# Resources for Game Design?
**URL:** https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/t/resources-for-game-design/2236
**Category:** Operating Systems, Editors, and Tools
**Tags:** game-development
**Created:** [April 17, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/t/resources-for-game-design/2236 "2020-04-17T20:27:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Josh](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/u/Josh)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/t/resources-for-game-design/2236/1 "2020-04-17T20:27:22Z")
I’m looking for resources on game design — not the coding part, but just the design. The resources don’t even have to be specific to computers.
So far, I’ve found a book and card deck called [Art of Game Design](http://deck.artofgamedesign.com/). Does anyone know of other good resources?
Related thread: [RPG Game Plots](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/t/rpg-game-plots/1119)
---
### Author:  [@flcpge](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/u/flcpge)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/t/resources-for-game-design/2236/2 "2020-04-18T00:24:25Z")
The second point is true. Games should be easy to pick up, but hard to master. I.e. chess or Go. And the rules should be relatively simple.
I’ve noticed the great classic games have replay value, i.e. Tetris, Starcraft.
> **[The 3 Primary Game Design Principles | Ultimate Guide](https://gamedesigning.org/learn/game-design-principles/)**
>
> Learn the 3 essential principles of game design that will give you the best chance of success with your new video game. Both novice and advanced designers will find these principles valuable.
---
### Author:  [@Josh](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/u/Josh)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2020, 1:26am UTC](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/t/resources-for-game-design/2236/3 "2020-04-18T01:26:08Z")
> This means that anyone can enjoy these games without the need to study a rulebook or take some kind of course beforehand, which is why they are both successes.
I probably need to work on that. 🙂
That site mentioned Coursera, so I searched and found some free courses. At least some of them look design-related.
- [https://www.coursera.org/learn/game-development](https://www.coursera.org/learn/game-development)
- [https://www.coursera.org/learn/gamedesign](https://www.coursera.org/learn/gamedesign)
- [https://www.coursera.org/learn/gamedev-business](https://www.coursera.org/learn/gamedev-business)
- [https://www.coursera.org/learn/gamedev-platforms](https://www.coursera.org/learn/gamedev-platforms)
- [https://www.coursera.org/learn/video-game-story](https://www.coursera.org/learn/video-game-story)
- [https://www.coursera.org/learn/gamification](https://www.coursera.org/learn/gamification)
---
### Author:  [@Josh](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/u/Josh)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/t/resources-for-game-design/2236/4 "2020-04-25T00:14:19Z")
I found some videos on YouTube that show brief clips of many old games in a short period. I thought they were interesting for ideas.
---
### Author:  [@Josh](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/u/Josh)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/t/resources-for-game-design/2236/5 "2020-04-26T19:04:15Z")
The `#gamedev` and `#screenshotsaturday` hashtags on Twitter also have interesting examples of what people are building.
[https://twitter.com/hashtag/gamedev](https://twitter.com/hashtag/gamedev)
[https://twitter.com/hashtag/screenshotsaturday](https://twitter.com/hashtag/screenshotsaturday)
---
### Author:  [@Josh](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/u/Josh)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/t/resources-for-game-design/2236/6 "2020-04-29T18:42:40Z")
I saw a recommendation for this book.
[http://www.gamesdesignandplay.com/](http://www.gamesdesignandplay.com/)
---
### Author:  [@Dave](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/u/Dave)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/t/resources-for-game-design/2236/7 "2020-11-16T23:01:56Z")
Not sure how much game design is mentioned in this group, but it’s the one ran by the pong series I watched, the focus may be more on game patterns than design, but may some of the resources may be helpful [home team game dev](https://hometeamgamedev.com/)
---
### Author:  [@Josh](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/u/Josh)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/t/resources-for-game-design/2236/8 "2020-11-16T23:08:31Z")
That looks interesting.
---
### Author:  [@Josh](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/u/Josh)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/t/resources-for-game-design/2236/9 "2021-03-08T21:10:54Z")
I’m not sure if this has been mentioned yet: “Random Idea, Plot and Inspiration Generators for Art and Writing”
[https://www.magatsu.net/generators/](https://www.magatsu.net/generators/)