Examination of board games according to the principles of interaction: A game application

Game definitions directly or indirectly present us the concept of interaction. Concepts such as competition and conflict in the game show that the interaction is inevitable for games. Nowadays the defination of interaction is presented as a more digital concept. Purpose of the study is to study the basics through board games to understand the interaction in games and how they are designed. It aims to study the games designed and published at different times and to reach the types of interaction. It is emphasized that interaction is not only a digital term, but also table games have interaction and they present us interaction. Through researches which are made about games,design and interaction,the information about basics and principles of interaction with its history is provided in the study. Game development process and the use of concept of interaction in the game is studied and the use of guidelines for interaction design in in-game interaction types is researched. The concept of game is discussed with its included components and their functions within the game are examined. It is included the concept of table games by examining basic elements and types of games. The game created for the application work is presented as a game with its own kind of game attributes and interact. The use of the principles of game on the application and its conformity to the game concept have been studied. It is emphasised that games aren't very different from each other in terms of interaction and there are similarities in the basics.