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 (Author), Gresalfi, Melissa, 1977- (Author), Peppler, Kylie A. (Author), Santo, Rafi, 1982- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
Series:Interconnections : understanding systems through digital design
The John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation series on digital media and learning
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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:1 online resource (xxxvi, 266 pages : color illustrations.
ISBN:9780262319959
0262319950
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9694.001.0001