Do all games share the exact same structure? Of course not. A card game has a very different format than a board game; a 3D action game is not all the same as a trivia game. There is something hover, that they must all share because we clearly recognize them all as games. Take Go Fish and Quake. They must have some similarities because if we asked you if each game if each was a game you'd say "Yes!". In other words, if these games don't share the same structure, then what do they share that makes them games and not two different forms of entertainment?
Before venturing to say what similarities between them might be, it would help to look more closely at the underlying structure of both of these games. Lets take a look the common structural elements of games.
Chapter 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, and 2.7 (50pts)
Project Due: Week 04
Please answer the following questions and submit your answers to the dropbox. Please submit Word Documents or Text documents only.
2.1 - Think of a Game
A. Think of a game, any game. Now write down a description of the game. Be detailed. Describe it as if to someone how has never played a game like it before. B. Now think of another game - a completely different type of game. The more different this game is from the first one, the better. C. Compare your descriptions. Which elements were different and which were similar? Dig deep and really think hard about the underlying mechanics of each game.
2.2 - Players
Describe how players might join or start a game of "Go Fish" versus single player "Quake". What steps do they need to take in each case - social, procedural or technical? There will clearly be differences in beginning of a multiplayer card game versus a single player digital game, but are there also similarities? If so, describe them.
2.3 - Objectives
List five games, and in one sentence per game, describe the objective in each game.
2.5 - Conflict
Compare and contrast the conflict in football to the conflict in poker. Describe how each game creates conflict for the players.
2.7 - Premises
What are the premises for the games Risk, Clue, Pit and Guitar Hero? If you don't know these games then pick games that you are more familiar with.
All Finished with your Homework?
After you have saved the project file on your personal external storage device (like a thumb drive), please upload your Microsoft Word Document (.docx) or your text file (.txt) to the 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5 and 2.7 dropbox on D2L.
Before you upload your files to D2L, please ensure your files meet the following naming conventions:
Submit Your Assignment- lastname_gcom_420_chapter02.docx
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