But you might ?¬? nd,
upon analyzing some of your favorite games, that they
share successful system designs in terms of the properties,
behaviors, and relationships of their objects.
Studying how the dynamics of these systems work can
help focus your own thoughts and explorations and
help you meet your own player experience goals.
Exercise 5.4: System Dynamics
Now let??™s take the game you have been working with in
Exercises 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 and see how we can change
the system dynamics by experimenting with the properties,
behaviors, or relationships of its core objects.
For example, if you chose a game like Monopoly,
change the prices, placement, and rent of every
property on the board or change the rules for
movement. How you change these things is up to
you, but make signi?¬? cant changes.
Now play the game. What happens? Did your
changes a?¬? ect the balance of the game? Is the
game still playable?
If the system is still playable, make another
change. For example, take out all the ???positive???
Chance cards in Monopoly and leave in only
???negative or neutral??? cards.
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