Alignment

The goal of forming a linear alignment of game elements.

Using the term Matching Tile Games, Jesper Juul provides an analysis of a group of games using a form of the pattern in the fourth chapter of his book A Casual Revolution: Reinventing Video Games and Their Players<ref name="Juul2010"/>

This pattern is a still a stub.

Examples

Starries

Zoo Keeper

Match 3 games

Using the pattern

Puzzle Solving

History

An updated version of the pattern Alignment that was part of the original collection in the book Patterns in Game Design<ref name="Bjork & Holopainen 2004"/>.

References

<references> <ref name="Bjork & Holopainen 2004">Björk, S. & Holopainen, J. (2004) Patterns in Game Design. Charles River Media. ISBN1-58450-354-8.</ref> <ref name="Juul2010">Juul, J. (2010) A Casual Revolution: Reinventing Video Games and Their Players. MIT Press.</ref> </references>