# Optimizing Play

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- Authors: [Christopher A. Paul](https://www.bookquiver.com/christopher-a-paul)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2024-05-14

## Description

An unexpected take on how games work, what the stakes are for them, and how game designers can avoid the traps of optimization. The process of optimization in games seems like a good thing—who wouldn’t...

## Editions

### Optimizing Play

- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6254-778-9
- Pages: 200
- Published: 2024-05-14
- Language: en_US