Upton Brian. Situational Game Design

CRC Press, 2018. — 128 p. — ISBN: 113803181X.Situational Design lays out a new methodology for designing and critiquing videogames. While most game design books focus on games as formal systems, Situational Design concentrates squarely on player experience. It looks at how playfulness is not a property of a game considered in isolation, but rather the result of the intersection of a game with an appropriate player. Starting from simple concepts, the book advances step-by-step to build up a set of practical tools for designing player-centric playful situations. While these tools provide a fresh perspective on familiar design challenges as well as those overlooked by more transactional design paradigms.Brian Upton is 20-year veteran of the game industry. He was one of the founders of Red Storm Entertainment where he designed the original Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon. He currently is lead world designer at Tangent Games.