Retro evolved: Level design practice exemplified by the contemporary retro game

Proceedings of DiGRA 2011 Conference: Think Design Play

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kayali, Fares ^a   Schuh, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED ARTS VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Core mechanics; Game design; Game mechanics; Level design; Retro games

Indexed keywords

DESIGN GAMES; GAME DESIGN; GAMEPLAY; LEVEL DESIGN; OBJECT ORIENTED; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETRO GAMES;

MECHANICS;

DESIGN;

EID: 84873347877     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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