Formal Elements vs. Dramatic Elements
Player
Objective
Procedure
Rules
Resources
Conflict
Boundries
Outcome
System Dynamics
Game Objects
- properties
- behaviours
- relationships
- unpredictable outcomes = playability
True Emergence
Cellular Automata
Structures of Game Dynamics
KEY CHAPTER QUESTIONS
■How are a game’s challenges and strategies associated with gameplay?
■ What are interactivity modes and how do they relate to gameplay?
■ What is the relationship between gameplay and story?
■ What is the difference between static and dynamic balance?
■ How can the Prisoner’s Dilemma and the tragedy of the commons be applied to cooperative gameplay?
SUMMARY
Reading Assignment:
- Game Development Essentials - Chapter Six - Game Play Mechanics