Interactivity

There are many different aspects to the subject of interactivity, but in itself it is not easily defined and is a vague term, many problems and questions come up when thinking about interactivity. The main one being what is it and what do you do, and are all media interactive; everyone has different ideas about what they believe interactivity to mean.

The basic break down or description of interactivity is the active relationship between to things; this could be the reading of a text or simply knocking over a glass of water, or the ability to affect and outcome.

There are two different types of interactivity, these are just plain interaction, like knocking over a glass, and the other is designed interaction. Designed interaction is when possible outcomes are already designed, like the rolling of a dice, the interaction of rolling can only have one of six, depending on the type of dice, possible outcomes. The connection between the player and the game is governed by a set of rules, limiting the outcome.