Well, that didn’t help much. Definition 1 is pretty vague, definition 2 refers uses “game” to define “game”, and definition 3 still seems too abstract. There’s two words that stand out to me in definition 3 that get the wheels in my mind turning: “competitive” and “rules”. “Competition” can mean players playing against each other or against the game itself – either way works. It’s not quite that simple. This is a complex philosophical question, as well as an incredibly semantic one. In fact, spending a lot of time defining “game” doesn’t mean all that much if your first language is German, French, or Swahili. The dictionary definition assigned to your version of the word “game” would be different, as would the social complexities associated with the word.
A game world is a place of imagination and is usually placed in an alternate fictional universe and its aim is to immerse the player and make them feel as if they are in control of this game world with their decisions and actions affecting everything around them. A game world can be classed as many things, from a game board all the way up to a triple-A game that’s developed by a huge company. It all depends on the level of detail within the game itself. A game world should have a lot of thought and detail put into it and it is up to the game lore to decide whether the game world will be detailed or not, if there is no lore then there is no world.
