Game Design as an Autonomous Research Subject

• Published in: Information (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 9; p. 367
• Main Authors: Neves, Pedro Pinto, Zagalo, Nelson
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2021
• Subjects: Community relations; Design techniques; game design literacy; game design methods; game design notations; game design patterns; game design tools; Games; Knowledge; Knowledge based engineering; Methods; Trading cards

This paper examines the methods and systems of game design from the standpoint of existing method proposals failing to establish a common basis for systematizing design knowledge, which this paper aims to help resolve. Game design has often been subsumed by game development and associated discipline...