Book · recommended on 1 episode
A Theory of Fun for Game Design
Raph Koster
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Raph Koster
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This book by Raph Koster came up once on Tim Ferriss in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Elan Lee. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“One is a Theory of Fun by Raph Koster. It'll outline all these fundamentals. It is the first game design book I ever read. And go read that book.”— Elan Lee
The guest here is Elan Lee: Co-creator and CEO of Exploding Kittens, the self-described number one independent game studio (60 million games sold), former chief design officer at Xbox; co-designed the game Coyote with Tim Ferriss. Exploding Kittens CEO Elan Lee walks Tim Ferriss through designing, testing, and selling their card game Coyote and what makes bestselling games.
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