Basics of Game Design

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CHAPTER 4

ON MOVEMENT

Most games have some kind of movement. Movement deals with the

physical displacement of game objects in a two- or three-dimension

world. In board games, movement is usually restricted to special

spaces on a at surface, and the player generates a random number

through dice rolls or other mechanics to move a token from space

to space around the board. For such games, it is important to keep

players within established boundaries; otherwise, the game dissolves

into anarchy. Imagine a Monopoly player deciding to take a “short-

cut” because the dice roll would otherwise cause his token to land on

the “Go to Jail” space. ...