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See How to Unobtrusively Incorporate Good Teaching into Your Game's Mechanics Learn to Play: Designing Tutorials for Video Games shows how to embed a tutorial directly into your game design mechanics so that your games naturally and comfortably teach players to have fun. The author deciphers years of research in game studies, education, psychology, human-computer interaction, and user interface and experience that equip you to make dynamic tutorials that help players enjoy your games. The book links game design principles with psychology through the game tutorial. It offers easy-to-implement changes that can make a huge difference in how players receive your games. It explains how you can educate new players and engage experienced players at the same time through a combination of good design and basic understanding of human educational, motivational, and cognitive psychologies. Transcending disciplinary boundaries, this book improves your understanding of the science of learning and the art of teaching. It helps you design game mechanics, or tutorials, that teach people how to have fun with your games without ever feeling as though they're being instructed.Product Identifiers
PublisherApple Academic Press Inc.
ISBN-139781482220193
eBay Product ID (ePID)209637515
Product Key Features
Number of Pages171 Pages
Publication NameLearn to Play: Designing Tutorials for Video Games
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMultimedia
AuthorMatthew M. White
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight295 g
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Country/Region of ManufactureCanada
Title_AuthorMatthew M. White