4 Fundamental Game Design Patterns

Game design is a fairly complex field to study. It's quite hard to understand how to abstract game systems and see how they interact. Especially if on top of the design, you also have to take care of engineering and art. So, to make that easier, I've listed 4, actually 5, game design patterns you can use to improve your game mechanisms.

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