{"product_id":"9783032250001","title":"Designing a Feel for the Game A Guide to Making Play Meaningful","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePalgrave Games in Context\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eDesigning a Feel for the Game\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Guide to Making Play Meaningful\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSteve Wilcox\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Media Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ogsc=\"black\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eDesigning A Feel for the Game \u003c\/em\u003eis an important intervention in the world of game design. It offers a way to engage affective and emotional labor in a way that propels gaming forward. Wilcox does an excellent job showing how exploring feeling in games can help make design better, play more engaging, and mechanics more ethically sound and responsive to gamers.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ogsc=\"black\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eKishonna L Gray, Professor, School of Information, University of Michigan, USA; author of \u003cem\u003eIntersectional Tech\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ogsc=\"black\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eThis book offers a practical method for making meaningful and memorable games by design. Drawing on over a decade of teaching critical game design, Steve Wilcox translates the social and cognitive science of meaning-making into applied lessons and concepts for designing a feel for \u003cem data-ogsc=\"\"\u003eyour\u003c\/em\u003e game. Across eight chapters and a range of topics—including embodied cognition, anthropology, social psychology, affective science, persuasive design, and applied ethics—readers will learn that the mechanisms we already rely on to make sense of and give meaning to the world around us are the very tools we need to make games that feel meaningful and memorable to play.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ogsc=\"black\"\u003eDesigning a Feel for the Game features practical lessons illustrated with various examples from digital, analog, and live action games. Each chapter includes numerous applied activities developed and refined over a decade of teaching, including individual and group exercises as well as a major design challenge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteve Wilcox\u003c\/strong\u003e, PhD, is an associate professor of Game Design and Development in the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. He has over a decade of experience using social and cognitive science to teach aspiring game designers how to design meaningful, memorable, and engaging analog and digital games. His accredited pro-social learning games are part of the continuing professional development programs administered by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. As a researcher Wilcox focuses on mobilizing knowledge through play, with publications on cognitive play and social cognition, play and persuasion, and game design as a form of intercultural communication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 July 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032250001\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e190\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46919744356492,"sku":"9783032250001","price":40.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032250001.jpg?v=1781060700","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032250001","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}