Re:Game Mechanic Explorer – examples for game mechanics, alg...
by jcromartie on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @07:23AM
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Game mechanics are the rule systems that give the game goals or meaning.
Asteroids-like spaceship movement is not a game mechanic. Shooting bullets is not a game mechanic.
The system that is the feedback loop of moving to chase/avoid asteroids while shooting them and creating more and faster obstacles and targets is a game mechanic.
Asteroids-like spaceship movement is not a game mechanic. Shooting bullets is not a game mechanic.
The system that is the feedback loop of moving to chase/avoid asteroids while shooting them and creating more and faster obstacles and targets is a game mechanic.