Doing things with games social impact through play / Lindsay Grace.
| Author/creator | Grace, Lindsay D. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, [2020] |
| Description | xiii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Contents | No titles -- An overview of designing for social impact -- Engagement design and serious play -- Educational games -- Changing the body and mind -- Defining newsgames and its compliments -- Persuasive play -- Empathy games -- Designing for communities of play -- Human computation, community action and other social impact -- Prototyping, ethics and testing -- Thinking about implementation -- Implementation tools. |
| Abstract | "Lindsay Grace's Doing Things with Games: Social Impact Through Play provides a contemporary foundation in designing social impact games. It is structured in 3 parts: understanding, application, and implementation. This text serves as the ultimate guide to designing social impact games, particularly focused on the needs of, media professionals, indie game designers and college students. It serves as a guide for people looking to create social impact play, informed by heuristics in game design"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019010670 |
| ISBN | 9781138367265 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 9781138367272 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | ebook |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |