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00:55 Apr 2, 2021

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English term or phrase: busywork

Definition from What Games Are:
Any action that does not create a loop is busywork. Busywork is generally not that much fun, and tends toward repetitive, low agency or permutative actions. Such activity typically could be automated or skipped entirely, does not cause meaningful change in the game world and only the player's tolerance for it governs whether they will become bored or not.

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Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Less busywork, more rewarding quests and a FAR better open world. Daily Star
Whether it’s workified elements in AAA games, or often fully busywork-based browser, casual, mobile or idle games — these days the disguise of “fantasy” or “escapism” is often paper-thin, if it even exists. Fabian Fischer
At a time when players have more choice than ever about the games they play, publishers are spending millions on games that aim to become your only game, something you'll stay invested in at the expense of everything else. While this approach has given us big and beautiful game worlds like The Division's New York, it's also having a negative effect on the industry, forcing publishers to eschew riskier bets and pad out those games they do make with pointless busywork. The Verge

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継続作業

Mariko Torigoe

作業

Casey Keller

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作業

Definition from デジタル大辞泉（小学館）:
［名］(スル)仕事。また、仕事をすること。特に、一定の目的と計画のもとに、身体または知能を使ってする仕事。「修復作業にとりかかる」「徹夜で作業する」「作業能率」「農作業」

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などとメインパートがつまらなかったり操作が快適でないものも結果としてつまらないことの繰り返し=作業となりやすい。 - Niconiko
FFでは、強いボスを倒したいと思う自分の意志を実現するためにレベル上げという作業をするので、面白いと感じながら取り組めます。 - Note

Explanation:
https://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/作業ゲー

"作業ゲーとは、プレイ中に実のない行為を繰り返せざるをえないことが多いゲームを指して使われる言葉である。"

Casey Keller
United States
Local time: 02:59
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

1 day 11 hrs confidence:

継続作業

Definition from Busywork:
Busyworkとは英語で"work that you are given or give yourself mainly so that you have something to do rather than because it is really necessary"と下記のリンクの通りなので集中作業が一番てきしている訳だと思いますがいかがでしょう。
しかし、
このIT文法からすると"Any action that does not create a loop is busywork. "の場合は継続作業が一番正しいと思います。サンプルとしてリンク(examples samples in japanese)のランクにテンプしました。

Example sentence(s):

この文法からすると"Any action that does not create a loop is busywork. "の場合は継続作業が一番正しいと思います。 - ソフトウェアコーデイング

Mariko Torigoe
Japan
Local time: 16:59
Native speaker of:

Japanese

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