Research Catalog

Title

Pervasive games : theory and design / Markus Montola, Jaakko Stenros, and Annika Waern.

Author

Montola, Markus

Publication

Burlington, MA : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, c2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Stenros, Jaakko
• Wærn, Annika, 1960-
• International Game Developers Association

Description

xxiii, 312 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Quickly emerging from the fast-paced growth of mobile communications and wireless technologies, pervasive games take gaming away from the computer screen and back to the three-dimensional world. Now games can be designed to be played in public spaces like shopping malls, conferences, museums and other non-traditional game venues. Game designers need to understand how to use the world as a gamespace - both the challenges and advantages of doing so." "This book shows how to change the face of play - who plays, when and where they play and what that play means to all involved. The authors explore aspects of pervasive games that concern game designers: what makes these games compelling, what makes them possible today and how they are made. For game researchers, it provides a solid theoretical, philosophical and aesthetic understanding of the genre."--Jacket.

Subjects

• Ubiquitous computing
• Fantasy games > Design
• Alternate reality games > Design

Genre/Form

• Fantasy games
• Alternate reality games.
• Fantasy games.

Note

• "International Game Developers Association."--Cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-298) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9780123748539
• 0123748534

OCLC

• 299710364
• SCSB-10757787

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library