Game Definitions
Computer game designer Cris Crawford defines games as: an /interactive/, goal-oriented activity made for money, with /active agents to play against/, in which players (including active agents) can interfere with each other.
Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman: “A game is a /system/ in which players engage in an /artificial conflict/, /defined by rules/, that results in a quantifiable outcome." (Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals. MIT Press. p. 80.)
Greg Costikyan: “A game is a form of art in which participants, termed players, /make decisions/ in order to manage resources through game tokens in the pursuit of a goal." (https://web.archive.org/web/20080812015347/http://www.costik.com/nowords.html#Deciding)
Board game definition
"A board game is a tabletop game that involves counters or pieces moved or placed on a pre-marked surface or board, according to a set of rules."(wikipedia)
Components
- Goals: to strive for something
- Challenge: more than a daily routine
- Interaction: movies and books are cited as examples of non-interactive entertainment
- Stimulation: mental or physical
- Fun: the activity is chosen for its light-hearted character
- Rules: the activity has rules that are different from everyday life
Type
- Competitive
- Cooperative
- Noncompetitive
Games
- Tic-tac-toe, https://www.google.lt/search?q=Tic-tac-toe&source=lnms&tbm=isch
- Pandemic, https://www.google.lt/search?q=Pandemic&espv=2&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch
- The Ungame, https://www.google.lt/search?q=The_Ungame&source=lnms&tbm=isch
- Conway's Game of Life, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2vgICfQawE
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