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AD-504 (B) - Game Theory with Engineering Applications

AIDS · Semester 5

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What is a game Game design schema Game design fundamentals Engineering application of game theory Design process: iterative design Commissions Design and testing of the board game Introduction to meaningful play Two kinds of meaningful play: discernable and integrated

Introducing design Design and meaning Semiotics: a brief overview Four semiotic concepts Context shapes interpretations

Introduction to systems Elements of a system Framing systems Open and closed systems Introduction to interactivity A multivalent model of interactivity Interaction and choice Choice molecules Anatomy of choice Space of possibility

Defining games Overview of digital games Magic circle Primary schemas: conceptual framework Rule, play, and culture

Defining rules A deck of cards Quality of rules Rules in context Rules on three levels: operational, constitutive, and implicit Identity of a game Specificity of rules Rules of digital games Case studies: Tic Tac Toe and a deck of cards