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Author: Greg Costikyan. In life, uncertainty surrounds us. He describes types of uncertainty, including performative uncertainty, analytic complexity, and narrative anticipation. Series: Playful Thinking.

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PublisherMIT Press

ISBN-100262527537

ISBN-139780262527538

eBay Product ID (ePID)205970329

Product Key Features

Number of Pages152 Pages

Publication NameUncertainty in Games

LanguageEnglish

SubjectGame Theory, Programming / Games, Board Games, General, Video & Electronic

Publication Year2015

TypeTextbook

AuthorGreg Costikyan

Subject AreaMathematics, Computers, Games & Activities

SeriesPlayful Thinking Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight5.9 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal794.81536

SynopsisHow uncertainty in games--from D&D and Super Mario Bros. to Rock/Paper/Scissors --engages players and shapes play experiences. In life, uncertainty surrounds us. Things that we thought were good for us turn out to be bad for us (and vice versa); people we thought we knew well behave in mysterious ways; the stock market takes a nosedive. Thanks to an inexplicable optimism, most of the time we are fairly cheerful about it all. But we do devote much effort to managing and ameliorating uncertainty. Is it any wonder, then, asks Greg Costikyan, that we have taken this aspect of our lives and transformed it culturally, making a series of elaborate constructs that subject us to uncertainty but in a fictive and nonthreatening way? That is: we create games. In this concise and entertaining book, Costikyan, an award-winning game designer, argues that games require uncertainty to hold our interest, and that the struggle to master uncertainty is central to their appeal. Game designers, he suggests, can harness the idea of uncertainty to guide their work. Costikyan explores the many sources of uncertainty in many sorts of games--from Super Mario Bros. and Dungeons & Dragons to Rock/Paper/Scissors , from Monopoly to CityVille , from FPS Deathmatch play to Chess . He describes types of uncertainty, including performative uncertainty, analytic complexity, and narrative anticipation. And he suggests ways that game designers who want to craft novel game experiences can use an understanding of game uncertainty in its many forms to improve their designs., How uncertainty in games-from Super Mario Bros. to Rock/Paper/Scissors -engages players and shapes play experiences. In life, uncertainty surrounds us. Things that we thought were good for us turn out to be bad for us (and vice versa); people we thought we knew well behave in mysterious ways; the stock market takes a nosedive. Thanks to an inexplicable optimism, most of the time we are fairly cheerful about it all. But we do devote much effort to managing and ameliorating uncertainty. Is it any wonder, then, asks Greg Costikyan, that we have taken this aspect of our lives and transformed it culturally, making a series of elaborate constructs that subject us to uncertainty but in a fictive and nonthreatening way? That is- we create games. In this concise and entertaining book, Costikyan, an award-winning game designer, argues that games require uncertainty to hold our interest, and that the struggle to master uncertainty is central to their appeal. Game designers, he suggests, can harness the idea of uncertainty to guide their work. Costikyan explores the many sources of uncertainty in many sorts of games-from Super Mario Bros. and Dungeons & Dragons to Rock/Paper/Scissors , from Monopoly to CityVille , from FPS Deathmatch play to Chess . He describes types of uncertainty, including performative uncertainty, analytic complexity, and narrative anticipation. And he suggests ways that game designers who want to craft novel game experiences can use an understanding of game uncertainty in its many forms to improve their designs., How uncertainty in games--from Super Mario Bros. to Rock/Paper/Scissors --engages players and shapes play experiences. In life, uncertainty surrounds us. Things that we thought were good for us turn out to be bad for us (and vice versa); people we thought we knew well behave in mysterious ways; the stock market takes a nosedive. Thanks to an inexplicable optimism, most of the time we are fairly cheerful about it all. But we do devote much effort to managing and ameliorating uncertainty. Is it any wonder, then, asks Greg Costikyan, that we have taken this aspect of our lives and transformed it culturally, making a series of elaborate constructs that subject us to uncertainty but in a fictive and nonthreatening way? That is: we create games. In this concise and entertaining book, Costikyan, an award-winning game designer, argues that games require uncertainty to hold our interest, and that the struggle to master uncertainty is central to their appeal. Game designers, he suggests, can harness the idea of uncertainty to guide their work. Costikyan explores the many sources of uncertainty in many sorts of games--from Super Mario Bros. to Rock/Paper/Scissors , from Monopoly to CityVille , from FPS Deathmatch play to Chess . He describes types of uncertainty, including performative uncertainty, analytic complexity, and narrative anticipation. And he suggest ways that game designers who want to craft novel game experiences can use an understanding of game uncertainty in its many forms to improve their designs.

LC Classification NumberGV1230.C67 2013