Advanced Game Design

INDEX

Numbers

3-door problem, 307–309

5G networking, 34

A

absorption, 134

acquisition funnel, 350–351

acquisition of players, 350–351

action games, 197

action/feedback interactivity, 138–139

moment-to-moment gameplay, 141

present-tense action, 139

reflexive attention, 139

stress and reward of fast action, 139–141

action-social motivations, 201

active opponents, 109

adaptability, 51, 82

ad-supported games, 211

Adventure Capitalist, 247, 325

adventure games, 197

aesthetics, MDA (Mechanics-Dynamics-Aesthetics) framework, 92–93

affordance, 131

agency (player), 100

Agile, 400–401

agon games, 91

agreeableness, 202

Albion Online, 344–345

alea games, 91

Alexander, Christopher, 32, 46–47, 60, 81

alpha milestone, 405–406

analog prototypes, 387

analytical ...