Run and jump : the meaning of the 2D platformer

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

"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"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McDonald, Peter (Peter Douglas) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024]
Series:Playful thinking (Cambridge, Mass)
Subjects:
Video games > Design.
Computing platforms.
Computing platforms
Video games > Design
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: a curious persistence
  • Jumping
  • Dirt suspended in the air
  • Philosophy of the enemy
  • Every game is two games
  • Conclusion : no cheat code.

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