Books about game design

Dear forum friends,

I'm looking for books about game design and was wondering if you have any recommendations..

Or maybe other tips, interesting documents?

The art of game design by Jesse Schell

A theory of fun by Raph Koster

Lost garden, blog of Dan Cook

Thanks! I will surely check those out!

this is great, thanks I will look out for them

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Business-iPhone-iPad-Development/dp/1430233001/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369261701&sr=8-1&keywords=The+business+of+ipad+app+development+book

'The business of ipad app development' book contains lots of useful information, including how best to market a free app, use of advertising, etc. Even if you're creating your game for PC, there's lots of helpful marketing advice which could be useful when approaching the later stages of your project.

Your horror games coming together nicely by the way, Robin. Love your art style and the smoothness of your character animations.

Dave Hailwood, the more info the better! Right? (Or not... Hmm... Let's not delve into that question)

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Ernest Adams work are also good to read:

Advanced Game Design

Fundamentals Game Design

The first book gave birth of a tool for game design called Machinations.

Gamasutra blog.

The tool itself

EDIT: typos

Game Design Secrets got a corny name and a horrible cover, but it's a well made compilation of stories, with a strong focus on monetization, and some nice post mortem (Waking Mars, among others)

Level up is a book that goes through the basics, but in an easy and consistent way. You may or may not like the tone, best to check it before buying. I consider it a good sum up of things to remember.

Soybean sved

Thanks! :D

Personally, my game design bible is this book: Concevoir un jeu vid�o

It's only available in french, german or spanish. Not english. But it's really, really good.

Lowren, too bad I'm not good in any of those languages, but I'm sure it will help others! ;)

Something that's a great recommandation for the designers in my team : Challenges for Game Designers.

I actually got mixed feelings about this one, I have it(and it really got the most ugly cover in my whole library) and if the non-digital approach to game design is refreshing at first, it's more a list of homework exercises with different constraints to try.

Good if you are often short of inspiration, or are looking for ideas for a creative workshop/rainy weekend with kids/school masterclass... Best check it first.

Theory of Fun - Raph Koster

Challenges for game designers - Brenda & Ian

Homos Ludens - Johan Huizinga (a more theorical approach)