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 The reading tasks I have done over the last few weeks have been a great benefit to me. They have worked to help me further understand many different concepts within game design and development. I have learned about many new things like what a GDD is and why its so important to the process of game development. I look forward to learning more about the process of game design and development in the other readings that I will do. writing

The Biggoron sword  This weeks reading tasks focus on how elements of a game work to make a game something enjoyable and fun. In the  first article , the topic of 'gameification' is discussed. Gameification is the idea of turning tasks into something entertaining, this is seen throughout games. In my opinion this is seen most commonly in what are known as 'fetch quests' in games. A fetch quest is when you are tasked with bringing an item to a character for some sort of reward. An amazing example of the gameification of a fetch quest is t he quest to forge the Biggoron sword in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. This is a long enough quest that requires you to trade many different items with many different characters in order to finally be able to forge the sword. There is a section in the quest where you need to deliver some eye drops to the Goron in order for him to forge the sword for you but the eye drops will go bad after a certain amount of time. This time limi