[game_edu] Suggestions for Reading

[Mike Sellers]

Off the top of my head I'd suggest Hunicke, et al. on Mechanics, Dynamics,
Aesthetics (MDA) - http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/MDA.pdf. (I seem
to be continually suggesting this paper and finding people who don't know
it. :) )

Also, while not nearly as accessible, Alexander's "A Pattern Language."
It's not about game design, but the way of thinking it engenders has been
helpful to me (and of course this has become pervasive in the software
world, to the point that people forget where the "design patterns" idea
came from).

Possibly also "Playing Video Games" (Vorderer & Bryant, eds.), but I may be
biased as I have a chapter in it.

Mike Sellers



On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 1:14 PM, <coachpayne at aol.com> wrote:


> Hi Folks:

>

> I'm hosting and teaching a ten-day Game Design and Simulation MiniTerm at

> this school, the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. I've

> done this at another school, and hosted it here last year. I'm not a

> professional game designer, but I've used gaming in my science classes

> since the mid-1970s, from board games to physically active games to

> computer games.  I'm not an expert, but I listen well and read a lot, and

> experiment with what I've made. Several of the kids who have taken this

> MiniTerm, as well as the semester classes I initiated and taught prior to

> retirement from public education have entered the industry, and others have

> written me that they have an appreciation of the work that you real

> designers undertake in producing games.  I still need to continue to

> research and hear about what is being done now in terms of design,

> production, and marketing of games of all types.  Below is a list of

> resources I've read in the past and have available for my students.  Some

> are good, some are not as accessible. I'd really like to know of other

> resources that might be available.  If I could solicit suggestions from you

> of other books or materials, I'd be very appreciative.

>

> Here is a list of what I have available for the kids, and that I've read:

>

>  Brackeen, David, with Bret Barker. *Developing Games in Java*

> Brathwaite, Brenda, and Ian Schreiber.* Challenges for Game Designers:

> Non-Digital Exercise for Video Game Designers*

> Dille, Flint, and John Zuur Patten.* The Ultimate Guide to Video Game

> Writing and Design*

> Koster, Ralph. *A Theory of Fun for Game Design*

> Perry, David, and Rusel DeMaria. *David Perry on Game Design: A

> Brainstorming Toolbox*

> Rogers, Scott.* Level Up: The Guide to Great Video Game Design*

> Schell, Jesse. *The Art of Game Design*

> Huizinga, Johan. *Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture*

> Fullerton, Tracy. *Game Design Workshop*

> McGonigal, Jane, Reality is Broken:* Why Games Make Us Better and How

> They Change the World*.

> Salen, Katie (ed). *The Ecology of Games: Connecting Youth, Games, and

> Learning*

> Ladd, Brian, and Jam Jenkins.  *Introductory Programming with Simple

> Games: UsingJava & the Freely Available Networked Gaming Engine*

> Gaddis, Tony.* Games & Graphics in C++*

>

>  I've also got a recording of Rise of the Video Game,a  five-part series

> on The Discovery Channel about the history of video gamesthat aired in

> 2007, also broadcast as *I, Videogame* in Europe.

>

> The wiki from an earlier MiniTerm at another school where I taught this is

> http://saintsgames.wikispaces.com/ .

>

> Any help or suggestions would be very welcome!

>

> Thanks.

>

> --

>   Charlie Payne

>  Instructor of Physics

>  Head Cross Country Coach

>  North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

>  Durham, NC

>  paynec at ncssm.edu

> 919-416-2765

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