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Game Mechanics - Core Elements. A GAME in Game Based Learning occurs when learners engage in an abstract challenge, defined by rules, that is interactive, provides feedback that results in a quantifiable outcome and ideally elicits an emotional reaction. According to Karl Kapp, the core elements of game mechanics involve the following nine elements, a system of elements within the space of a game, involving players/learners, interacting with one another, in an abstract game space, involved in a challenge to achieve goals and outcomes, within the context of the rules that define the game, utilizing interactivity, feedback which is instant,direct, and clear, a quantifiable outcome (the player knows if he/she has won or lost), and it elicits an emotional reaction.