RPG

Frame · Genre genre

Players take on roles, develop characters and experience an unfolding story – the growth of the character is the core.

Design question – Your game is a role-playing game. What does it mean to slip into another role – and how do players feel their character growing?

Associations

• Typical Activities – Questing, Fighting, Exploring, Trading, Socializing

Coherence

Core expectations: character development, experience points, quests, equipment, skill trees, narrative depth. Mechanisms: Skill Progression, Ludic Experience Points, Inventory Management, Narrative Choice, Combat. Activities: Questing, Fighting, Exploring, Trading, Socializing. Ludic Temporal Structure: mostly turn-based (tactical RPG) or real-time with pause; session-based. Ludic Social Structure: solo (single-player RPG), party (group journey), co-op (multiplayer RPG).