Rules of play : game design fundamentals /
Salen, Katie.
Rules of play : game design fundamentals / Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman. - Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT, c2004. - xv, 672 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 608-619) and index.
Video and computer games have become as much a genre of pop culture as film or television, but game design has yet to develop a theoretical framework or critical vocabulary. In 'Rules of Play' Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman offer an impassioned defense and definition of this emerging field.
Specialized.
9780262240451 (hbk.) : £33.50 0262240459 (hbk.) : £33.50
Computer games--Design.
Computer games--Design--Philosophy.
Computer games--Programming.
794.8
Rules of play : game design fundamentals / Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman. - Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT, c2004. - xv, 672 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 608-619) and index.
Video and computer games have become as much a genre of pop culture as film or television, but game design has yet to develop a theoretical framework or critical vocabulary. In 'Rules of Play' Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman offer an impassioned defense and definition of this emerging field.
Specialized.
9780262240451 (hbk.) : £33.50 0262240459 (hbk.) : £33.50
Computer games--Design.
Computer games--Design--Philosophy.
Computer games--Programming.
794.8