Геймдизайн

Книги по геймдизайну раскрывают сложное искусство и науку создания захватывающих интерактивных впечатлений — от ключевых психологических принципов до практических техник разработки. Интересуетесь ли вы повествованием, мотивацией игроков или механиками, которые заставляют игры работать, — эти экспертные руководства показывают, как великие игры создаются, чтобы покорять сердца и умы.

Геймдизайн Саммари книг

Level Up!

— Scott Rogers • 2010

A designer's toolbox: how to build games that players love, one rule at a time.

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🎮 Game Design 🗺️ Level Design 🧠 Player Psychology 🕹️ Game UX 🧩 Behavioral Design

Иммерсивные

Level Up!

A designer's toolbox: how to build games that players love, one rule at a time.

— Scott Rogers 2010 514 стр.

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🎮 Game Design 🗺️ Level Design 🧠 Player Psychology 🕹️ Game UX 🧩 Behavioral Design

Геймдизайн

— Джесси Шелл • 2008

Players feel your work, they don't read it. A hundred ways to design what they feel.

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🎮 Game Design 🧠 Player Psychology 🔄 Iterative Design 🌊 Flow Theory 🌍 World-Building

Геймдизайн

Players feel your work, they don't read it. A hundred ways to design what they feel.

— Джесси Шелл 2008 520 стр.

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🎮 Game Design 🧠 Player Psychology 🔄 Iterative Design 🌊 Flow Theory 🌍 World-Building

Геймификация в обучении и образовании

— Карл М. Капп • 2012

Points and badges alone fail. Design learning that motivates like a game, tailored to player types.

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🧱 Instructional Design 🎮 Game-Based Learning 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation 🎓 Experiential Learning 🔬 Self-Determination Theory

Геймификация в обучении и образовании

Points and badges alone fail. Design learning that motivates like a game, tailored to player types.

— Карл М. Капп 2012 336 стр.

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🧱 Instructional Design 🎮 Game-Based Learning 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation 🎓 Experiential Learning 🔬 Self-Determination Theory

Homo Ludens

— Йохан Хёйзинга • 1938

Legal procedure and ritual both began as play. Modernity's error is pretending they didn't.

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🏛️ Cultural History 🦴 Philosophical Anthropology 🎲 Theories Of Play 🎭 Ritual And Ceremony 🎨 Origins Of Art

Homo Ludens

Legal procedure and ritual both began as play. Modernity's error is pretending they didn't.

— Йохан Хёйзинга 1938 230 стр.

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🏛️ Cultural History 🦴 Philosophical Anthropology 🎲 Theories Of Play 🎭 Ritual And Ceremony 🎨 Origins Of Art

Understanding Motivation and Emotion

— Johnmarshall Reeve • 1992

Motivation science from the inside out: the needs, beliefs, goals, and emotions that move people.

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🧪 Motivation Science 📚 Educational Psychology 💡 Intrinsic Motivation 🎯 Goal Setting 💪 Self-Efficacy

Understanding Motivation and Emotion

Motivation science from the inside out: the needs, beliefs, goals, and emotions that move people.

— Johnmarshall Reeve 1992 600 стр.

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🧪 Motivation Science 📚 Educational Psychology 💡 Intrinsic Motivation 🎯 Goal Setting 💪 Self-Efficacy

Дизайн привычных вещей

— Дональд А. Норман • 2003

Your brain processes beauty before conscious thought, and good looks make things easier to use.

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🧠 Design Psychology 🎨 Aesthetics And Usability 🖱️ Interaction Design 💡 Design Thinking 🧩 Cognition And Affect

Дизайн привычных вещей

Your brain processes beauty before conscious thought, and good looks make things easier to use.

— Дональд А. Норман 2003 272 стр.

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🧠 Design Psychology 🎨 Aesthetics And Usability 🖱️ Interaction Design 💡 Design Thinking 🧩 Cognition And Affect

Геймификация в действии

— Ю-Кай Чоу • 2015

Eight human drives power every action. A blueprint for designing products people can't put down.

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🎮 Gamification 🧩 Behavioral Design 👆 User Engagement 🧠 Human Motivation 💰 Behavioral Economics

Геймификация в действии

Eight human drives power every action. A blueprint for designing products people can't put down.

— Ю-Кай Чоу 2015 507 стр.

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🎮 Gamification 🧩 Behavioral Design 👆 User Engagement 🧠 Human Motivation 💰 Behavioral Economics

Словарь геймдизайна

— Анна Антропи • 2013

The grammar of game design: how to script a back-and-forth that players lose themselves in.

