Del i serien Palgrave Games in Context

Designing a Feel for the Game

Nyhet

A Guide to Making Play Meaningful

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvSteve Wilcox

899 kr

Kommande

This book offers a practical method for making meaningful and memorable games by design. Drawing on over a decade of teaching critical game design, Steve Wilcox translates the social and cognitive science of meaning-making into applied lessons and concepts for designing a feel for your game. Across eight chapters and a range of topics—including embodied cognition, anthropology, social psychology, affective science, persuasive design, and applied ethics—readers will learn that the mechanisms we already rely on to make sense of and give meaning to the world around us are the very tools we need to make games that feel meaningful and memorable to play.Designing a Feel for the Game features practical lessons illustrated with various examples from digital, analog, and live action games. Each chapter includes numerous applied activities developed and refined over a decade of teaching, including individual and group exercises as well as a major design challenge.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-10-08
Mått148 x 210 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePalgrave Games in Context
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783032250001

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Steve Wilcox, PhD, is an associate professor of Game Design and Development in the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. He has over a decade of experience using social and cognitive science to teach aspiring game designers how to design meaningful, memorable, and engaging analog and digital games. His accredited pro-social learning games are part of the continuing professional development programs administered by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. As a researcher Wilcox focuses on mobilizing knowledge through play, with publications on cognitive play and social cognition, play and persuasion, and game design as a form of intercultural communication.