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Although particularly associated with recreation and play, fun may be encountered during work, social functions, and in daily life.There are psychological and physiological implications to the experience of fun.
Theory of Fun for Game Design Raph Koster. This book is about what fun is, and why it matters — and how games elicit it. Now in full color, the 10th anniversary edition of this classic book takes you deep into the influences that underlie modern video games, and examines the elements they share with traditional games such as checkers.
Posted by Raph Koster (Visited 7654 times) Game talk, Writing Tagged with: theory of fun. This was a Reddit thread reply in 2019, an answer to the question “Anyone know how the Ultima Online terrain effect was achieved?” Hi, original lead designer on the game here. The book is also available in a number of translated editions: Sunday Poems. Fun is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "Light-hearted pleasure, enjoyment, or amusement; boisterous joviality or merrymaking; entertainment".
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