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📗 Game Design ⚙️ Game Mechanics 🧩 Game Systems 🧠 Player Experience 📖 Emergent Narrative

Словарь геймдизайна

The grammar of game design: how to script a back-and-forth that players lose themselves in.

— Анна Антропи 2013 211 стр.

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📗 Game Design ⚙️ Game Mechanics 🧩 Game Systems 🧠 Player Experience 📖 Emergent Narrative

Геймдизайн. Как создать игру, в которую будут играть все

— Трейси Фуллертон • 2008

The prototyping-first method that catches design disasters before you write a single line of code.

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🎮 Game Design 📐 Rapid Prototyping 🔄 Iterative Design ⚙️ Game Mechanics 🌱 Emergent Gameplay

Геймдизайн. Как создать игру, в которую будут играть все

The prototyping-first method that catches design disasters before you write a single line of code.

— Трейси Фуллертон 2008 496 стр.

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🎮 Game Design 📐 Rapid Prototyping 🔄 Iterative Design ⚙️ Game Mechanics 🌱 Emergent Gameplay

Теория развлечений для геймдизайна

— Ральф Костер • 2004

Games tap into your brain's learning circuits. The rush of fun is the moment something clicks.

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🎮 Game Design 📚 Game Studies 🧠 Learning Through Games ⚙️ Game Mechanics 🧩 Player Psychology

Теория развлечений для геймдизайна

Games tap into your brain's learning circuits. The rush of fun is the moment something clicks.

— Ральф Костер 2004 279 стр.

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🎮 Game Design 📚 Game Studies 🧠 Learning Through Games ⚙️ Game Mechanics 🧩 Player Psychology

The Game Changer

— Джейсон Фокс • 2014

Pep talks fail. Visible progress works. A game-design playbook for building it into work.

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🏗️ Change Management 💼 Workplace Motivation 🎮 Gameful Design 📊 Visible Progress 🎯 Motivational Design

The Game Changer

Pep talks fail. Visible progress works. A game-design playbook for building it into work.

— Джейсон Фокс 2014 240 стр.

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🏗️ Change Management 💼 Workplace Motivation 🎮 Gameful Design 📊 Visible Progress 🎯 Motivational Design

Чему видеоигры могут научить нас о грамотности и обучении

— Джеймс Пол Джи • 2003

Video games teach because they have to. The 36 learning principles schools can steal from them.

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🎮 Game-Based Learning 🧠 Learning Science 📍 Situated Cognition 👁️ Multimodal Learning 🔄 Learning Through Failure

Чему видеоигры могут научить нас о грамотности и обучении

Video games teach because they have to. The 36 learning principles schools can steal from them.

— Джеймс Пол Джи 2003 240 стр.

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🎮 Game-Based Learning 🧠 Learning Science 📍 Situated Cognition 👁️ Multimodal Learning 🔄 Learning Through Failure

Реальность под вопросом

— Джейн Макгонигал • 2010

Games satisfy us more than reality does. That gap is a blueprint for a better world.

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🎮 Game Design 🕹️ Gamification 🌞 Positive Psychology 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🌊 Flow Psychology

Реальность под вопросом

Games satisfy us more than reality does. That gap is a blueprint for a better world.

— Джейн Макгонигал 2010 400 стр.

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🎮 Game Design 🕹️ Gamification 🌞 Positive Psychology 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🌊 Flow Psychology

Getting Gamers

— Джейми Мэдиган • 2015

The psychology that turns play into obsession, strangers into teammates, and pixels into identity.

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🎮 Gaming Psychology 🧠 Behavioral Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🌐 Online Communities 🪪 Social Identity

Getting Gamers

The psychology that turns play into obsession, strangers into teammates, and pixels into identity.

— Джейми Мэдиган 2015 299 стр.

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🎮 Gaming Psychology 🧠 Behavioral Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🌐 Online Communities 🪪 Social Identity

Play to Learn

— Sharon Boller • 2017

The step-by-step playbook for designing learning games that slash training time and boost retention.

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🎮 Game Design 🛠️ Instructional Design 🎲 Game-Based Learning 🎯 Serious Games 🏢 Corporate Training

Play to Learn

The step-by-step playbook for designing learning games that slash training time and boost retention.

— Sharon Boller 2017 168 стр.

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🎮 Game Design 🛠️ Instructional Design 🎲 Game-Based Learning 🎯 Serious Games 🏢 Corporate Training

Game Programming Patterns

— Robert Nystrom • 2011

The programming patterns that make game code resilient to change, and the ones that don't.

