The document provides an overview of key concepts in web games, including goals, obstacles, tools, second chances, and learning. It asks the reader questions about their favorite games and discusses the goals players want to achieve in games. The document also contains activities where readers are prompted to create game ideas using the concepts discussed, with examples like having a cake as a goal and a pencil as an obstacle.

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2. Web Games Go To: http://www.nitrome.com/ Play: Head Case Jack Frost Toxic

3. Questions to Ask Favorite Games? Best game ever played? Which Web game was the most Fun?

5. Goals What the Player what’s to achieve. Main goals Winning! Sub-Goals Shiny things Goals Fit the GAME

6. Obstacles Something that Impedes the player’s progress. Impeding the player’s path Feeling of Accomplishment Challenging the player.

7. Tools Tools are what the players use to get to their goals. A Sword A Spell A Jump Player’s need to use them properly

8. Second Chances The Player’s ability to fail and try again. Only once Chance in reality Try again Extra Lives Health Bar Quest for perfection

9. Learning What the player takes away from the game. How they progress. Player’s Learning the rules of the game and how to rise above them. Spikes = Death Fire Creatures are immune to fire. Increasing Difficulty Levels Become harder and more complicated.

10. Activity A Create a game with a story around concepts. Group Work Obstacle – Cat Goal – A Book Tool - Ribbon

11. Example: Goal Cake Obstacle Pencil Tool Butter Knife

12. Activity B Expand upon the last idea or create a new game idea. You will need at least: Two Goals Two Tools Three Obstacles In addition you will generate one level.