Games, Design and Play: A Detailed Approach to Iterative Game Design

Index

A

Abe, Kaho, 62

Abject failure, 158, 159

Abstract strategy game, chess as, 37

Abstraction

defined, 45

in games designed from personal experience, 175

paper prototypes as, 184–186

in simulation-based games, 73–74

of system in real world, 176–177

as tool of game design, 35–37

Achievers, player type, 99

Act, “Plan-Do-Study-Act” iterative design model, 106–107

Action outcome unit, 31–32, 79

Action theory, 78–80, 101

Actions

abstracting system in real world using, 176–177

as basic element of game design, 7–8

crafting to create play, 10

creating space of possibility through, 11–12

deciding main thing player gets to do, 171–172

focusing on play experience, 183

physical prototypes capturing, 187–188

playable prototypes modeling player, 188–190 ...