• toman@lemmy.zip
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    It comes from the word metagame, i.e. the game beyond the game. I think it originally comes from game theory (the field of mathematics), later it began to be used in both game development and game playing (with slightly different meanings).

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      Eureka! Now I’m definitely familiar with that concept as a part of game design theory, I just haven’t heard that term before.

      This is exactly the answer I was looking for. Thank you.