Title: Differentiate among game genres.
Course: Game Design and Development, Advanced (10205-II) > Section: Investigating the Functionality of Games

Differentiation should include

- action
  - sports
  - combat
  - platform
  - racing

- strategy
  - war games
  - puzzles
  - god games

- simulator games
  - flight sims
  - racing sims

- role-playing (e.g., online RPGs)
- point-and-click
- educational.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What qualities are associated with games of strategy?
- What are examples of games that fall into multiple categories?
- What is the relationship between the game genre and hardware and between the game genre and the platform?