In response to the success of the first edition of Foundation Game Design with Flash, Rex van der Spuy has revised and updated all the code to meet current programming best practices, and the focus is now on accurate ActionScript 3.0, regardless of the IDE that you use. We've al…
"This is the first volume to apply insights from the material turn in philosophy to the study of play and games. At a time of renewed interest in analogue gaming, as scholars are looking beyond the digital and virtual for the first time since the inception of game studies in the…
"This is the first volume to apply insights from the material turn in philosophy to the study of play and games. At a time of renewed interest in analogue gaming, as scholars are looking beyond the digital and virtual for the first time since the inception of game studies in the…
Games, whether educational or recreational, are meant to be fun. How do we ensure that the game delivers its intent? The answer to this question is playtesting. However, a haphazard playtest process cannot discover play experience from various dimensions. Players' perceptions, a…
by Garfield, Richard, Elias, George Skaff, Gutschera, Karl Robert
"Characteristics of Games offers a new way to understand games: by focusing on certain traits--including number of players, rules, degrees of luck and skill needed, and reward/effort ratio--and using these characteristics as basic points of comparison and analysis. These issues …
"Life is a Game describes how insights from game design can improve life outcomes"--.
"Life is a Game describes how insights from game design can improve life outcomes" Introduction a. Stances and the Strategic Layer b. Concepts and Examples c. Is there a Game Designer? d. Life's Important; So Are Games e. We Can Only Write From Who We Are Part I: The Strategic …
"Life is a Game describes how insights from game design can improve life outcomes"--
What if life is a game? Are you winning? Have you even decided what 'winning' is? Game design could be defined in many ways, but here the term is used to denote the practice of creating choices. Designing a game, in this sense, involves crafting limits, rewards, incentives, and…
"Life is a Game describes how insights from game design can improve life outcomes"--
« Narrative designers and game designers are critical to the development of digital and analog games. This book provides a detailed look at the work writers and designers perform every day on game development projects. It includes practical advice on how to break into the game i…
Do you love gaming? Do you have ideas for games of your own and want to learn how to produce them professionally? With Think Like a Game Designer, you will learn how to overcome mental blocks to great creative work, understand players' emotional reactions and evoke the right one…
