[Commlist] New Book “The Game Needs to Change - Towards Sustainable Game Design”

Patrick Prax, with Clayton Whittle and Trevin York as co-editors, is 
enthusiastic to announce the upcoming release of the book “The Game 
Needs to Change - Towards Sustainable Game Design”.

This book shows how games can play their part in addressing climate 
change and how we can sustainably make games for sustainability. Based 
on both industry practice and research, the chapters within this book 
give voice to those who are working on sustainability in and through 
gaming. From the ways we make games to the ways we design them to 
resonate with players, these perspectives offer pragmatic 
recommendations and concrete starting points for working toward 
sustainability, showing you how to get started, no matter your role.

Patrick Prax has written up some brief recommendations on how to use the 
book in class for game educations and higher education in relation to 
media and communication with chapter suggestions and some reflection 
questions that he is happy to sent over.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions 
whatsoever: (patrick.prax /at/ speldesign.uu.se)

You can order the book from here and with the code DIS20 you can get a 
discount even after black Friday where it has 25% off right now:

https://www.routledge.com/The-Game-Needs-to-Change-Towards-Sustainable-Game-Design/Prax-Whittle-York/p/book/9781032836195

Full table of contents

INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1        It’s Dangerous to Go Alone! Take this Book! - Patrick 
Prax, Clayton Whittle, and Trevin York
Chapter 2        Introduction Part 1 - Toward Systemic Sustainability 
and Games - Patrick Prax
Chapter 3        Introduction Part 2 - Designing with Theories Of Change 
- Clayton Whittle and Trevin York

SECTION 1: Systemic Approaches
Chapter 4        Section 1: Systemic Approaches - Patrick Prax
Chapter 5        Systemic and Collective Change in Practice—Examples and 
Inspiration - Patrick Prax
Chapter 6        Opportunities for Impact Games in Social Movements and 
Campaigns - Aric McBay and Dr. eileen mary holowka
Chapter 7        Together We Stand, Divided We Fall: How Can Game 
Developers Navigate the Economic, Social, and Environmental 
Sustainability Challenges of the Game Industry? - Thorsten Busch, 
Florence Chee, and Tanja Sihvonen
Chapter 8        Making Every Game Green - Arnaud Fayolle

SECTION 2: Telling Stories from a Sustainable Future
Chapter 9        Section 2: Production, Processes, and Material 
Conditions - Clayton Whittle
Chapter 10      How Can Sustainable Game Makers Get Journalists to Pay 
Attention? - David Lumb
Chapter 11       Building a Green Game Movement: An Overview of 
Pro-Environmental Efforts in the Game Industry and Beyond - Valley Lopez
Chapter 12      Exploring Sustainable Gamemaking through an Artgame 
Residency - Cindy Poremba, Kara Stone, Ian Garrett, and Ben Abraham
Chapter 13      Changing the Question: What Is an Ecological Game? On 
the Three Definitions of Sustainable Game Design - David Harold ten Cate
Chapter 14      Sustainable Game Design in China: Pioneering Practices 
and Future Directions - Vincenzo De Masi, Qinke Di, Siyi Li, and Yuhan Song

SECTION 3: Integrating Environmental Messages into Game Design / Mechanics
Chapter 15      Section 3: Design for Environmental Messaging - Trevin York
Chapter 16      Sustainable Game Design beyond the ‘Nature-as-Franchise’ 
Paradigm - Stefan Werning
Chapter 17      From Exploitation to Restoration: Rethinking Management 
Games - Danielle Unéus
Chapter 18      Terra Nil: Reclaiming the Wasteland through Affective 
Play - Dr Anja Venter, Sam Alfred, and Jonathan Hau-Yoon
Chapter 19      Empowering Communities to Define Climate Goals - Clayton 
Whittle
Chapter 20      Critical Game Design Paradigms as Tools for 
Environmental Action - Hanna Wirman

SECTION 4: From Theory to Action
Chapter 21      Section 4: From Theory to Action - Patrick Prax
Chapter 22      Rendering Resistance: Making Defiant Games - Ossian 
Nordgren and Kristofer Vaske
Chapter 23      Reflections from a Game Dev Activist - Jennifer Estaris
Chapter 24      Take Care of Each Other: Cultural and Personal 
Frameworks for Surviving the Games Industry - Hexe Fey
Chapter 25      Conclusion - Patrick Prax, Clayton Whittle, and Trevin York


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