Fundamentals of Strategy Game Design

Table of contents

1. Title Page
2. About the Author
3. Table of Contents
4. Introduction
   1. What Are Strategy Games?
5. Game Features
   1. Challenges
   2. Player Actions
6. Core Mechanics
   1. Designing Units
   2. Upgrades and Technology Trees
   3. Logistics
7. The Game World
   1. Historical Settings
   2. Modern Settings
   3. Future (Science Fiction) Settings
   4. Fantasy Settings
8. The User Experience
   1. Interaction Model
   2. Camera Model
   3. User Interface
9. Artificial Opponents
   1. Game Tree Search
   2. Neural Nets
   3. Hierarchical Finite State Machines
   4. A Final Note on Artificial Opponents
10. Summary
    1. Design Practice Case Study
    2. Design Practice Questions
    3. References
    4. About the Fundamentals of Game Design E-books
11. Copyright Page
12. Fundamentals of Game Design