Gaming the system designing with Gamestar mechanic

Understanding games as systems, with complex interactions of game elements and rules.Gaming the System demonstrates the nature of games as systems, how game designers need to think in terms of complex interactions of game elements and rules, and how to identify systems concepts in the design process...

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Main Authors: Tekinbaş, Katie Salen, Gresalfi, Melissa (Author), Peppler, Kylie A. (Author), Santo, Rafi (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts The MIT Press 2014
Series:Interconnections : understanding systems through digital design
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Collection: MIT Press eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Understanding games as systems, with complex interactions of game elements and rules.Gaming the System demonstrates the nature of games as systems, how game designers need to think in terms of complex interactions of game elements and rules, and how to identify systems concepts in the design process. The activities use Gamestar Mechanic, an online game design environment with a systems thinking focus
Physical Description:color illustrations
ISBN:9780262319959
0262319950