Chapter 4. Mobile and Web3D Gaming
"Compared with games, reality is too easy. Games challenge us with voluntary obstacles and help us put our personal strengths to better use." | ||
| --Jane McGonigal, Reality is Broken, Fix #1 for reality | ||
"Fun and games" sounds unstructured, leisurely, unpredictable, and unscripted, which is not something to be studied, researched, and engineered. Yet, there is an art and science in fun—a method to making something more challenging and engaging to the audience. Ironically, the pleasure of games is not derived from winning. A perfect example of this is Tetris, one of the most popular games in the world—the game continues dropping more pieces, faster, until the player finally loses. This game is an ideal example of the ...
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