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2D games are a great way to create quick and fun educational experiences. There's such a wide variety of 2D game-making tools available that it can be daunting to figure out where to begin. This post will hopefully give you a place to start. Construct Construct is a 2D game-making tool that works entirely in your browser, so you don't need to download anything to use it. Even better, you don't even need to be online to use it; once you've loaded the editor page, you can continue working on your project wherever you are. GameSalad

Hunicke, LeBlanc and Zubek published a useful framework for analyzing games. Mechanics are the components and rules of the game. It includes the verbs or "actions" that players are allowed to do in the game. It also includes algorithms and data structures set up within the game.Dynamics are what happens once the mechanics are put in place and players are playing the game. In other words, it is the run-time behavior of the game mechanics and rules that are set up.Aesthetics are the emotional responses targeted in the player(s). Hunicke, Robin & Leblanc, Marc & Zubek, Robert. (2004). MDA: A Formal Approach to Game Design and Game Research. AAAI Workshop - Technical Report.

Mechanics, Dynamics, and Aesthetics (MDA) Framework, a useful way to analyze games by Huinicke, LeBlanc and Zubek.