Gaming the System: Designing with Gamestar Mechanic (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning)

Gaming the System: Designing with Gamestar Mechanic (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning)

Katie Salen Tekinbas, Melissa Gresalfi, Kylie Peppler
$32.00
Publication Date: October 17th, 2014
Publisher:
MIT Press
ISBN:
9780262027816
Pages:
266
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Description

Understanding games as systems, with complex interactions of game elements and rules.

Gaming the System demonstrates the nature of games as systems, how game designers need to think in terms of complex interactions of game elements and rules, and how to identify systems concepts in the design process. The activities use Gamestar Mechanic, an online game design environment with a systems thinking focus.

About the Author

Katie Salen Tekinbaş is Professor in the School of Computing and Digital Media at DePaul University and Executive Director of Institute of Play. Melissa Gresalfi is Associate Professor of Mathematics Education and Learning Sciences at Vanderbilt University. Kylie Peppler is Assistant Professor in the Learning Sciences Program and Director of the Creativity Labs at Indiana University Bloomington. Rafi Santo is a doctoral student in the Learning Sciences Program at Indiana University Bloomington.

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