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🎮 Game Programming 🧩 Design Patterns 🏗️ Software Architecture ⚡ Performance Optimization 🔗 Decoupling

Game Programming Patterns

The programming patterns that make game code resilient to change, and the ones that don't.

— Robert Nystrom 2011 354 стр.

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🎮 Game Programming 🧩 Design Patterns 🏗️ Software Architecture ⚡ Performance Optimization 🔗 Decoupling

Геймификация в бизнесе

— Гейб Зикерман • 2011

Why most badges fail: the motivation design that turns app users into players.

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🎮 Gamification ⚙️ Game Mechanics 🧠 Player Motivation 🔬 Behavioral Design 🌊 Flow Psychology

Геймификация в бизнесе

Why most badges fail: the motivation design that turns app users into players.

— Гейб Зикерман 2011 182 стр.

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🎮 Gamification ⚙️ Game Mechanics 🧠 Player Motivation 🔬 Behavioral Design 🌊 Flow Psychology

The Gamer's Brain

— Celia Hodent • 2017

Your player's brain is a flawed, distracted survival machine. Good UX starts there.

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🎮 Game Ux 🧠 Player Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Load 💎 Intrinsic Motivation 🔬 User Research

The Gamer's Brain

Your player's brain is a flawed, distracted survival machine. Good UX starts there.

— Celia Hodent 2017 272 стр.

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🎮 Game Ux 🧠 Player Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Load 💎 Intrinsic Motivation 🔬 User Research

Designing Games

— Tynan Sylvester • 2013

Build games as emotion machines: a systems guide to rules, choices, and difficulty.

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🎮 Game Design 🧠 Player Psychology 🔄 Iterative Design 🔗 Systems Thinking 📖 Narrative Design

Designing Games

Build games as emotion machines: a systems guide to rules, choices, and difficulty.

— Tynan Sylvester 2013 413 стр.

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🎮 Game Design 🧠 Player Psychology 🔄 Iterative Design 🔗 Systems Thinking 📖 Narrative Design

Сторителлинг в видеоиграх

— Эван Сколник • 2014

Screenwriting's classic tools applied to games, so story and gameplay pull the same direction.

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🎮 Game Writing 📖 Interactive Storytelling 📐 Story Structure 🧑 Character Arcs 🏛️ Mythic Structure

Сторителлинг в видеоиграх

Screenwriting's classic tools applied to games, so story and gameplay pull the same direction.

— Эван Сколник 2014 208 стр.

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🎮 Game Writing 📖 Interactive Storytelling 📐 Story Structure 🧑 Character Arcs 🏛️ Mythic Structure

Геймифицируй это

— Брайан Бёрк • 2014

Stop adding badges to everything. Real gamification starts with what the player wants to achieve.

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📊 Gamification Design 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation 🔄 Behavioral Design 🎨 Design Thinking 👥 Employee Engagement

Геймифицируй это

Stop adding badges to everything. Real gamification starts with what the player wants to achieve.

— Брайан Бёрк 2014 162 стр.

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📊 Gamification Design 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation 🔄 Behavioral Design 🎨 Design Thinking 👥 Employee Engagement

Persuasive Games

— Ian Bogost • 2007

A videogame's rules are arguments. Learning to read them changes how you see every screen.

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🎮 Game Studies 📺 Media Theory 📜 Rhetorical Theory 🎲 Game Design Theory 📱 Digital Media Criticism

Persuasive Games

A videogame's rules are arguments. Learning to read them changes how you see every screen.

— Ian Bogost 2007 450 стр.

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🎮 Game Studies 📺 Media Theory 📜 Rhetorical Theory 🎲 Game Design Theory 📱 Digital Media Criticism

Приклеены к играм

— Скотт Ригби • 2011

Games grip you longer than movies because they feed deep needs that daily life starves.

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🎮 Video Game Psychology 🕹️ Game Design Theory 🧠 Player Motivation 📚 Self-Determination Theory ⚠️ Game Addiction

Приклеены к играм

Games grip you longer than movies because they feed deep needs that daily life starves.

— Скотт Ригби 2011 200 стр.

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🎮 Video Game Psychology 🕹️ Game Design Theory 🧠 Player Motivation 📚 Self-Determination Theory ⚠️ Game Addiction

Play Anything

— Ian Bogost • 2016

Real fun needs rules, not freedom. The philosopher's case against chasing happiness.

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🎲 Philosophy Of Games 🔗 Creative Constraints 🔄 Anti-Self-Help 😶 Critique Of Happiness 🔍 Deep Engagement

Play Anything

Real fun needs rules, not freedom. The philosopher's case against chasing happiness.

— Ian Bogost 2016 288 стр.

