IMGD 1001: Reading Assignment 7

	Interactive Media & Game Development Worcester Polytechnic Institute	IMGD

IMGD 1001: The Game Development Process
Reading Assignment 7: Koster, Chapters 3 and 5

What to Read:	Chapter 3, “What Games Are” and Chapter 5, “What Games Aren't” from Raph Koster's book A Theory of Fun for Game Design. The complete etext of this book is available here. You must be logged into a computer on the WPI network to access it.

What to Watch for:	As you read, write down the answers to the following questions: What is naches? According to Koster, what makes games fun? What is Koster's definition of a good game? What is fiero? Name an example. Some of these questions may appear on an upcoming quiz.

What to Read:

Chapter 3, “What Games Are” and Chapter 5, “What Games Aren't” from Raph Koster's book A Theory of Fun for Game Design.

The complete etext of this book is available here.
You must be logged into a computer on the WPI network to access it.

What to Watch for:

As you read, write down the answers to the following questions:

Some of these questions may appear on an upcoming quiz.