording artist, performer, and music instructor (piano/voice).