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A better recipe for game jams: using the Mechanics Dynamics Aesthetics framework for planning
conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-23, 12:09 authored by Buttfield-Addison, P, Manning, J, Nugent, TRThis position paper explores the application of the Mechanics Dynamics Aesthetics (MDA) framework to the game ideation and design process, as employed during time-limited game jams and hackathons. MDA is a framework for understanding games that attempts to interlink the related disciplines of game design, game development, game criticism, and game research. MDA suggests that the components of a game can be broken down into mechanics, which describe processes and actions available in a game, dynamics, which describe the dynamics of actions reaction to each other in game, and aesthetics, which describe the emotional responses evoked in the player by the game. This paper describes how MDA can be applied in a game jam context in order to focus the design and ideation process, and direct team activities into building a cohesive, playable end result.
History
Publication title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Game Jams, Hackathons, and Game Creation Events, GJH and GC 2016Editors
F Khosmood & A FowlerPagination
30-33ISBN
978-1-4503-4083-0Department/School
School of Information and Communication TechnologyPublisher
Association for Computing MachineryPlace of publication
Berkeley, CaliforniaEvent title
International Conference on Game Jams, Hackathons, and Game Creation Events, GJH and GC 2016Event Venue
Berkeley, CaliforniaDate of Event (Start Date)
2016-03-13Date of Event (End Date)
2016-03-13Rights statement
Copyright 2016 ACMRepository Status
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