Making Games
The Politics and Poetics of Game Creation Tools
Seiten
2021
MIT Press (Verlag)
978-0-262-04483-7 (ISBN)
MIT Press (Verlag)
978-0-262-04483-7 (ISBN)
"Making Games conceptualizes the role of tools in game-making and to demonstrate their influence on both the politics and aesthetics of games"--
An argument that production tools shape the aesthetics and political economy of games as an expressive medium. In Making Games, Stefan Werning considers the role of tools (primarily but not exclusively software), their design affordances, and the role they play as sociotechnical actors. Drawing on a wide variety of case studies, Werning argues that production tools shape the aesthetics and political economy of games as an expressive medium. He frames game-making as a (meta)game in itself and shows that tools, like games, have their own procedural rhetoric and should not always be conceived simply in terms of optimization and best practices.
An argument that production tools shape the aesthetics and political economy of games as an expressive medium. In Making Games, Stefan Werning considers the role of tools (primarily but not exclusively software), their design affordances, and the role they play as sociotechnical actors. Drawing on a wide variety of case studies, Werning argues that production tools shape the aesthetics and political economy of games as an expressive medium. He frames game-making as a (meta)game in itself and shows that tools, like games, have their own procedural rhetoric and should not always be conceived simply in terms of optimization and best practices.
Stefan Werning is Associate Professor for Digital Media and Game Studies at Utrecht University. He has worked in the digital games industry, most notably at Codemasters and Nintendo of Europe.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 24.02.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Playful Thinking |
| Zusatzinfo | 18 black and white photos |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 137 x 203 mm |
| Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik |
| ISBN-10 | 0-262-04483-8 / 0262044838 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-262-04483-7 / 9780262044837 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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