by Tracy Fullerton
about Tracy Fullerton
Tracy Fullerton is a game designer and professor at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts where she directs the Game Innovation Lab, a research center for games and play. She is also the author of Game Design Workshop: A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games.
Walden, a game
Abstract: Games as an aesthetic form are typically understood as a medium of action, characterized by interactivity and stereotyped in the types of interactivity that they generally comprise. Here, game designer Tracy Fullerton speaks to the design of experimental games that are reflective in nature, taking on subject matter that requires emotional introspection and a sophisticated interplay between player and game to achieve their design goals.