Film & Moving Image · Games & Interactive Media
A topic within Games & Interactive Media, itself one of 11 topics in that field and part of Film & Moving Image.
2 works
Chris Crawford
Argues computer games are a new expressive medium in their own right, and proposes a taxonomy of game types plus a repeatable design process rather than treating game-making as unteachable craft.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Robin Hunicke, Marc LeBlanc & Robert Zubek
Proposes splitting games into Mechanics, Dynamics and Aesthetics as distinct layers, arguing designers and players experience a game in opposite directions through this same structure.
link checked 17 Sept 2026