Track 2: Intro Week

The first week of the book club is a lot like the first week of class. We want to introduce you to what we're reading. We'd like to make sure you have the right books and also know what to expect. And lastly, we'd like to to introduce ourselves and have you introduce yourself.

The slides below cover an introduction to You (fiction), the Mobile App: Game Design: A Deck of Lenses and The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses, 2nd edition by Jesse Schell. 

Here's the material for Track 1.

(You knew there would be games right?)

We will be looking at games through a lens of course.  

Of course we will be using Ingress and looking at Interactive Fiction games. 

We will be adding Hearthstone.

While you're getting the book and the games, you might also want to take a look at 

the Interactive Fiction Competition. It's in 21st year and the judging for this year is 

still open until November 15, 2015.  Anyone (other than the game designer) is eligible

to judge as long as you are willing to play 5 game (2 hours each) and rate them.

Fiction

You by Austin Grossman

Non-Fiction

Mobile App - available free on

Google Play: Art of Game Design: Lenses

and iTunes: The Art of Game Design: A Deck of Lenses 

The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses, 2nd edition by Jesse Schell