Players, objective, procedures, rules, resources,
con?¬‚ ict, boundaries, and outcome: These are the
essence of games, and a strong understanding of
their potential interrelationships is the foundation of
game design.
A er you grasp these basic principles, you can
use the knowledge to create innovative combinations
and new types of gameplay for your own games. This
chapter will delve more deeply into each of the formal
elements discussed in Chapter 2 and break them
down into conceptual tools that you can use to analyze
existing games or help make design decisions in
your own games.
Players
and betrayal are some. But we also perform actions
we would like to think ourselves capable of and have
never had the chance to face??”courage in the face
of untenable odds, sacri?¬? ce, and di?¬? cult decision
making. Somehow, through a strange and wonderful
paradox, those restrictive and binding statements
that are game rules, when put into motion within the
safety of the magic circle, mysteriously create the
opportunity for play.
We??™ve said that games are experiences designed for
players and that players must voluntarily accept the
rules and constraints of the game in order to play.
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