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What makes most computer games fun to play is that they are, in their essence, stylized simulations of the real world. Like the real world, they contain objects that you can interact with in some way. These objects might be walls that block your movement, friends who help you, or enemies who harm you.
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van der Spuy, R. (2012). Bumping into Things. In: Foundation Game Design with HTML5 and JavaScript. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-4717-3_8
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