Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals by Eric Zimmerman, Katie Salen Tekinbas (Hardcover, 2003)

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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.

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PublisherMIT Press Ltd
ISBN-139780262240451
eBay Product ID (ePID)95151974

Product Key Features

Number of Pages688 Pages
Publication NameRules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals
LanguageEnglish
SubjectComputer Science
Publication Year2003
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMultimedia
AuthorEric Zimmerman, Katie Salen Tekinbas
FormatHardcover

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Item Height229 mm
Item Weight1656 g
Item Width203 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorKatie Salen Tekinbas, Eric Zimmerman
Series TitleThe MIT Press

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