Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals by Salen Tekinbas, Katie
Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals by Salen Tekinbas, Katie

Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals

An impassioned look at games and game design that offers the most ambitious framework for understanding them...
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Author: Katie Salen Tekinbas
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Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals by Salen Tekinbas, Katie

Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals

BD$187.78
Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals by Salen Tekinbas, Katie

Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals

BD$187.78
Author: Katie Salen Tekinbas
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
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.



Author: Katie Salen Tekinbas, Eric Zimmerman
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 09/25/2003
Pages: 688
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 8.30w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780262240451
Audience: Young Adult

About the Author
Katie Salen Tekinbaş is Professor in the School of Computing and Digital Media at DePaul University and Chief Designer and Researcher at Institute of Play.

Eric Zimmerman is a game designer, game design theorist, and co-founder and CEO of gameLab. He has taught at universities including MIT, the University of Texas, Parsons School of Design, New York University, Rhode Island School of Design, and the School of Visual Arts.
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