TY - BOOK AU - Macklin,Colleen AU - Sharp,John TI - Games, design and play: a detailed approach to iterative game design SN - 9780134392073 (pbk.) : U1 - 794.8 23 PY - 2016///] CY - Boston PB - Addison-Wesley KW - Video games KW - Design KW - Computer games KW - Games KW - Hobbies and Games KW - eflch KW - ukslc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - This step-by-step guide offers a play-focused, process-oriented approach for designing games people will love to play. Drawing on a combined 35 years of design and teaching experience, Colleen Macklin and John Sharp link the concepts and elements of play to the practical tasks of game design. Using full-colour examples, they reveal how real game designers think and work, and illuminate the amazing expressive potential of great game design ER -