Lean Game Development : Apply Lean Frameworks to the Process of Game Development

Appendix A: More About Games

How do you differentiate and classify all the things in the world today that we call a game ? In fact, there are hundreds of names that can be applied to digital games, such as games , serious games , gamification , advergames , and many others. Table  A-1 l some of the differences between categories. An “x” represents a requirement.

Table A-1 Differences Between Things Called Games

	Game Thinking	Game Elements	Virtual World	Gameplay	No Purpose
Playful games	x
Gamification	x	x
Advergames	x	x	x
Simulation	x	x	x
Serious games	x	x	x	x
Game	x	x	x	x	x

Figure  A-1 classifies the differences among the types of games and the characteristics of each one, according to Andrzej Marczewski’s 2015 “Game Thinking” blog post.

Figure A-1 Types ...