Island

Frame · Natural spaces spatial

A bounded terrain surrounded by a natural barrier – everything is finite, there is no escape and no resupply from outside.

Design question – Your play space is an island. What makes the boundary appealing – manageability, scarcity, or the feeling of being enclosed?

Reference example – Tropico: an island state with limited land, where every decision takes effect in a confined space. Far Cry 3: an island with its own rules that you cannot simply get away from.

Associations

• Typical Activities – Exploring, Settling, Surviving, Defending (coast)

Coherence

Mechanisms: Area Control (bounded area), Resource Management (finite resources), Exploration (mapping the island). Activities: Exploring, Settling, Surviving, Defending (coast). Ludic Organisational Structures: spatial order (coast/inland), economic order (self-sufficiency).