Designing Games Meant for Sharing

This book talks about the importance of social mechanics in games and how these mechanics evolved across time to accommodate new technologies and new social contexts. It looks at the innovation happening in the field of new age social games and how this can be applied to game development more broadly.

List of contents

Part 1: Games have always been social
Chapter 1 A history of games as social interaction
Chapter 2 The person, the group and the game
Chapter 3 Games as a piece of the social puzzle
Part 2: The beginnings of social gaming
Chapter 4 The birth of social media gaming
Chapter 5 The fall of Facebook social games
Part 3: Social game design for a modern audience
Chapter 6 Experimenting with social mechanics
Chapter 7 The hyper-social audience
Chapter 8 Designing for a social-centric audience
Chapter 9 The ethics of social game design
Part 4: Innovative game design
Chapter 10 From observation to innovation

About the author

Ioana-Iulia Cazacu is a Game Designer at Mojiworks Limited.

Summary

This book talks about the importance of social mechanics in games and how these mechanics evolved across time to accommodate new technologies and new social contexts. It looks at the innovation happening in the field of new age social games and how this can be applied to game development more broadly.

Product details

• Authors: Ioana-Iulia Cazacu, Ioana-Iulia (Lead Game Designer At Mojiwor Cazacu
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032322971
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3232297-1
• No. of pages: 198
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > General, dictionaries; COMPUTERS / Programming / Games, Games development & programming, Games development and programming, Digital Animation, COMPUTERS / Design, Graphics & Media / Video & Animation