{"schemaVersion":1,"record":{"key":"mechanic/shared-family-64","type":"mechanic","id":"shared-family-64","lang":"en","title":"Formats and mechanic combinations","summary":"A format combines several actions into a shared structure, such as answering a prompt, discussion and voting on results.","updatedAt":"2026-10-22","status":"active","url":"https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/shared-family-64/","jsonUrl":"https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/shared-family-64.json","markdownUrl":"https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/shared-family-64.md","aliases":[],"tags":["Children’s games","Goals, constraints and progression","Educational games"],"sourceIds":["source-83b748d3290cf9f1"],"sources":[{"id":"source-83b748d3290cf9f1","title":"Quiplash","url":"https://store.steampowered.com/app/351510/","verifiedAt":null}],"sections":[{"id":"principle","title":"How it works","body":"Quizzes"},{"id":"variants","title":"Variants","body":"### Variants\n\n<a id=\"family-64-branch-1\"></a>\n\n- Quizzes <a id=\"family-64-variant-1\"></a>\n- Lotto or bingo <a id=\"family-64-variant-2\"></a>\n- Dominoes <a id=\"family-64-variant-3\"></a>\n- Memory matching <a id=\"family-64-variant-4\"></a>\n- Movement board games <a id=\"family-64-variant-5\"></a>\n- Card games <a id=\"family-64-variant-6\"></a>\n- Puzzles <a id=\"family-64-variant-7\"></a>\n- Quests or escape rooms <a id=\"family-64-variant-8\"></a>\n- Exploration adventures <a id=\"family-64-variant-9\"></a>\n- Platformers with learning actions <a id=\"family-64-variant-10\"></a>\n- Object-selection runners <a id=\"family-64-variant-11\"></a>\n- Rhythm games <a id=\"family-64-variant-12\"></a>\n- Simulations <a id=\"family-64-variant-13\"></a>\n- Strategy games <a id=\"family-64-variant-14\"></a>\n- Sandboxes or construction tools <a id=\"family-64-variant-15\"></a>\n- Interactive books <a id=\"family-64-variant-16\"></a>\n- Roleplaying games <a id=\"family-64-variant-17\"></a>\n- Team games <a id=\"family-64-variant-18\"></a>\n- Active movement games <a id=\"family-64-variant-19\"></a>\n- Physical-object and app games <a id=\"family-64-variant-20\"></a>"},{"id":"example","title":"Design example","body":"A quest combines notes, object search, inference and maps."},{"id":"context","title":"Context and limits","body":"An action map for children’s digital, board, active and mixed games. An instructional goal is optional: children can invent stories, explore toys, compete or enjoy play itself. Select age suitability, reading demands, controls and pace separately; different implementations can suit different ages. Learning tasks and instructional support have their own reference."},{"id":"context-education","title":"Context: Educational games","body":"A mechanic map for games with explicit learning goals, from first encounters with a topic to professional practice. It covers children, teenagers and adults; choose subject, difficulty, context and controls for the learner. Player actions, subject content, instructional support and assessment are distinct layers. Scores and game completion alone do not establish mastery or skill transfer."}],"relations":[],"placements":[{"catalogId":"children","id":"family-64","title":"Children’s games","url":"https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/children/#family-64","categoryIds":["progress"]},{"catalogId":"education","id":"family-64","title":"Educational games","url":"https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/education/#family-64","categoryIds":["progress"]}],"supersededBy":[],"attributes":{"preview":{"updatedAt":"2026-10-22","title":"Formats and mechanic combinations","description":"A format combines several actions into a shared structure, such as answering a prompt, discussion and voting on results.","image":{"src":"images/mechanics/general-quiplash-02.webp","width":1440,"height":810,"game":"Quiplash","sourceUrl":"https://store.steampowered.com/app/351510/","originalUrl":"https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/351510/ss_b43742be0818c5c18a6415f51ac4d2e383aa732f.1920x1080.jpg?t=1725046271","credit":"Jackbox Games, Inc. / Jackbox Games, Inc.","rights":"Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed screenshot from Steam; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.","caption":"Participants compare answers and vote","alt":"Participants compare answers and vote","markers":[{"x":48,"y":53,"label":"Two answers are offered for a shared choice"},{"x":68,"y":16,"label":"A room code connects personal devices to the game"}]},"tips":["Define each action’s role and make transitions between stages clear."],"examples":[{"title":"Quiplash","url":"https://store.steampowered.com/app/351510/"}]}},"endsAt":null,"provenance":"Play-focused selection adapted from the original children-education taxonomy, with original editorial additions dated 2026-10-20. Developer sources support specific examples, not the entire classification.","license":"CC-BY-4.0","codeLicense":"MIT","attribution":"gamemechanics.pro contributors","catalogKey":"catalog/children"}}