I've found working with the three game exercise how difficult creating a game and rules can be. First off when creating a game I feel as if we (being the game creator) automatically assume that the players of the created game already understand how the game is played.
It is interesting to see what other people have come up with using their limited resources, and not only are these resources limited they're compatibility with the other items is as far from perfect as we can get. This is what makes the creating of the game so much fun; it's the flexing of the creative muscle that we so rarely use.
This exercise is assisting in the development of ideas for what meaningful play means to me, and what kind of games I truly enjoy. It also makes me wonder how long the creators of games spend on creating games like Trouble, and Tic Tac Toe. Also, my appreciation for games has greatly increased in the few short weeks of class.
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