Designing Virtual Worlds

Designing Virtual Worlds
Author	Richard Bartle
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	New Riders
Publication date	2003
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	741
ISBN	0-13-101816-7

Designing Virtual Worlds is a book about the practice of virtual world development by Richard Bartle. It has been noted as an authoritative source regarding the history of world-based online games.^[1] College courses have been taught using it.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

In 2021, the author made the book freely available under a Creative Commons license on his website.^[6]

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[6] "Richard Bartle Releases His Classic Book Designing Virtual Worlds for Free Online". New World Notes. 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2021-08-17.

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