Gameplay - Ambiguity in Definition

Ambiguity in Definition

The term gameplay can be quite ambiguous to define, thus it has been differently defined by different authors.

For instance:

• "A series of interesting choices." -Sid Meier
• "The structures of player interaction with the game system and with other players in the game."
• "One or more causally linked series of challenges in a simulated environment."
• "A good game is one that you can win by doing the unexpected and making it work."
• "The experience of gameplay is one of interacting with a game design in the performance of cognitive tasks, with a variety of emotions arising from or associated with different elements of motivation, task performance and completion."
• "Gameplay here is seen as the interactive gaming process of the player with the game."