Includes bibliographical references (pages 118-120) and index.
Contents
Timeline -- What is a game? -- Even Pharaohs loved board games -- Modern game changers -- Your brain on games -- Game design -- Game development and beyond -- The future of games.
Summary
This book takes kids on a journey to discover the history of games, and then leads them from their initial idea for a new game through several iterations of a game all the way to playing the final version of a game they created. Explore the processes of both playing and creating games while developing critical and creative thinking skills that apply to tasks and concepts across academic fields. -- adapted from back cover.