Aesthetics and Design for Game-based Learning provides learning designers with insight into how the different elements that comprise game aesthetics can inform the design of game-based learning. Regardless of the cognitive complexities involved, games are essentially entertainment media, and aesthetics play a large role in how they are experienced. Yet too often the role of aesthetics in the research about game-based learning has been relegated to a surface discussion of graphics or neglected altogether.
Aesthetics and Design for Game-based Learning begins by addressing the broad context of game aesthetics, then addresses specific elements with chapters focusing on:
- player positioning
- game mechanics
- narrative design
- environment design
- character design.
Each chapter includes research and guidelines for design, and a conclusion addresses aesthetics in the research of game-based learning.
Aesthetics and Design for Game-based Learning provides learning designers with insight into how the different elements that comprise game aesthetics can inform the design of game-based learning. Regardless of the cognitive complexities involved, games are essentially entertainment media, and aesthetics play a large role in how they are experienced. Yet too often the role of aesthetics in the research about game-based learning has been relegated to a surface discussion of graphics or neglected altogether.
Aesthetics and Design for Game-based Learning begins by addressing the broad context of game aesthetics, then addresses specific elements with chapters focusing on:
- player positioning
- game mechanics
- narrative design
- environment design
- character design.
Each chapter includes research and guidelines for design, and a conclusion addresses aesthetics in the research of game-based learning.
Aesthetics and Design for Game-based Learning
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Aesthetics and Design for Game-based Learning
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781317961376 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Publication date: | 02/20/2015 |
| Series: | Digital Games, Simulations, and Play in Learning |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 174 |
| File size: | 1 MB |