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The thesis is written in German!

Abstract

The thesis covers a broad range of current game design knowledge. You can find information about conflict, balance, narrative, information, challenge and learning curve, motivation, choices and more. Case studies of Half Life, The Sims, Pacman, Super Mario 64, Zelda - The Ocarina of Time and Starcraft are also included.

If you find any mistakes, have comments or something to criticise, please let me know.

Download

My Diploma Thesis (in German) on Prinzipien und Gestaltungsparadigmen im Game Design can be downloaded here (5.2 Mb).
If you want to take a look at the table of contents before downloading the full thesis, click here.

 

Last modified: September 15, 2009
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