Situational Game Design
Taylor & Francis

Situational Game Design - Hardback

Edition: 1st Edition
Subjects: Art, The arts: general issues
ISBN13: 9781138305182
Published: 02 Nov 2017

Format - Hardback
By Brian Upton

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Situational Game Design - Hardback

Regular price A$244.00
Sale price A$244.00 Regular price A$305.00
Product description

Situational Design lays out a new methodology for designing and critiquing videogames. While most game design books focus on games as formal systems, Situational Design concentrates squarely on player experience. It looks at how playfulness is not a property of a game considered in isolation, but rather the result of the intersection of a game with an appropriate player. Starting from simple concepts, the book advances step-by-step to build up a set of practical tools for designing player-centric playful situations. While these tools provide a fresh perspective on familiar design challenges as well as those overlooked by more transactional design paradigms.

Key Features

Introduces a new methodology of game design that concentrates on moment-to-moment player experience

  • Provides practical design heuristics for designing playful situations in all types of games
  • Offers groundbreaking techniques for designing non-interactive play spaces
  • Teaches designers how to create games that function as performances
  • Provides a roadmap for the evolution of games as an art form.
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