Push. Play: An examination of the gameplay button

Proceedings of DiGRA 2005 Conference: Changing Views - Worlds in Play

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Griffin, Stephen N ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordances; Game controller; Game hardware; Input design; Interface design

Indexed keywords

AFFORDANCES; GAME CONTROLLER; GAME SPACE; GAMEPLAY; INPUT DESIGN; INTERFACE DESIGNS; TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT; VIDEO GAME;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84873380572     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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