1. The Official Guide to Game Development

2. Chapter 3 Prototyping: practice makes perfect

3. Key Chapter Questions ■ At what point during the production cycle should prototyping take place? ■ What game elements are best suited to prototyping? ■ How does a tool such as GameSalad Creator enable rapid prototying in games? ■ Is it possible to prototype a game with incomplete or placeholder assets? ■ How can prototyping be used to streamline the entire production process?

4. In the Beginning, There Was... “Slaying the Dragon” Image courtesy of Kimberly Unger.

5. Style Horizontal The horizontal prototype takes a single design element from the final product and builds it out so that it can be explored in full. Image courtesy of Kimberly Unger.

6. Style Vertical The vertical prototype takes a slice of the complete final product at all levels. Image courtesy of Kimberly Unger.

7. Classification ■ Throwaway ■ Incremental ■ Evolutionary

8. Prototyping Process Battle Legend Infinity began with a limited paper prototype (left) before moving to a higher-fidelity prototype developed in Creator (right). Image courtesy of GameSalad®.

9. Design & Data Collection ■ Overview ■ Competitive Analysis ■ Genre ■ User Interface

10. Design & Data Collection Genre Danger Cats! Source Apple Inc. The Secret of Grisly Manor Source Apple Inc.

11. Design & Data Collection User Interface Multiple paper and slideshow-style prototypes are built for interface-oriented applications in order to test user reactions. Image courtesy of GameSalad®.

12. Testing ErnCon Image courtesy of Woo Games.

13. External Prototyping GameSalad Creator gives developers several ways to test and showcase Prototypes. Image courtesy of GameSalad®.

14. GameSalad Viewer iOS “Preview on iPhone” button Image courtesy of GameSalad®.

15. GameSalad Viewer Android Working versions of prototypes can be shown on Android devices. Image courtesy of Kimberly Unger. Image courtesy of GameSalad®.

16. Summary ■In the Beginning, There Was... ■From Paper to Pixel ■Style ■Classification ■Prototyping Process ■Design & Data Collection ■Testing ■Internal Prototyping ■External Prototyping ■GameSalad Viewer ■Bigger, Smarter, Faster, Stronger?