Dear Colleagues,

In this Special Issue of the journal Information we want to take advantage of the fact that we are in an Information Science environment to gather strict knowledge regarding methods, techniques, models and modes of designing games. Games are, before any other definition, information systems that allow you to manage data, their design being essentially an information design task. Of course, this design is not intended to just organize or process information, this is only the first part of the process, since information management is carried out here in order to produce very concrete impacts and effects on the agents (humans and non-humans) of the system. Information serves the process, but it is then up to the studies of communication, art and psychology to contribute to the final definition of the design plan for each game. Because games, unlike software applications, do not use replicable systems, each game must be unique in its purpose, in that sense its internal system also needs to be, in some sort, unique.

In this way, we call for the submission of articles that account for game design models in the broadest sense, from analogue to digital, from pure entertainment to applied contexts of education, health or other. We want to bring together a wide range of approaches to game design that can inspire the community, both academic and industrial, and expand horizons for creativity and innovation.

We welcome submissions in the form of empirical, theoretical, and review articles that are focused on the combined area of the following topics:

. Game design methods;
. Game design systems;
. Game design models;
. Game mechanics and patterns;
. Problem-based, challenge-based and creative-based systems;
. Game storytelling models;
. Game interaction models;
. Cognition and game design;
. Aesthetics and game design;
. Communication and game design;
. Modern board-games design;
. Hybrid-games design;
. Gamification design;
. Approaches to game experience design;
. Approaches to game engagement design;
. Reward and punishment systems;
. Players behaviour modelling;
. NPC behaviour and interaction design;
. Choice design and poetic

Dr. Nelson Zagalo
Dr. Pedro Pinto Neves
Guest Editors

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• Game design
• Interaction design
• Patterns
• Models
• Systems
• Methods