Run and Jump The Meaning of the 2D Platformer

How abstract design decisions in 2D platform games create rich worlds of meaning for players.Since the 1980s, 2D platform games have captivated their audiences. Whether the player scrambles up the ladders in Donkey Kong or leaps atop an impossibly tall pipe in Super Mario Bros., this deceptively sim...

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Main Author:	McDonald, Peter D
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge The MIT Press 2024 MIT Press
Edition:	1
Series:	Playful Thinking
Subjects:	close reading Computer games / online games: strategy guides Computer programming / software engineering Computing and Information Technology Digital Lifestyle and online world: consumer and user guides game feel GAMES & ACTIVITIES Games development and programming genre studies level design Level design: games programming Mario platformer semiotics structuralism
ISBN:	0262377446, 0262547392, 9780262377447, 9780262547390, 9780262377454, 0262377454
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