Game Play
Great games are easy to start but difficult to master.
- to escape from reality; entering a flow state
- Skill acquistion is an important driver to creating meaningful games.
- When money impacts core gameplay it can undermine the above
Game Interaction
- Sequential: In games like monopoly or chess, players make decisions and do actions in alternating turns.
- Simultaneous: When players make decisions and take actions at about the same time, they are unaware of the choices made by other players, such as in rock-paper-scissors.
Sport
Teams sports develop co-ordinated collaboration among player of shared values and complimentary capabilities.