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Record Nr.

UNINA9910901888503321

Autore

McDonald Peter (Peter Douglas)

Titolo

Run and jump : the meaning of the 2D platformer / / Peter McDonald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2024]

ISBN

9780262377447

0262377446

9780262377454

0262377454

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (135 pages)

Collana

Playful Thinking Series

Disciplina

794.8/3

Soggetti

Video games - Design

Computing platforms

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: a curious persistence -- Jumping -- Dirt suspended in the air -- Philosophy of the enemy -- Every game is two games -- Conclusion : no cheat codes.

Sommario/riassunto

"A monograph that surveys the formal elements of the 2D platforming game genre and examines how design choices act as ideological forms of pleasure, affect, and idea"--