Desktop Game Design And Development

Tabletop game enjoys a long history and during which face-to-face interaction and communication between people is greatly emphasized. The development of tabletop game is anything but smooth; however, it is back into people's lives now with fresh a look. Tabletop game has a mature industrial chain in many countries. On the contrary, China's tabletop game is in its infancy and has few original titles.The essay mainly researches on the four parts:the concept of tabletop game, history of development, categorization, unique features and its functionality and concludes the commercial, social, cultural and artistic value of the game. On the other hand, it also talks about found problems of its design and product development through researches on currently development of tabletop game and at the same time gives suggestions for potential solutions.Finally, using an original tabletop game called<Dumpling and Steam Stuffed Bun> as an example, the essay explores the possibility of resolving problems encountered during the design and development stage of the game.