Blog 3

Today we mainly learned about game mechanics and how they work. Game mechanics are kind of like a base to the game, and how the game actually works, without the me mechanics it would not work as well. Today I got to play a game called small world, which is probably now my favorite game, and it is very interesting because it has a gambling involved without the player noticing. You have to decide how many creatures you want too send out to attack the others. I felt that not only strategy and chance were involved with this game but also gambling, which I would add to one of the game mechanics. It really helped to play a game like this because our minds were so wrapped around strategy and luck and making sure that we have both, but we did not realize that it makes it so different to have another side to the game. I don't think it is the only game like that, but it is the only one that I know of, so for my game we are using ideas from the game to help us make our game.