The Primary Schemas- ROP Ch 10

Rules of Play is based on the idea of game design schemas:
What is schema?: building blocks of rules, play and culture in games;
                            Organizer of knowledge
Way mind acquires and organizes knowledge
-schema qualities:
- has variables
                            -can embed
                            -represent knowledge at many levels of abstraction
                        -represent knowledge rather than definitions

Rules are formal schemas: 1- in the sense of inner form of the games
                                            2- in the sense if formalization of knowledge about the game
Play is experiential schema: directly focused on the actual experience
Culture is contextual schema: focus on the cultural dimensions of games, design and play.