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🎲 Philosophy Of Games 🔗 Creative Constraints 🔄 Anti-Self-Help 😶 Critique Of Happiness 🔍 Deep Engagement

Геймеры за работой

— Морган Рамзи • 2012

Atari, EA, Blizzard, Valve: the founders reveal the near-death moments behind gaming's biggest hits.

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🎮 Game Industry 🚀 Tech Startups 🎙️ Founder Interviews 🏢 Company Culture 🎨 Creative Business

Геймеры за работой

Atari, EA, Blizzard, Valve: the founders reveal the near-death moments behind gaming's biggest hits.

— Морган Рамзи 2012 356 стр.

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🎮 Game Industry 🚀 Tech Startups 🎙️ Founder Interviews 🏢 Company Culture 🎨 Creative Business

A Composer's Guide to Game Music

— Winifred Phillips • 2014

Game music bends to the player. The craft, technology, and business behind interactive scores.

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🎮 Game Music Composition 🎧 Interactive Audio 🔄 Adaptive Music 💻 Music Technology 💼 Music Business

A Composer's Guide to Game Music

Game music bends to the player. The craft, technology, and business behind interactive scores.

— Winifred Phillips 2014 275 стр.

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🎮 Game Music Composition 🎧 Interactive Audio 🔄 Adaptive Music 💻 Music Technology 💼 Music Business

One Up

— Йост ван Дрёнен • 2020

Three transformations in four decades, and each one rewarded strategy over creative genius.

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🎮 Video Game Industry 🏗️ Platform Economics 📡 Digital Disruption 🎨 Creative Industries 👾 Game Developers

One Up

Three transformations in four decades, and each one rewarded strategy over creative genius.

— Йост ван Дрёнен 2020 296 стр.

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🎮 Video Game Industry 🏗️ Platform Economics 📡 Digital Disruption 🎨 Creative Industries 👾 Game Developers

Революция геймификации

— Гейб Зикерманн • 2013

What makes games sticky, and how to steal their playbook for business.

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🎮 Gamification 💼 Employee Engagement 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation 👥 Crowdsourcing

Революция геймификации

What makes games sticky, and how to steal their playbook for business.

— Гейб Зикерманн 2013 256 стр.

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🎮 Gamification 💼 Employee Engagement 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation 👥 Crowdsourcing

Думай как геймдизайнер

— Джастин Гэри • 2018

A repeatable design loop that turns raw ideas into tested, publishable games, no genius required.

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🎮 Game Design 🎨 Creative Industries 💡 Design Thinking 🔧 Rapid Prototyping 🧠 Player Psychology

Думай как геймдизайнер

A repeatable design loop that turns raw ideas into tested, publishable games, no genius required.

— Джастин Гэри 2018 230 стр.

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🎮 Game Design 🎨 Creative Industries 💡 Design Thinking 🔧 Rapid Prototyping 🧠 Player Psychology

Мультиплеерный класс

— Ли Шелдон • 2011

Your syllabus is a game design document. Here is how to write it, no computers required.

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🎮 Gamification 🎲 Game-Based Learning 📐 Instructional Design 📚 Classroom Engagement 🏃 Active Learning

Мультиплеерный класс

Your syllabus is a game design document. Here is how to write it, no computers required.

— Ли Шелдон 2011 256 стр.

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🎮 Gamification 🎲 Game-Based Learning 📐 Instructional Design 📚 Classroom Engagement 🏃 Active Learning

Game Development Patterns and Best Practices

— John P. Doran • 2017

Design patterns that ship games: when to use each and how they prevent late-stage collapse.

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🎮 Game Development 🧩 Design Patterns 🧹 Clean Code 🏗️ Software Architecture ⚡ Performance Optimization

Game Development Patterns and Best Practices

Design patterns that ship games: when to use each and how they prevent late-stage collapse.

— John P. Doran 2017 361 стр.

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🎮 Game Development 🧩 Design Patterns 🧹 Clean Code 🏗️ Software Architecture ⚡ Performance Optimization

A Crowdfunder's Strategy Guide

— Jamey Stegmaier • 2015

Crowdfunding success starts six months before you launch, with a community, not a campaign page.

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💰 Crowdfunding Strategy 👥 Community-First Business 📋 Campaign Design 💬 Backer Relations 🌱 Ethical Marketing

A Crowdfunder's Strategy Guide

Crowdfunding success starts six months before you launch, with a community, not a campaign page.

— Jamey Stegmaier 2015 216 стр.

