Analysis of level design 'push & pull' within 21 games

FDG 2010 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 139-146

  Milam, David ^a   El Nasr, Magy Seif ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D games; Design pattern; Player movement

Indexed keywords

AFFORDANCES; DESIGN PATTERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESISTANCE; LEVEL DESIGN; SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES; WALKTHROUGHS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DESIGN;

EID: 77955146092     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1822348.1822367     Document Type: Conference Paper

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