Players =
. Mario Kart can have one player with computer controlled players or multiple players
. Tetris is one player.
Objectives =
. In Mario Kart, the objective is to be the first player to reach the goal or end of the race
. In Tetris, the objective is to not have your screen fill up with bricks and to score points.
Procedures =
. In Mario Kart, the player can accelerate, steer, use powerups, and do a small hop.
. In Tetris, the player can rotate bricks and drop bricks to position them on the screen. The player can remove bricks by making a horizontal line of them across the screen.
Rules =
. In Mario Kart, the player must adhere to the race course, the player must circle around the race course however many times the game tells the player to, and the player cannot win the race by driving around the race course in the wrong direction.
. In Tetris, the player cannot put bricks underneath other bricks, the player cannot move bricks already placed, and the player cannot slowdown the speed of falling bricks.
= Resources
. In Mario Kart, the resources available to the player are the powerups the player can get, the player’s kart, and the speed boosting tiles on the floor.
. In Tetris, the resources available are the bricks that fall. Bricks can have different shapes allowing the player to create complex forms.
= Conflict
. In Mario Kart, the conflict is the race against the other players. The competition creates the conflict.
. In Tetris, the conflict is created by the bricks falling from the sky. As more bricks build up vertically, the conflict builds.
= Boundaries
. In Mario Kart, the boundaries are the edges of the race course.
. In Tetris, the boundaries are the walls which the bricks cannot go out of.
= Outcome
. In Mario Kart, one player wins by being the first to get to the end. All other players lose, but are ranked in order of which got to the end first.
. In Tetris, the player can never actually win, but can lose and get a higher score than the player got before.