GDWhttp://www.gdworkshop.org/Copyright GDWsNews Welcome to the new web home of the Game Designers Workshop! This site is still an infant (not even teething yet). The first task is to move all archived content up here. Next, we’ll see what new categories and information we might want to have here for our use. The goal isn’t to recreate information or tools that are already out there (but we could and maybe should point to them), but rather to keep this lean, mean and useful. Comments or ideas? Let me know! (paulcs@uiuc.edu) Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:47:25 +0000http://www.gdworkshop.org/home/welcome/http://www.gdworkshop.org/home/welcome/Title: The Animator's Survival Kit: A Manual of Methods, Principles, and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion, and Internet Animators Author: Richard Williams Publisher: Faber & Faber Publication Date: January 7, 2002 ISBN: 0571202284 Suggested by: Hal Barwood Comments: Beyond The Illusion of Life in detail and practicality by the master of Roger Rabbit.   Title: Architecture: Form, Space, and Order Author: Frank D. K. Ching, Francis D. Ching Publisher: Wiley Publication Date: December 18, 1995 (second edition) ISBN: 0471286168 Suggested by: Paul Schuytema Comments: “Simple overview of architecture. Good for level builders.”   Title: A Bug's Life: The Art and Making of an Epic of Miniature Proportions Author: Jeff Kurtti Publisher: Disney Editions Publication Date: December 23, 1998 ISBN: 0786864419 Suggested by: Mike Pondsmith Comments: “Or any of the ‘making of’ Disney and Pixar stuff. Talk about how teams function. Create docs. Team dynamics. The ‘Bug’s Life’ one is particularly good.”   Title: Designing Disney's Theme Parks: The Architecture of Reassurance Author: Karal Ann Marling (editor) Publisher: Flammarion Publication Date: February 15, 1998 ISBN: 2080136399 Suggested by: Patricia Pizer Comments: A fascinating volume which unites the writing of Marty Sklar, Frank Gehry & others in the analysis of the intentions and strategies behind the design of Disneyland. Full of fabulous photos & sketches from the famed Disney Archives.   Title: Design of Cities Author: Edmund N. Bacon Publisher: Penguin Books Publication Date: May 1, 1976 (revised edition) ISBN: 0140042369 Suggested by: Patricia Pizer Comments: “How cities are designed and function over history.”   Title: The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation Author: Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas Publisher: Disney Editions Publication Date: October 19, 1995 (revised edition) ISBN: 0786860707 Suggested by: Hal Barwood Comments: A great coffee table book by two famous pros and a standard teaching text.   Title: A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction Author: Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication Date: 1977 ISBN: 0195019199 Suggested by: Mark Terrano Comments: Warren Spector recommends everything by Christopher Alexander: “Alexander’s Timeless Way of Building is both instructive and therapeutic – I’m convinced reading/rereading it lowers my blood pressure. His new series, Phenomenon of Life, is pretty wacky – I’m still trying to wade through its four thick volumes – but it’s certainly through-provoking.”Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:37:13 +0000http://www.gdworkshop.org/reading-lists/art-and-architecture/http://www.gdworkshop.org/reading-lists/art-and-architecture/September 2000, Gerstle Park Inn, San Rafael CA October 2001, Lakeway Inn, Austin TX September 2002, University Park Hotel, Cambridge MA August 2003, Embassy Suites, San Rafael CA October 2004, Edgewater Hotel, Seattle WA Octoiber 2005, Portofino Hotel & Yacht Club, Redondo Beach, CA October 2006, Westin Casuarina Hotel & Spa, Las Vegas, NVWed, 15 Nov 2006 11:28:03 +0000http://www.gdworkshop.org/workshops/previous-workshops/http://www.gdworkshop.org/workshops/previous-workshops/