Easy to use and incredibly difficult: On the mythical border between interface and gameplay

FDG 2009 - 4th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 107-112

  Juul, Jesper ^a   Norton, Marleigh ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenge; Game design; Game studies; Gameplay; Interfaces; Usability

Indexed keywords

GAME DESIGN; VIDEO GAME;

EDUCATIONAL MOTION PICTURES;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 77953560360     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1536513.1536539     Document Type: Conference Paper

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