Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals

by Katie Salen, Eric Zimmerman, Katie Salen Tekinba

An impassioned look at games and game design that offers the most ambitious framework for understanding them to date.

As pop culture, games are as important as film or television--but game design has yet to develop a theoretical framework or critical vocabulary. In Rules of Play Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman present a much-needed primer for this emerging field. They offer a unified model for looking at all kinds of games, from board...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262240459
• ISBN13: 9780262240451
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 8.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher