- MDA: A Formal Approach to Game Design and Game Research
- Basic components and thought process of game design. Should have been covered in Fundamentals of Game Design, but if not read it.
- MDA: Framework Revisited
- Commentary, revisions, and updates to the original MDA. Brings up some good fundamental points to bolster and modify original version.
- Fundamentals of Game Design by Ernest Adams
- Other Game Design Books by Ernest Adams
- How Games Move Us - Emotion by Design by Katherine Isbister
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