1. What Is Game Design?
                                    
                                        The role of the game designer
                                            
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                                        Types of game designers
                                            
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                                        Generating ideas for games
                                            
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                                        Exercise: The easiest game design exercise in the world
                                            
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                                2. The Core of a Game
                                    
                                        What is a core for a game?
                                            
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                                        Defining the core loop of a game
                                            
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                                        Defining features from a core
                                            
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                                        Exercise: Creating features from a core
                                            
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                                3. Game Design Atoms
                                    
                                        Players in the world
                                            
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                                        Game view
                                            
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                                        Mechanics, dynamics, and system in game design
                                            
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                                        Goals
                                            
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                                        Exercise: The mechanics of play (where to start)
                                            
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