Hi all,
I'll be teaching a tertiary level game development course over this coming summer. I'm looking for suggestions for a textbook. The course is aimed at 3rd-4th year students, most of whom are Computer Science students. While there is a reasonably strong programming requirement, the course looks at all aspects of the industry - design, marketing, art, coding, production and so on.
Any suggestions would be welcomed.
The Art of Game Design is a good choice for the actual art of designing a game (not necessarily video game) and the concepts it entails.
Game Design, Principles, Practice and Technique is a better choice for getting to know how video games are developed. Something like this plus a programming supplement provided by yourself should be a solid introduction to modern game design.
Game Architecture and Design was one of my course books for a degree in Games Computing (Software Development). I also had a few on OpenGL and Software Engineering (as the same principals apply).