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Index

Main Page Table of content Copyright Acknowledgments About the Author About the Technical Reviewers Tell Us What You Think Preface Introduction

Who Should Read This Book? Overview

Chapter 1. Introduction to Virtual Worlds

Some Definitions What They Are and Whence They Came The Past Affects the Future The Basics Influences on Virtual Worlds The Designer

Chapter 2. How to Make Virtual Worlds

Development On Architecture Theory and Practice

Chapter 3. Players

Who Are These People and What Do They Want? Player Types Other Categorizations The Celebration of Identity Anonymity Role-Playing Masquerading Community Influence Through Design

Chapter 4. World Design

Scope Major Decisions Geography Population Physics Reset Strategy

Chapter 5. Life in the Virtual World

Advancement Character Generation The Virtual Body Groups Combat Crafting The Elder Game The Whole Picture

Chapter 6. It's Not a Game, It's a

Points of View Making Sense of Virtual Worlds Virtual Worlds as Subfields Virtual Worlds as Tools Virtual Worlds as Virtual Worlds Conclusion

Chapter 7. Towards a Critical Aesthetic

A Theory of Virtual Worlds The Story of Story The Critical Aesthetic in Use

Chapter 8. Coda: Ethical Considerations

Censorship Players as People Groups of Players as Groups of People Yourself

Index

Index SYMBOL Index A Index B Index C Index D Index E Index F Index G Index H Index I Index J Index K Index L Index M Index N Index O Index P Index Q Index R Index S Index T Index U Index V Index W Index X Index Y Index Z

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