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Game Play

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Great games are easy to start but difficult to master.

Games​

Benefits​

  1. escape from reality; entering a flow state
  2. Skill acquisition is an important driver to creating meaningful games.
  3. 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.