Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- 1 Introduction -- Emergence -- Emergent Gameplay -- Emergence in Games -- Who This Book Is For -- How This Book Is Organized -- 2 Emergence -- Complex Systems -- Complexity -- Scientific Approaches -- Chaos Theory -- Artificial Life -- Emergence -- Summary -- Additional Reading -- Class Exercises -- 3 Playing Games -- Player Interaction -- The Evolution of Gameplay -- What Players Want -- Future of Gameplay -- Summary -- Class Exercises -- 4 Emergence in Games -- Board Games -- Game Worlds -- Characters and Agents -- Emergent Narrative -- Social Emergence -- Developing for Emergence -- Emergent Games -- Summary -- Class Exercises -- 5 Techniques for Emergence -- Linear Techniques -- Approximate Reasoning -- Machine Learning -- Complex Systems -- Artificial Life -- Choosing a Technique -- Summary -- Class Exercises -- 6 Game Worlds -- Active Game Environment -- Property-Based Objects -- Emergent Game Worlds -- Summary -- Class Exercises -- 7 Characters and Agents -- Sensing -- Acting -- Summary -- Class Exercises -- 8 Emergent Narrative -- Narrative Structure -- Narrative Elements -- Summary -- Class Exercises -- 9 Social Emergence -- Economies -- Social Structures -- Communities -- Artificial Social Networks -- Summary -- Class Exercises -- 10 Conclusion -- Emergent Game Worlds -- Emergent Characters and Agents -- Emergent Narrative -- Social Emergence -- Developers -- Players -- The Future of Gameplay Is Emerging -- Appendix A: Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I-J -- L -- M -- N-O -- P -- Q-R -- S -- T-U -- V-W -- Appendix B: Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.