I Have No Words & I Must Design
There’s a lotta different kinds of games out there. A helluva lot. Cart-based, computer, CD-ROM, network, arcade, PBM, PBEM, mass-market adult, wargames, card games, tabletop RPGs, LARPs, freeforms. And, hell, don’t forget paintball, virtual reality, sports, and the horses. It’s all gaming.
But do these things have anything at all in common? What is a game? And how can you tell a good one from a bad one?
What are the critical components of a successful game