Hand in Hand: Gameplay in the Age of Mobile Intimacy

A new and, until recently, relatively unheralded industry, smartphone games are increasingly emerging as not just an alternative to their more established videogame counterparts, but also a distinctive and exciting artform in their own right. Looking in detail at two recent works – award-winning Australian 'craft game' Florence and mindfulness 'companion' #SelfCare – Jini Maxwell finds examples of mobile interfaces enabling and fostering new approaches to gaming narrative and language.

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Teaching Media, middle years, senior secondary, Tetris, Touch Fighter, Angry Birds, Fornite, iPhone, craft game, TRU LUV