Games have the following elements
Objectives
Provide challenge.
Set a game’s tone.
Different players in a game may be given different objectives.
One game may have many possible objectives for a player to choose from.
Game state and game view
Game state = information whose value can change during the course of play.
It can be seen that a game player may not, or does not have to know a game state in its
entirety. A game state observable by a game player is called a game view.
Rules (game mechanic)
Defines allowable actions
Dynamics
Are patterns of play caused by players making allowed moves
Games with similar dynamics may have totally different rules
Theme
It’s the game’s atmosphere.
It has nothing to do with rules or game mechanics.
But if chosen well, it can make the game more interesting.
Resources
Lives
Units
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Health
Currency
Actions
Objects
Terrain
Time
Obstacles
caused by rules
Sources of conflict
Physical Obstacles
Opponents
Dilemmas