The unpredictability of gameplay. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mark R. Johnson.
• Authors: Johnson, Mark R
• Contents: 1: Introduction: Unpredictable PlaySection I2: Games with Randomness3: Games of Chance4: Games of Luck5: Games with InstabilitySection II6: Procedural Generation7: Replay Value and Grinding8: The Negation of UnpredictabilitySection III9: Conclusion: A Framework for Non-Deterministic GamesNotesBibliography.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 519.3; Computer games design; MATHEMATICS / Applied; MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General; Media studies; Games -- Video & Electronic; Social Science -- Media Studies; Computers -- Digital Media -- General; Game theory; Game theory; Games; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781501321610; 1501321617
• Related ISBNs: 9781501321627
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 13, 2018).
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