Casual game design values

MindTrek 2009 - 13th International Academic MindTrek Conference: Everyday Life in the Ubiquitous Era

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 58-65

  Kultima, Annakaisa ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Analysis; Casual games; Design values; Framework; Game design; Play culture transformation; Web downloadables

Indexed keywords

DESIGN APPROACHES; DESIGN VALUE; DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT; FUNCTIONAL APPROACH; GAME DESIGN; LARGE POPULATION;

DESIGN;

EID: 76749152994     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1621841.1621854     Document Type: Conference Paper

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