Uncertainty in games [electronic resource] / Greg Costikyan.

In this book Costikyan argues that games require uncertainty to hold our interest, and that the struggle to master uncertainty is central to their appeal. Game designers, he suggests, can harness the idea of uncertainty to guide their work. He explores the many sources of uncertainty in many sorts o...

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Bibliographic Details

Online Access:	Full Text (via IEEE)
Main Author:	Costikyan, Greg
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2013]
Series:	Playful thinking (Cambridge, Mass)
Subjects:	Games > Design and construction. Game theory. Video games > Design and construction.