The six qualitative elements of structure include action, character, thought, language, melody (pattern), and spectacle (enactment).
One digital game that I think uses all six of these elements is Mario Kart. In Mario Kart the actions used are go-kart racing with different characters. The entire game is go-kart racing and you can choose different characters with different levels of skills to race against other characters. The characters in this game correspond to the characters of Super Mario Bros. mainly including Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Toad, Donkey Kong and Yoshi. There is thought that also goes into this digital game, how the characters interact and we know each characters background from previous Super Mario Bros. games, etc. Language is used as well, the characters can interact with each other verbally through messaging and also through body language. Music is also a key element in this video game. The music and sounds for and Super Mario Bros. game is generally the same which makes it stand out from other games. Also some levels of the game require you to have a partner which would be someone else playing as a different character. Although the characters don't verbally speak they just type with speech bubbles, melody (pattern) and spectacle (element) are both used. The scenes and backgrounds of each game has the same color scheme or likeness to it that can mesh the entire game as a whole together. They all look like they were created together and they are all connected on some level of sameness.
Mario Kart characters.
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