Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals (Mit Press) [Hardcover] Salen Tekinbas, Katie and Zimmerman, Eric

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Product Overview

• Author: Zimmerman
• Book Title: Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals
• Language: English

An impassioned look at games and game design that offers the most ambitious
framework for understanding them to date.As pop culture, games are as
important 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 present a much-needed primer for this emerging field. They
offer a unified model for looking at all kinds of games, from board games and
sports to computer and video games. As active participants in game culture,
the authors have written Rules of Play as a catalyst for innovation, filled
with new concepts, strategies, and methodologies for creating and
understanding games. Building an aesthetics of interactive systems, Salen and
Zimmerman define core concepts like "play," "design," and "interactivity."
They look at games through a series of eighteen "game design schemas," or
conceptual frameworks, including games as systems of emergence and
information, as contexts for social play, as a storytelling medium, and as
sites of cultural resistance.Written for game scholars, game developers, and
interactive designers, Rules of Play is a textbook, reference book, and
theoretical guide. It is the first comprehensive attempt to establish a solid
theoretical framework for the emerging discipline of game design. Read more
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