Triadic Game Design [recurso electrónico] : Balancing Reality, Meaning and Play / by Casper Harteveld.

Por: Harteveld, Casper [author.]Colaborador(es): SpringerLink (Online service)Tipo de material: Texto

TextoEditor: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2011Descripción: XVII, 316p. 89 illus., 84 illus. in color. online resourceTipo de contenido: text Tipo de medio: computer Tipo de portador: online resourceISBN: 9781849961578Tema(s): Computer science | Computer simulation | Education | Computer Science | Simulation and Modeling | Computers and Education | Media DesignFormatos físicos adicionales: Printed edition:: Sin títuloClasificación CDD: 003.3 Clasificación LoC:QA76.9.C65Recursos en línea: Libro electrónico Texto

Contenidos:

Press Start -- Foundations -- Reality -- Meaning -- Play -- Balancing -- Game Over?- Notes -- Literature Bibliography -- Game Bibliography -- Solutions -- Workshop -- Worksheets -- Index.

En: Springer eBooksResumen: Many designers, policy makers, teachers, and other practitioners are beginning to understand the usefulness of using digital games beyond entertainment. This has led to an increasing number of attempts to apply games meaningfully. Games have been developed from teaching students about history, making patients adhere in taking their medicine, to recruiting personnel for the military and collecting data to improve search engines. Yet, little is known on how to design such games. This book is one of the first to look into the fundamentals of designing any game with a serious purpose and provides a way of thinking on how to design one successfully. Drawing on the personal design experience of the author as well as dozens of examples, the reader will be introduced to a design philosophy called “Triadic Game Design.” This argues that all games involve three worlds: the worlds of Reality, Meaning, and Play. Each world is affiliated with different people, disciplines, aspects, and criteria. The philosophy also posits that a balance needs to be found within and between the three worlds. Such a balance is difficult to achieve, during the design many tensions will arise, forcing designers to make trade-offs. To deal with these tensions and to ensure that the right decisions are made to create a harmonic game, a frame of reference is needed. This is what Triadic Game Design offers. And this is what makes it an invaluable tool for practitioners and researchers who are interested in using and designing games that have a real world impact.

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Tipo de ítem	Biblioteca actual	Colección	Signatura	Copia número	Estado	Fecha de vencimiento	Código de barras
Libro Electrónico	Biblioteca Electrónica	Colección de Libros Electrónicos	QA76.9 .C65 (Browse shelf(Abre debajo))	1	No para préstamo		372845-2001

Press Start -- Foundations -- Reality -- Meaning -- Play -- Balancing -- Game Over?- Notes -- Literature Bibliography -- Game Bibliography -- Solutions -- Workshop -- Worksheets -- Index.

Many designers, policy makers, teachers, and other practitioners are beginning to understand the usefulness of using digital games beyond entertainment. This has led to an increasing number of attempts to apply games meaningfully. Games have been developed from teaching students about history, making patients adhere in taking their medicine, to recruiting personnel for the military and collecting data to improve search engines. Yet, little is known on how to design such games. This book is one of the first to look into the fundamentals of designing any game with a serious purpose and provides a way of thinking on how to design one successfully. Drawing on the personal design experience of the author as well as dozens of examples, the reader will be introduced to a design philosophy called “Triadic Game Design.” This argues that all games involve three worlds: the worlds of Reality, Meaning, and Play. Each world is affiliated with different people, disciplines, aspects, and criteria. The philosophy also posits that a balance needs to be found within and between the three worlds. Such a balance is difficult to achieve, during the design many tensions will arise, forcing designers to make trade-offs. To deal with these tensions and to ensure that the right decisions are made to create a harmonic game, a frame of reference is needed. This is what Triadic Game Design offers. And this is what makes it an invaluable tool for practitioners and researchers who are interested in using and designing games that have a real world impact.