game camp
Day 1
Game Mechanics
overview
What are "Game Mechanics"?
What is a "Game Genre"?
Are Games Just Rules?
game mechanics are game cliches
"It Was a Dark and Stormy Night..."
They can be boring
They can be familiar
Their combination creates a new whole
The creative filling of their gaps is called "originality"
what is a game mechanic?
Rules that provide:
Structure
Fairness
Challenge
Structure
Rules that organize to provide useful input for the players
Such as...
Action Points
Resource Management
Win Conditions
affordance
Digital Games Must Give Special Clues
Physical Games Don't Need
Fairness
Rules that provide equal chance of success for every participant
Turns
Catch-Up Bonuses
Challenge
Mechanics that create
an equilibrium between skill and difficulty
Put them in "The Flow", Such As...
Risk & Reward
Dynamic Difficulty
Rules are trying
to build something more
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genre
A category of artistic composition
in similar form, style, or subject matter
game genres
Action
Action-Adventure
Role-Playing
Simulation
Strategy
Sports
game genres?
First-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter?
Top-Down Shooter?
game genres??
Single-Player
Co-Op Multiplayer
Competitive Multiplayer
Massively Multiplayer
What genre?
Play This Game:
Is It a Game?
What Are Its Mechanics?
What Is Its Genre?
what kind of gamer are you?
What Did You Get?
conclusion
Games Are Composed of Reusable Rules
Games Sharing Common Rules
Might Fit in the Same "Genre"
The Rules Exists To Provide Experience
The Experience Is The Most Important Part
PS - education needs games
