Mechanic as the Message

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Brathwaite, Sharp

contexts around games

commercialism affects art

Made a game with her daughter about the emotional aspects of the southwest passage. perspective taking

Train - game

show don't tell

tying message and mechanics

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  • transformational games need thoughtful implementation
    • transformational games often have a rhetorical position that they reinforce through gameplay. Instead they should allow the player to discover the “correct” position through their gameplay. - Mechanic as the Message

    • Games should model systemic forces by letting their mechanics be abstractions of activities found within the larger system the game models. - Mechanic as the Message

  • Ethics And Game Design-Schrier
    • Mechanic as the Message
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