Real-time Sweetspot: The multiple meanings of game company playtests

3rd Digital Games Research Association International Conference: "Situated Play", DiGRA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 697-702

  Niedenthal, Simon ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Game development; Playtesting

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NATURE; DESIGN TASKS; DESIGN WORK; EMERGENT PROPERTY; EVOLUTIONARY DESIGN; GAME DESIGN; GAME DEVELOPMENT; GAMEPLAY; GLOBAL GROWTH; PLAYTESTING; REAL-TIME STRATEGY GAMES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INDUSTRY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; PRODUCT DESIGN; RESEARCH;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 80053345386     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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