{"product_id":"manipulative-game-design-janne-tyni-9798290002736","title":"Manipulative Game Design: A Developer's Hands-On Guide to Scummy Practices with Data and Machine Learning","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Developer's Hands-On Guide to Scummy Practices with Data and Machine Learning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs player frustration a bug to be fixed, or a feature to be monetized? This book is not a philosophical debate. It is a codex of forbidden knowledge, a set of schematics for the exploitation engine that powers modern games.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will be trained as a Corporate Engineer for the fictional game development company and learn to build the manipulative systems behind its flagship title. Using accessible tools like JASP and Python, you will learn to see players not as people, but as data points to be harvested.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a technical manual; it is a moral compass. The purpose of showing you how to build a prison is to teach you how to recognize one from the inside. These blueprints are not for training more jailers, but for arming the Master Shipwrights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside, you'll learn to: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBUILD\u003c\/b\u003e the surveillance network that turns player actions into exploitable data.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIDENTIFY\u003c\/b\u003e your most valuable players with predictive models and clustering algorithms.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eUNLEASH\u003c\/b\u003e a reinforcement learning AI to invent new ways to manipulate your player base.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMASTER\u003c\/b\u003e the architecture of exploitation, from choice architecture to engineered scarcity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCONFRONT\u003c\/b\u003e the human element and the cynical PR cycle of the \"Calculated Meltdown.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGAZE\u003c\/b\u003e into the future of the AI Game Master, a perfect, procedurally generated trap.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe schematics are in your hands. Now you have a choice. This final section is not an instruction, but a call to action: to reject the path of the Corporate Engineer and to use this dark knowledge as a shield. Take these blueprints, recognize their patterns in the wild, and become the advocate your players need you to be. Go be a Master Shipwright.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Janne Tyni\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798290002736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d","brand":"Janne Tyni","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49083644084479,"sku":"9798290002736","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/manipulative-game-design-janne-tyni-9798290002736","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}