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0 pointshyperpallium7y ago0 comments

Yes, rules are needed for a game. But is it enough?

e.g. there are rules to writing a syntactically correct program; ways to drive a car; use a GUI. Does that make them games?

If a user can make a game out of them, what do they add, to make it into a "game"? Is the thing added an objective of some kind (i.e. a win condition)?

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blurbleblurble7y ago

That's why I added that a game is something you "play".

I'd suggest that in order to make something into a game, the user is adding "playfulness", which is pretty subjective and may or may not include a simple goal.

In an open game or fun simulation, the player is going to be coming up with their own goals or roles of play. Or maybe they will just be going with a simple open ended goal of curious exploration.

coldtea7y ago

>Yes, rules are needed for a game. But is it enough?

No, it should also not be tied to some productive outcome, which this does not.

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