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In this paper we present the MDA framework (standing for Mechanics, Dynamics, and Aesthetics), developed and taught as part of the Game Design and Tuning Workshop at the Game Developers Conference, San Jose 2001-2004 [LeBlanc, 2004a].
The MDA framework, proposed by Hunicke, LeBlanc, and Zubek (2004) , has become an influential analytical tool in the field of game design and game studies. This framework deconstructs games into three essential components: Mechanics, Dynamics, and Aesthetics.
In the first years of the last decade, a trio of digital game designers Robin Hunicke, Marc LeBlanc, and Robert Zubeck created a conceptual perspective for game analysis that they called the MDA framework where MDA stands for Mechanics, Dynamics and Aesthetics (Hunicke, LeBlanc and Zubeck 2004).
Experience. The MDA framework describes Aesthetics as the desirable emotional responses which are evoked when the player interacts with the game system. Whereas DDE lays more focus on the Player-Subject and the Antagonist (the opponent, enemy, rival or villain) in a game. The Player becomes a Subject in a game.
Mechanics are the basic elements with which a game is composed on the rules, algorithms and data level. They are the building blocks in gamedesign. Dynamics are the behaviours that are evoked when the user interacts with the mechanics. Aesthetics are the feelings this consequently evokes in the user.
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Getting a Ph. D. in game design itself is likely impossible. Game design is an art rather than a science. Ph. D. studies are conducted on scientific topics, with the goal of answering scientific questions, to advance a field of technology.
The Framework of a Game Design (MDA framework) It formalizes the consumption of games into three parts: mechanics, dynamics, and aesthetics [1]. An approach that attempts to bridge the gap between game design and development, game criticism, and technical game research.

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