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  The player controls a small movement, touch or stroke. Results depend on
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    title: Duolingo
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      https://blog.duolingo.com/duolingo-101-how-to-learn-a-language-on-duolingo/
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    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Precise control and fine movements
    description: >-
      The player controls a small movement, touch or stroke. Results depend on
      position, direction and the allowed precision.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/learning-duo-101-12.webp
      width: 665
      height: 1440
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        https://blog.duolingo.com/duolingo-101-how-to-learn-a-language-on-duolingo/
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      credit: Duolingo
      rights: © Duolingo. All rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
      caption: 'Duolingo: a guide for the missing stroke'
      alt: 'Duolingo: a guide for the missing stroke'
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    tips:
      - Offer sensitivity and target-size adjustments.
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          https://blog.duolingo.com/duolingo-101-how-to-learn-a-language-on-duolingo/
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  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.
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# Precise control and small movements

id: shared-family-32
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/shared-family-32
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/shared-family-32/

The player controls a small movement, touch or stroke. Results depend on position, direction and the allowed precision.

## At a glance

![Duolingo: a guide for the missing stroke](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/learning-duo-101-12.webp)

[Duolingo](https://blog.duolingo.com/duolingo-101-how-to-learn-a-language-on-duolingo/) · © Duolingo. All rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. The arrow shows the stroke direction

- Offer sensitivity and target-size adjustments.

- [Duolingo](https://blog.duolingo.com/duolingo-101-how-to-learn-a-language-on-duolingo/)

## How it works

Touch a target accurately

## Variants

### Variants

<a id="family-32-branch-1"></a>

- Touch a target accurately <a id="family-32-variant-1"></a>
- Drag into a target area <a id="family-32-variant-2"></a>
- Fit parts into slots <a id="family-32-variant-3"></a>
- Guide objects along paths <a id="family-32-variant-4"></a>
- Trace contours <a id="family-32-variant-5"></a>
- Rotate into position <a id="family-32-variant-6"></a>
- Control press force or duration <a id="family-32-variant-7"></a>
- Catch moving objects <a id="family-32-variant-8"></a>
- Coordinate two actions <a id="family-32-variant-9"></a>
- Follow stroke order <a id="family-32-variant-10"></a>
- Thread, fasten and fold <a id="family-32-variant-11"></a>
- Cut or fold along lines <a id="family-32-variant-12"></a>

## Design example

Guide a pencil along a path without crossing its boundaries.

## Context and limits

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.

## Context: Educational games

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.

## Connected materials


## Sources and 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.

- [Duolingo](https://blog.duolingo.com/duolingo-101-how-to-learn-a-language-on-duolingo/) (id: source-872a30e434db6d16)

CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors