Author: Penny Sweetser
Publisher: Charles River Media
ISBN 10: 1-58450551-6
Companion Site: http://www.emergenceingames.com/
My Rating: 6/10 (Interesting)
Summary: This book is a compendium of information on methods of increasing interactivity in your games, and even though it does not deliver on the promise of developing methodologies to design for emergence in games or offer analyses of complex dynamic game systems, it does a good job of introducing the reader to the field, especially if you are willing to read all the reference material introduced in the book.
Review:
Emergence and complexity in game systems are my main research interest, so when i got my hands on this book, I was overjoyed by the prospect of reading up on innovative methods to design for emergence, and gauge the types and extent of emergent behaviors based on design templates. I picked up a hot tea, and sat down, expecting to find original ideas and a gain deep understanding of complexity in games. As always, I jotted down notes about my experience with the book, as I read on. This review is a summary of those notes.
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