Motivational game design patterns of 'ville games

Foundations of Digital Games 2012, FDG 2012 - Conference Program

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 172-179

  Lewis, Chris ^a   Wardrip Fruin, Noah ^a   Whitehead, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Behavioral psychology; Design patterns; Social network games

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOLOGY; DESIGN PATTERNS; GAME DESIGN; GAME DESIGNERS; GAME PLAYERS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84863974535     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2282338.2282373     Document Type: Conference Paper

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