Game Development Process Hey!, Welcome back to my blog again! Today I will be discussing about my understanding of 'MDA' and game design. Here are some of my thoughts after reading the articles and short video: 'MDA' stands for mechanics, dynamics and aesthetics. The article states that 'MDA' "is a formal approach to understanding games ñ one which attempts to bridge the gap between game design and development, game criticism, and technical game research". This is a process stage that a game designer has to go through in order to understand games. This is a process that they would have to go through in order to bridge the gap between game design and development. The first stage to this particular process is iterative development. This a process that is similar to brainstorming your ideas for games and prototype testing where you test out your ideas further. The article mentions that you need to understand the algorithms of t