"What you are reading now is the result of David Lightbown’s first big mission on [a] very long quest. The rest is a co-op campaign and he has brought along these weapons to get us started."
—From the Foreword by Mike Acton, Engine Director, Insomniac Games
"[David’s] acclaimed lectures, now demonstrated and elaborated in this book, are brilliant and very appropriate to our industry."
—Jason Parks, Owner, Continuity AI (former Technical Artist for SCEA, THQ, and Volition)
"Lightbown tackles some complicated cognitive and scientific concepts, but does so in a completely conversational manner that is not only approachable, but fun and interesting to read."
—Jim Brown, Epic Games
"All developers owe it to their future selves to learn to apply the process presented in this book to their tools."
—Corey Johnson, Unity Technologies
"If you build games tools and are not familiar with user-centered design, then you should read this book."
—Tom Hoferek, Principal User Experience Designer, Autodesk
"David not only delivers the concepts and techniques that can be used to improve the user experience of game development tools, he also outlines … the return on investment for doing so. A must read."
—Liam Grieg, Senior UX Designer, Atlassian
"In this easy-to-read, comprehensive guide, David Lightbown applies classic principles of user-centered design to the tool-building process. ... A must-read, even if you’re not in the games industry."
—AJ Kandy, Co-Founder/Director of Design, Peterson/Kandy
