core loop

plural core loops

1. Synonym of compulsion loop.

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   A core loop often looks like this: Action → Reward. In checkers this is jump a piece (action) → capture a piece (reward). In other words, do a thing and then get a thing. Some games have simple core loops like checkers, whereas others have more interactions that fill out the core loop with many steps, sub loops, and complexities.

   2013, Will Luton, Free-to-Play: Making Money From Games You Give Away, New Riders, →ISBN, page 32

   Synonyms: compulsion loop