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Staffan Björk
Researcher at University of Gothenburg
Publications - 102
Citations - 3819
Staffan Björk is an academic researcher from University of Gothenburg. The author has contributed to research in topics: Game design & Game mechanics. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 102 publications receiving 3654 citations. Previous affiliations of Staffan Björk include Viktoria Institute & Chalmers University of Technology.
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Zero-Player Games - What We Talk about When We Talk about Players
Staffan Björk,Jesper Juul +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the paradoxical idea of zero-player games and provide five subcomponents to help in the understanding of the player concept: Is this a human player? Does the player have agency, does the player play over time, appears to have intentionality, exhibits aesthetic preferences, and exhibits aesthetic preference.
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Formal analysis of gameplay
Petri Lankoski,Staffan Björk +1 more
TL;DR: Formal analysis can be seen as a fundamental or underlying method in that it provides an understanding of the game system that can in a later step be used for further analysis (cf. Munsterberg, 2009).
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Patterns, Dungeons and Generators
TL;DR: This paper analyses dungeons, of the varieties commonly found in role-playing games, into several sets of design patterns at different levels of abstraction, focusing on mechanical patterns that could be either straightforwardly instantiated or recognized by a well-defined process.
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Wizard's apprentice gameplay-oriented design of a computer-augmented board game
TL;DR: The prototype Wizard's Apprentice, a computer-augmented board game, is described, which was developed from the starting point of gameplay design goals and required iteration between the various design disciplines involved.
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Neither playing nor gaming: pottering in games
Sus Lundgren,Staffan Björk +1 more
TL;DR: Six patterns especially linked to pottering, the placid but yet focused activity of arranging and rearranging things, taking care of them, "sorting them out", are presented in greater detail.