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Casual Game Design
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Casual Game Design

by Gregory Trefry
January 2010
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
400 pages
9h 6m
English
CRC Press
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other viewers and creators. LineRider.com enables users to upload their tracks and
viewers to rate the tracks of all users. Earning high praise for a track becomes the
goal of the “ game ” of creating tracks.
When Line Rider was ported to the Nintendo DS, they added puzzles and sce-
narios to give the game direction and draw in the average player to longer periods
of engagement. Without the puzzles, Line Rider works as a toy. To make it a game,
it needed to offer some way to track progress. Some may feel this robs the player of
his freedom and expressivity. Others with less to express may find it finally gives
them a reason to play.
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The PC game Top Chef couches expression, construction ...
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ISBN: 9780123749536