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Educational Game Design Fundamentals: A Journey to Creating Intrinsically Motivating Learning Experiences
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Game Design: Theory and Practice
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All Your Base Are Belong to Us: How Fifty Years of Videogames Conquered Pop Culture
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ZX Spectrum Games Code Club: Twenty fun games to code and learn
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4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Replay: The History of Video Games
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Tristan Donovan (Goodreads Author)
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Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
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Gamification by Design: Implementing Game Mechanics in Web and Mobile Apps
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Tabletop: Analog Game Design
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Triadic Game Design: Balancing Reality, Meaning and Play
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Games and Gaming: An Introduction to New Media (Berg New Media Series)
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Evaluating User Experience in Games: Concepts and Methods (Human–Computer Interaction Series)
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Regina Bernhaupt (Editor)
3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Play Redux: The Form of Computer Games (Digital Culture Books)
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Casual Game Design
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A Casual Revolution: Reinventing Video Games and Their Players
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Jesper Juul (Goodreads Author)
3.50 avg rating — 177 ratings
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Critical Play: Radical Game Design
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Pervasive Games: Theory and Design (Morgan Kaufmann Game Design Books)
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Design und Evaluation von Pervasive Games: Wenn Spiele den Computer verlassen
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Challenges for Game Designers
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Encyclopedia of Play in Today′s Society
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Rodney P. Carlisle (editor)
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David Perry on Game Design: A Brainstorming ToolBox
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Quests: Design, Theory, and History in Games and Narratives
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The Book of Games: Strategy, Tactics & History
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Play Matters
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Uncertainty in Games
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Game Usability: Advancing the Player Experience
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Beyond Choices: The Design of Ethical Gameplay
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3.78 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Designing Games: A Guide to Engineering Experiences
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4.47 avg rating — 471 ratings
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Game Feel (Morgan Kaufmann Game Design Books)
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3.91 avg rating — 376 ratings
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100 Principles of Game Design
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Characteristics of Games
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4.15 avg rating — 234 ratings
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Digital Games as History: How Videogames Represent the Past and Offer Access to Historical Practice
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4.14 avg rating — 21 ratings
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