Game Mechanics Vs Game Systems

Fortnite

Mechanic: Building is a mechanic a very versatile mechanic. You can scale mountains protect yourself and do so much more. It is the reason fortnite gained attraction in the first place

System: loot llamas are a system where only 3 to 5 of them will spawn on the whole map. they will drop materials and other healing items once you open it or break it.

Fortnite LLama

System. 5 spawn in the world

Mechanic. Gives materials and heals where u can use different mechanics to use them. One of them is drinking a shield potion to gaining extra health. Another is building to protect yourself. These are useful to find if u find a player to fight early game. Due to having materials and heals you already have a big advantage.

Mortal Kombat

Fatality is a mechanic

The fatality is a combination of different inputs to simulate a violent cutscene to finish off the opponent. It is a staple in mortal kombat and is recognized my many people who don’t even play the game

Timer Counter is a system

The timer shows how much time of the round is left. This is useful because it shows how much time you must kill your opponent

Google Snake

Apples: apples are the things to eat. This is a system to make you grow the snake. You must be tactical with your positioning in order to maximize the length you can go.

W,a,s,d are the controls. They go up left down and right. This helps you move towards the apples to make you grow.

The walls. You have to avoid hitting the walls so that your game doesn’t end. This also occurs when you hit yourself so its vital to be cautious about this.

The apples are a system that make the mechanics harder. The more apples you eat the bigger you get making it harder to move around