Underlying Assumptions and Concepts

Assumptions

It is possible to name re-usable gameplay design concepts

This assumptions builds on similar assumptions from other design disciplines, most specifically the design pattern approach introduced in Architecture<ref name="Alexander"/> and commonly used in object-oriented programming<ref name="Gamma"/>.

Games can be described as an Activity-Based Framework of Game Components

The original gameplay design patterns collection<ref name="Bjork & Holopainen 2004"/> was created from analyzing specific ways game components could be instantiated in a game design. To support this, a framework describing generalized game components on different levels of abstraction was identified<ref name="Bjork & Holopainen 2004, chapter 2"/>

References

<references> <ref name="Alexander">Alexander, C Ishikawa, S. & Silverstein, M. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction. Oxford University Press. ISBN-10 0195019199, ISBN-13 978-0195019193

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<ref name="Bjork & Holopainen 2004">Björk, S. & Holopainen, J. (2004) Patterns in Game Design. Charles River Media. ISBN 1-58450-354-8.</ref> <ref name="Bjork & Holopainen 2004, chapter 2">Björk, S. & Holopainen, J. (2004) An Activity-Based Framework for Describing Games. Chapter 2 in Patterns in Game Design. Charles River Media. ISBN1-58450-354-8.</ref> <ref name="Gamma">Gamma, E., Helm, R., Johnson, R. & Vlissides, J.M. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software. Addison-Wesley Professional. ISBN-10: 0201633612, ISBN-13: 978-0201633610.</ref> </references>