Grow-A-Game: A tool for values conscious design and analysis of digital games

Proceedings of DiGRA 2011 Conference: Think Design Play

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Belman, Jonathan ^a   Nissenbaum, Helen ^a   Flanagan, Mary ^b   Diamond, Jim ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital games; Ethics; Values; Video games

Indexed keywords

DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; DIGITAL GAMES; ETHICS; GAME DESIGN; VALUES; VIDEO GAME;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

DESIGN;

EID: 84873403582     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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