Designing Games Meant for Sharing

Ioana-Iulia Cazacu (Lead Game Designer at Mojiworks Limited)

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CRC Press
01 August 2024

Digital animation; Games development & programming

This book talks about the importance of social mechanics in games and how these mechanics evolved over time to accommodate new technologies and new social contexts. It looks at the innovation happening in the field of new-age social games, discussing in detail what has been learnt from designing for the younger generation, how these findings can inform game design philosophy and how this can be applied to game development more broadly.

Part 1 of this book provides a brief history of games as social interaction and discusses the differences between online and offline social gaming. Part 2 covers Facebook social gaming and design lessons from first-generation social games. Part 3 introduces design philosophies for the hyper-social genre and includes an important chapter on design ethics. Finally, Part 4 looks ahead to the future of social games and how game designers can incorporate learnings from this book in their own work.

This book will appeal to game designers and students of game design looking to learn how to apply learnings from social game design in their own games.

By: Ioana-Iulia Cazacu (Lead Game Designer at Mojiworks Limited)
Imprint: CRC Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 390g
ISBN: 9781032322872
ISBN 10: 103232287X
Pages: 198
Publication Date: 01 August 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Part 1: Games have always been social Chapter 1 A history of games as social interaction Chapter 2 The person, the group and the game Chapter 3 Games as a piece of the social puzzle Part 2: The beginnings of social gaming Chapter 4 The birth of social media gaming Chapter 5 The fall of Facebook social games Part 3: Social game design for a modern audience Chapter 6 Experimenting with social mechanics Chapter 7 The hyper-social audience Chapter 8 Designing for a social-centric audience Chapter 9 The ethics of social game design Part 4: Innovative game design Chapter 10 From observation to innovation

Ioana-Iulia Cazacu is a Game Designer at Mojiworks Limited.