| Cue | Notes |
| MDA stands for Mechanics, Dynamics, and Aesthetics Iterative, qualitative, and quantitative analyses help analyze end result to refine implementation and analyze implementation to refine end result MDA framework is a tool to help designers, researchers, and scholars MDA framework formalizes the consumption of games by breaking them into their distinct components. Some components are Rules, Systems, Fun. They also establish design counterparts, Mechanics, Dynamics, Aesthetics. Mechanics – describes the particular components of the game, at the level of data representation and algorithms. Dynamics – describes the run-time behavior of the mechanics acting on player inputs and each other’s outputs over time. Aesthetics – describes the desirable emotional response evoked in the player, when she interacts with the game system. |