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From the way the game looks on the screen to how the controls work and feel in your hand, STEAM impacts all aspects of gaming.

education to encourage students to obtain skills that will lead to great careers. Game design and gaming consoles and equipment have everything to do with STEAM. SOPHISTICATED SCIENCE Perfect mechanics, dynamics, and aesthetics lead to the perfect video game. Developers create the games and players consume the games. Players want to understand the rules, and once that happens, the players interact with the game to have some fun. The mechanics are the hidden rules, driven by math, algorithms and data. The dynamics are the part of the game that the user can actually see. Dynamics happen when you press a button on your controller or take other similar actions. Aesthetics drive the emotions you have when you interact with the game. You may feel

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