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gamist

gamist adjective: focused on gameplay (e.g. combat mechanics, winning the game) more than on roleplaying.

Adjective

gamist

  1. (game design) Focused on gameplay (e.g. combat mechanics, winning the game) more than on roleplaying.
    • The gamist agenda operates with a meta-directive in mind — in this case, to obtain the 'best ending'; […] While achieving a best ending in Suikoden II virtually requires a player to work, at some level, from a gamist stance, the desire or motivation that informs the sense that that 'best' ending is...2012 February 16, Gerald A. Voorhees, Joshua Call, Katie Whitlock, Dungeons, Dragons, and Digital Denizens: The Digital Role-Playing Game, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 337
    • At the same time, Brooks also suggests a 'gamist' attitude to the undead threat. 'Gamist' immersion contrast with narrativist or dramatist modes because it suggests players will focus on overcoming game challenges and finding optimal strategies rather than becoming involved in the story […]2020 August 20, Matt Coward-Gibbs, Death, Culture & Leisure: Playing Dead, Emerald Group Publishing, →ISBN, page 144

Questions about gamist

What does gamist mean?
Gamist means focused on gameplay (e.g. combat mechanics, winning the game) more than on roleplaying.
What part of speech is gamist?
Gamist is an adjective.

Words near gamist in the dictionary

  1. gamings
  2. gaminish
  3. Gamino
  4. Gaminos
  5. gamins
  6. gamist
  7. Gamit
  8. gamithromycin
  9. gamjatang
  10. Gamlingay
  11. Gamm

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