Raph Koster

7 books

The Game Design Reader: A Rules of Play Anthology by Doug Church, Tom Chick, Brian Sutton-Smith, Stephen Sniderman, Michael Mateas, Marc Leblanc, Mochan, Jussi Holopainen, Richard Garfield, Johan Huizings, Greg Costikyan, Chris Crawford, James Gee, Staffan Björk, Brenda Laurel, Warren Robinett, Ken Birdwell, Raph Koster, Gary Alan Fine, David Sudnow, Bernard DeKoven, Eric Zimmerman, Andrew Stern, Richard Rouse III, Chip Morningstar, Linda Hughes, Katie Salen, Henry Jenkins, Edward Castronova, Gregory Bateson, Bernard Suits, Richard Bartle, Roger Caillois, William Poundstone, F. Randall Farmer

The Game Design Reader: A Rules of Play Anthology

Doug Church, Tom Chick, Brian Sutton-Smith, Stephen Sniderman, Michael Mateas, Marc Leblanc, Mochan, Jussi Holopainen, Richard Garfield, Johan Huizings, Greg Costikyan, Chris Crawford, James Gee, Staffan Björk, Brenda Laurel, Warren Robinett, Ken Birdwell, Raph Koster, Gary Alan Fine, David Sudnow, Bernard DeKoven, Eric Zimmerman, Andrew Stern, Richard Rouse III, Chip Morningstar, Linda Hughes, Katie Salen, Henry Jenkins, Edward Castronova, Gregory Bateson, Bernard Suits, Richard Bartle, Roger Caillois, William Poundstone, F. Randall Farmer

954 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction video games informative lighthearted slow-paced
Game Thinking: Innovate Smarter & Drive Deep Engagement with Design Techniques from Hit Games by Amy Jo Kim

Game Thinking: Innovate Smarter & Drive Deep Engagement with Design Techniques from Hit Games

Amy Jo Kim

214 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art design informative medium-paced
Sunday Poems by Raph Koster

Sunday Poems

Raph Koster

140 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction poetry reflective medium-paced
A Theory of Fun for Game Design by Raph Koster, Will Wright

A Theory of Fun for Game Design

Raph Koster, Will Wright

256 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction design informative inspiring slow-paced
A Grammar of Game Play: How Games Work by Raph Koster

A Grammar of Game Play: How Games Work

Raph Koster

256 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction informative medium-paced
Postmortems: Selected Essays Volume One by Raph Koster, Richard Garriott de Cayeux

Postmortems: Selected Essays Volume One

Raph Koster, Richard Garriott de Cayeux

702 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction design informative reflective medium-paced
Theory of Fun for Game Design by Raph Koster
Theory of Fun for Game Design
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Raph Koster

Theory of Fun for Game Design

Raph Koster

299 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

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