Student Handout — System Mapping, Dependencies, and Cause-and-Effect Logic (IFTT)

Course 2: Game Design & Development Principles / Unit 4: Game Design Core Loop & Systems / Lesson 2: System Mapping, Dependencies, and Cause-and-Effect Logic (IFTT)

Game Systems & Dependency Mapping Guide.

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Explore and practice

System mapping walkthrough, dependency chart exercise, and logic chain creation. CainOnGames video: The Origin of Reactivity (discussion and analysis).

Record your work

Describe what you tried, show your work or attach your artifact, and explain what your evidence demonstrates.

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Use the vocabulary

System Mapping, Dependency, Cause-and-Effect, Logic Chain, Game Variables, Systemic Gameplay, Interconnectedness, Emergent Gameplay, State Machine, Input-Output Logic

Use relevant terms above to explain one part of your work.

Check and reflect

• I completed the assigned activity and recorded my work.
• I used lesson vocabulary accurately.
• I can explain one thing I learned and one question I still have.

Resources

• The Origin of Reactivity

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• Open CodeHS course lesson explorer (opens in a new tab)