Digital Media as Ambient Therapy explores the ways "e;mental illness"e; can emerge from our relationships (with ourselves, others, and the world), to address the concern around what kind of relationality is conducive for "e;mental health"e; and what role digital technologies can play in fostering such relationality.
Digital Media as Ambient Therapy explores the ways "e;mental illness"e; can emerge from our relationships (with ourselves, others, and the world), to address the concern around what kind of relationality is conducive for "e;mental health"e; and what role digital technologies can play in fostering such relationality.
This foundational resource on the topic of tabletop game accessibility provides actionable guidelines on how to make games accessible for people with disabilities.
This foundational resource on the topic of tabletop game accessibility provides actionable guidelines on how to make games accessible for people with disabilities.
If you want to be successful in any area of game development-game design, programming, graphics, sound, or publishing-you should know how standouts in the industry approach their work and address problems.
See How to Unobtrusively Incorporate Good Teaching into Your Game's MechanicsLearn 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.
Metagames: Games about Games scrutinizes how various meta devices, such as breaking the fourth wall and unreliable narrator, change and adapt when translated into the uniquely interactive medium of digital games.
The first book-length study devoted to FromSoftware games, On Soulsring Worlds explores how the Dark Souls series and Elden Ring are able to reconcile extreme difficulty in both gameplay and narrative with broad appeal.
The first book-length study devoted to FromSoftware games, On Soulsring Worlds explores how the Dark Souls series and Elden Ring are able to reconcile extreme difficulty in both gameplay and narrative with broad appeal.
Metagames: Games about Games scrutinizes how various meta devices, such as breaking the fourth wall and unreliable narrator, change and adapt when translated into the uniquely interactive medium of digital games.
Charting the increase in the use of games for the dissemination of extremist propaganda, radicalization, recruitment, and mobilization, this book examines the "e;gamification of extremism.
Charting the increase in the use of games for the dissemination of extremist propaganda, radicalization, recruitment, and mobilization, this book examines the "e;gamification of extremism.
This book will teach you fundamental mathematical concepts using Unity-based custom examples, explaining the implementations and demonstrating how these concepts are applied in building modern video game functionality.
This Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the latest research on role-playing games (RPGs) across disciplines, cultures, and media in one single, accessible volume.
This book invites the reader to expand their idea of esports as an independent niche and consider it an integral part of a growing multi and transmedia ecosystem that includes the global entertainment industry, where music plays an essential role.
A 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleAgainst the backdrop of a hyper-competitive AAA industry and the perception that it is a world reserved for top programmers and hard-core 'gamers', Story Mode offers an accessible entry-point for all into writing and designing complex and emotionally affecting narrative video games.
Coding for kids without a computer-an offline skill-building book for ages 5 to 7Coding helps kids develop analytical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and beyond!
