Game Design
This week for our Reading Task we read the following: What is a Game, Anyway? The organic nature of game ideation Four basic methods for generating ideas When it comes to what a game might be, a definition I have come across in my readings is 'A play activity with rules that involve conflict' which is an easy way to put it. In fact it is more complicated than that especially when you compare different game styles. To get a solid meaning of what a game might be, you have to be using the same vocabulary across all games, which is still being defined as new games come out and new words are added. To put simply these are some of the definitions when it comes to games: Games are an activity Games have rules, conflict, goals and involve decision making. Games are artificial, safe and outside of ordinary life. We, as players gain no material gain And many more When it comes to game ideation, from the paper that I read, the interviewees have seen game ideas d...

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