Instructions

Notes

• MDA concepts
  • Definitions
  • What designers can do
  • What players experience
• Practice with “classic Tic-Tic-Toe” in class.

Applying MDA To Tic-Tac-Toe

Use the template to create an MDA chart for the classic version of Tic-Tac-Toe.

• Use the first row of the chart to define mechanics, dynamics, and aesthetics in your own words.
• Then fill out the second row describing the mechanics, dynamics, and aesthetics of “classic” Tic-Tac-Toe.
• Next make an “MDA based” proposal for fixing Tic-Tac-Toe, work from right to left:
  • What do you want to fix about the aesthetics of Tic-Tac-Toe (and what do you want to preserve)?
  • How will the dynamics of the game need to change to support the aesthetics that you want?
  • Ideas for mechanics that (you hope) will accomplish your goals.
• Format additions in bold.
• Format deletions as strike outs (Alt-Shift-5 or Format > Text > Strikethrough) through the elements that you are eliminating.