Gaming the system :: designing with Gamestar mechanic /: Katie Salen Tekinbaş, Melissa Gresalfi, Kylie Peppler, and Rafi Santo.

Tekinbaş, Katie Salen,; Gresalfi, Melissa,; Peppler, Kylie A.,; Santo, Rafi,

Gaming the system : designing with Gamestar mechanic / Katie Salen Tekinbaş, Melissa Gresalfi, Kylie Peppler, and Rafi Santo.

Tekinbaş, Katie Salen, author.; Gresalfi, Melissa, 1977- author.; Peppler, Kylie A., author.; Santo, Rafi, 1982- author.

2014

QA76.76.C672

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Title

Gaming the system : designing with Gamestar mechanic / Katie Salen Tekinbaş, Melissa Gresalfi, Kylie Peppler, and Rafi Santo.

Author

Tekinbaş, Katie Salen, author.

ISBN

9780262319959 (electronic bk.)
0262319950 (electronic bk.)
9780262027816
026202781X

Published

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]

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English

Description

1 online resource (xxxvi, 266 pages : color illustrations.

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QA76.76.C672

Dewey Decimal Classification

794.8/1536

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.

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Gresalfi, Melissa, 1977- author.
Peppler, Kylie A., author.
Santo, Rafi, 1982- author.

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