The organic nature of game ideation: Game ideas arise from solitude and mature by bouncing

Future Play 2010: Research, Play, Share - International Academic Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 33-39

  Kultima, Annakaisa ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brainstorming; Creativity; Game design process; Game ideas; Idea generation; Ideation; Innovation

Indexed keywords

BRAINSTORMING; CREATIVITY; GAME DESIGN; GAME IDEAS; IDEA GENERATION; IDEATION;

PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 79951534070     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1920778.1920784     Document Type: Conference Paper

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