MDA (Mechanics, Dynamics, Aesthetics)


While still trying to understand the aesthetics in detail a classmate sent me a link to the official MDA study from scholars as part of the Game Design and Tuning Workshop at the Game Developers Conference, San Jose 2001-2004. What I got from the article was the different types of aesthetics and what mechanics drive these aesthetics.

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