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Experimental games : critique, play, and design in the age of gamification / Patrick Jagoda.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jagoda, Patrick, author.
- Series:
- Chicago scholarship online.
- Chicago scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Video games--Social aspects.
- Video games.
- Gamification.
- Digital computer simulation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (403 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Illinois : University of Chicago Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- In our unprecedentedly networked world, games have come to occupy an important space in many of our everyday lives. Digital games alone engage an estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide as of 2020, and other forms of gaming, such as board games, role playing, escape rooms, and puzzles, command an ever-expanding audience. At the same time, "gamification"-the application of game mechanics to traditionally nongame spheres, such as personal health and fitness, shopping, habit tracking, and more-has imposed notable levels of competition, repetition, and quantification on daily life. Drawing from game studies and experience in game design, this book argues that games need not be synonymous with gamification.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Prologue: Game Experiments
- Part I Framework
- Introduction: Society of the Game
- 1 Gamification
- 2 Experimentation
- Part II Concepts
- 3 Choice
- 4 Control
- 5 Difficulty
- 6 Failure
- Part III Design
- 7 Improvisation
- Coda: Joy
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Ludography
- Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-226-63003-X
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