A Theory of Fun for Game Design
| Author | Raph Koster (foreword by Will Wright) |
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| Illustrator | Raph Koster |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Paraglyph Press |
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Publication date
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November 6, 2004 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 256 pp |
| ISBN | |
| OCLC | 57406861 |
| 794.8 21 | |
| LC Class | QA76.76.C672 K67 2005 |
A Theory of Fun for Game Design is a book written and illustrated by Raph Koster. It is based upon a presentation Koster gave at the Austin Game Conference in 2003, and the book reflects its origins by displaying text on one page and a cartoon/graphic from the talk on the other page.
Raph Koster's thesis is that games are all essentially "edutainment", teaching us the skills we might need in real life in a safe, low-stakes environment. A good game, according to him, is "one that teaches everything it has to offer before the player stops playing."(p. 46)
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