Reverse design. Chrono Trigger /

Reverse design. Chrono Trigger /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Holleman, Patrick, author.
Imprint:	Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2019]
Description:	x, 88 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Reverse design series
Subject:	Computer games -- Design. Fantasy games -- Design. Computer games -- Design.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11858883

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Chrono Trigger
ISBN:	9781138324985 1138324981 9781138323735 113832373X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	The Reverse Design series looks at all of the design decisions that went into classic video games. This is the second installment in the Reverse Design series, looking at Chrono Trigger. Written in a readable format, it is broken down into four sections examining some of the most important topics to the game: 1. Analyzes how the designers use gameplay to preserve and embellish the surprises in the plot; 2. Explains how Chrono Trigger is really two different games: the Tragedy of the Entity and the Comedy of the Sages; 3. Highlights how the two games differ in terms of tone, linearity, player choice and in the pacing of their content--back cover.

Table of Contents:

Quest one : save Queen Leene (and Marle)
The comedy of the sages
Strengths and weaknesses in the design of Chrono Trigger
Patterns of evolution and expansion in Chrono Trigger
Conclusion.