Games and Rules: Game Mechanics for the "Magic Circle" (Edition Medienwissenschaft): Game Mechanics for the »Magic Circle« - Softcover

 
9783837643046: Games and Rules: Game Mechanics for the "Magic Circle" (Edition Medienwissenschaft): Game Mechanics for the »Magic Circle«
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3837643042 ISBN 13: 9783837643046
Verlag: transcript Verlag, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

Why do we play games and why do we play them on computers? The contributors of "Games and Rules" take a closer look at the core of each game and the motivational system that is the game mechanics. Games are control circuits that organize the game world with their (joint) players and establish motivations in a dedicated space, a "Magic Circle", whereas game mechanics are constructs of rules designed for interactions that provide gameplay. Those rules form the base for all the excitement and frustration we experience in games.
This anthology contains individual essays by experts and authors with backgrounds in Game Design and Game Studies, who lead the discourse to get to the bottom of game mechanics in video games and the real world - among them Miguel Sicart and Carlo Fabricatore.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Beat Suter (PhD), born in 1962, works as a senior lecturer and researcher in Game Design at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and manages the GameLab. He has a PhD in Literary Studies.
Mela Kocher (PhD), born in 1972, works as a senior researcher in Game Design at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). She has a PhD in Literary Studies.
René Bauer, born in 1972, works as lecturer, researcher and head of Master of Arts in Game Design at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). His interests are coding, game mechanics and artgames.

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Why do we play games and why do we play them on computers? The contributors of »Games and Rules« take a closer look at the core of each game and the motivational system that is the game mechanics. Games are control circuits that organize the game world with their (joint) players and establish motivations in a dedicated space, a »Magic Circle«, whereas game mechanics are constructs of rules designed for interactions that provide gameplay. Those rules form the base for all the excitement and frustration we experience in games.This anthology contains individual essays by experts and authors with backgrounds in Game Design and Game Studies, who lead the discourse to get to the bottom of game mechanics in video games and the real world – among them Miguel Sicart and Carlo Fabricatore.

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Verlag
transcript Verlag
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3837643042
ISBN 13 
9783837643046
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
322
Herausgeber
Beat Suter, Mela Kocher, René Bauer
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