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💰 Crowdfunding Strategy 👥 Community-First Business 📋 Campaign Design 💬 Backer Relations 🌱 Ethical Marketing

Game Mechanics

— Ernest Adams • 2012

Visualize your game's economy, simulate rival strategies, and nail the balance before you ship.

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🕹️ Game Systems Design 📊 Internal Economies 🏗️ Design Patterns 🌊 Emergent Gameplay ⚖️ Game Balance

Game Mechanics

Visualize your game's economy, simulate rival strategies, and nail the balance before you ship.

— Ernest Adams 2012 353 стр.

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🕹️ Game Systems Design 📊 Internal Economies 🏗️ Design Patterns 🌊 Emergent Gameplay ⚖️ Game Balance

Educational Game Design Fundamentals

— George Kalmpourtzis • 2018

Most educational games fail because they forget the play. The design framework that fixes that.

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🎮 Game Design 🎓 Educational Games 🧲 Intrinsic Motivation 🧠 Learning Theory 🌊 Flow State

Educational Game Design Fundamentals

Most educational games fail because they forget the play. The design framework that fixes that.

— George Kalmpourtzis 2018 296 стр.

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🎮 Game Design 🎓 Educational Games 🧲 Intrinsic Motivation 🧠 Learning Theory 🌊 Flow State

Eurogames

— Stewart Woods • 2012

Postwar Germany rejected war games and invented a genre where elegance matters more than conquest.

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🎓 Game Studies 🎲 Board Game Culture 📐 Game Design Theory 🧠 Player Psychology 📜 Game History

Eurogames

Postwar Germany rejected war games and invented a genre where elegance matters more than conquest.

— Stewart Woods 2012 262 стр.

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🎓 Game Studies 🎲 Board Game Culture 📐 Game Design Theory 🧠 Player Psychology 📜 Game History

The Board Game Designer's Guide

— Joe Slack • 2017

Design the feeling first. A four-step cycle that turns a rough prototype into a hit.

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🎲 Board Game Design 🔄 Iterative Design 😄 Player Experience ✂️ Prototyping 🧪 Playtesting

The Board Game Designer's Guide

Design the feeling first. A four-step cycle that turns a rough prototype into a hit.

— Joe Slack 2017 233 стр.

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🎲 Board Game Design 🔄 Iterative Design 😄 Player Experience ✂️ Prototyping 🧪 Playtesting

Unboxed

— Gordon Calleja • 2022

Board games succeed or fail on six forms of involvement. Most designers only account for one.

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🎲 Board Game Design 📚 Game Studies 🧠 Play Theory 📖 Analog Revival 🔍 Phenomenology

Unboxed

Board games succeed or fail on six forms of involvement. Most designers only account for one.

— Gordon Calleja 2022 312 стр.

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🎲 Board Game Design 📚 Game Studies 🧠 Play Theory 📖 Analog Revival 🔍 Phenomenology

Designing the User Experience of Game Development Tools

— David Lightbown • 2015

Game tools are an unmeasured productivity drain. A UX method for fixing what studios overlook.

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🛠️ Game Development Tools 🖼️ User Interface Design 👥 User-Centered Design 🔍 Usability Testing 🧠 Cognitive Design

Designing the User Experience of Game Development Tools

Game tools are an unmeasured productivity drain. A UX method for fixing what studios overlook.

— David Lightbown 2015 188 стр.

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🛠️ Game Development Tools 🖼️ User Interface Design 👥 User-Centered Design 🔍 Usability Testing 🧠 Cognitive Design

The Kobold Guide to Board Game Design

— Mike Selinker • 2011

Designing a board game is designing an emotion. The craft of mechanics, pacing, and playtesting.

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🎲 Board Game Design ⚙️ Game Mechanics 🔬 Playtesting 🧠 Player Psychology 🛠️ Prototyping

The Kobold Guide to Board Game Design

Designing a board game is designing an emotion. The craft of mechanics, pacing, and playtesting.

— Mike Selinker 2011 138 стр.

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🎲 Board Game Design ⚙️ Game Mechanics 🔬 Playtesting 🧠 Player Psychology 🛠️ Prototyping

The Invisible Game

— Zoltan Andrejkovics • 2016

Your team grinds mechanics all day and still cracks under pressure. The missing half is trainable.

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🧠 Sports Psychology 🤝 Team Dynamics 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🌊 Flow States 🫀 Emotional Regulation

The Invisible Game

Your team grinds mechanics all day and still cracks under pressure. The missing half is trainable.

— Zoltan Andrejkovics 2016 201 стр.

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🧠 Sports Psychology 🤝 Team Dynamics 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🌊 Flow States 🫀 Emotional Regulation

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