From this weeks reading i learned about MDA which stands for “Mechanics dynamics and Aesthetics”.MDA is a game design framework that helps developers to look at the design of the game technology. It breaks down game design into three categories that can be useful for analysis.Which are the following
- Mechanics are like the rules of the game and how the game operates like how is it set up,what actions the player has to take when will the game etc.
- Dynamics describe the play of the game when the rules are set in motion
- Aesthetics is the players experience of the game is the game fun or boring.
Link 1-https://medium.com/@jenny_carroll/using-the-mda-framework-as-an-approach-to-game-design-9568569cb7d This link was very helpful in breaking down each of the things to consider in game MDAand giving me a better understanding, as well as establishing their design counterparts.
Link 2-http://www.firstpersonscholar.com/a-working-theory-of-game-design/From this link i learned about some imporatant concepts and a working theory on game design which i enjoyed reading and found it intresting .
Link 3-http://gamedevelopertips.com/mechanics-dynamics-aesthetics-game-design-theory-behind-games/This link also explains more about MDA and it gave me a much better understanfing from breaking it all down.
Mechanics
https://unsplash.com/photos/COqQwsiMqMc
Comments
Post a Comment