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# Formats and mechanic combinations

id: shared-family-64
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/shared-family-64
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/shared-family-64/

A format combines several actions into a shared structure, such as answering a prompt, discussion and voting on results.

## At a glance

![Participants compare answers and vote](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/general-quiplash-02.webp)

[Quiplash](https://store.steampowered.com/app/351510/) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed screenshot from Steam; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. Two answers are offered for a shared choice
2. A room code connects personal devices to the game

- Define each action’s role and make transitions between stages clear.

- [Quiplash](https://store.steampowered.com/app/351510/)

## How it works

Quizzes

## Variants

### Variants

<a id="family-64-branch-1"></a>

- Quizzes <a id="family-64-variant-1"></a>
- Lotto or bingo <a id="family-64-variant-2"></a>
- Dominoes <a id="family-64-variant-3"></a>
- Memory matching <a id="family-64-variant-4"></a>
- Movement board games <a id="family-64-variant-5"></a>
- Card games <a id="family-64-variant-6"></a>
- Puzzles <a id="family-64-variant-7"></a>
- Quests or escape rooms <a id="family-64-variant-8"></a>
- Exploration adventures <a id="family-64-variant-9"></a>
- Platformers with learning actions <a id="family-64-variant-10"></a>
- Object-selection runners <a id="family-64-variant-11"></a>
- Rhythm games <a id="family-64-variant-12"></a>
- Simulations <a id="family-64-variant-13"></a>
- Strategy games <a id="family-64-variant-14"></a>
- Sandboxes or construction tools <a id="family-64-variant-15"></a>
- Interactive books <a id="family-64-variant-16"></a>
- Roleplaying games <a id="family-64-variant-17"></a>
- Team games <a id="family-64-variant-18"></a>
- Active movement games <a id="family-64-variant-19"></a>
- Physical-object and app games <a id="family-64-variant-20"></a>

## Design example

A quest combines notes, object search, inference and maps.

## 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.

- [Quiplash](https://store.steampowered.com/app/351510/) (id: source-83b748d3290cf9f1)

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