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Feb
Soren Johnson writes about the fascinating economic situation within games and how Designers can start looking more closely at this mostly over-looked mechanic in games as a way of avoiding past pitfalls and adding a much greater depth to their products
Title: “Game Economics‘ – Original Article
Written by: Soren Johnson (www.designer-notes.com)
Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on February 11th, 2009
Posted in: Game Design | | Comments (0)
