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Outline of games
1=Overview of and topical guide to games
1=Overview of and topical guide to games
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to games:
A game is a structured type of play usually undertaken for entertainment or fun. Games can also be work, art or an educational tool.
Definition
Main article: Game#Definitions
- Chris Crawford
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Roger Caillois
- Other definitions
Purpose
Individuals participate in game-play for various reasons, depending upon the aspect the particular game covers. These include:
- Education – The transmission of knowledge, skills and character traits.
- Learning analytics – Collecting data about learners for understanding and optimizing learning.
- Entertainment – Activity that holds attention or gives pleasure.
- Play – Intrinsically motivated recreation.
- Social relation – Interpersonal relationship between two or more people.
- Pleasure – Experience that feels good, is enjoyable.
- Hobby – A regular pleasurable activity.
- Strategy – Plan to achieve goals in uncertainty.
- Tactics – Conceptual action or short series of actions with the aim of achieving a short-term goal.
Classification
- Game classification
- By cause of uncertainty
Genre
Main article: List of game genres
- Party games
- Tabletop games
- Video games
- Other games
Lists of games
Party games
- Party game#Common party games
- Party game#Children's party games
Tabletop games
- List of board games
- List of cross and circle games
- List of card games
- List of dice games
- List of domino games
- List of tabletop role-playing games
Video games
Main article: Lists of video games
- By platform
- By developer
- By publisher
- By hardware
- By date
- By character or franchise
- By feature
- By region
- By genre
- By technology
- By license
- By player type
- By reception
- Other
Other
- List of fictional games
- List of games that Buddha would not play
- List of role-playing games
- List of traditional children's games
Game elements
- Clock
- Game controller
- Game media
- Lists of video game consoles
- Lusory attitude
- Marble
- Stadium
- Teetotum
- User guide
Tabletop
- Chess set
- Chessboard
- Chess piece
- Bishop
- King
- Knight
- Pawn
- Queen
- Rook
- Dice
- Long dice
- Dominoes
- Game board
- Gamemaster
- Gamemaster's screen
- Piece
- Meeple
- Miniatures
- Player character
- Playing card
- French-suited
- German-suited
- Italian-suited
- Portuguese-suited
- Spanish-suited
- Swiss-suited
- Play money
- Casino chip
Players
Main article: Gameplay
- Player – Participant in a game.
- Gamer – Participant in video games or tabletop games
Lists of players
- List of chess players
- List of esports players
History
Main article: History of games
- Pre-modern
- Modern
Game development
Main article: Board game development, Video game development
- Game development kit
- Tabletop game industry
- Video game developer
- Video game industry
- Video game modding
Game design
Main article: Game design
- Dynamic music
- Emergent gameplay
- Game balance
- Game design process
- Game mechanics
- Game of chance
- House rule – Unofficial modifications to official rules of a game.
- Simultaneous action selection
Video game
Main article: Video game design
- Dynamic game difficulty balancing
- Gold sink
- Game designer
Game theory
Main article: Game theory
- Cooperative game
- Evolutionary game theory
- Extensive form game
- Information set
- Kingmaker scenario
- List of games in game theory
- Normal-form game
- Payoff matrix
- Perfect information
Outlines of games
- Outline of chess
- Outline of games
- Outline of poker
- Outline of video games
References
References
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