In my understanding, in order for an activity to count as “play”, the primary and _sufficient_ motivation has to be fun, even though there can be other motivato

In my understanding, in order for an activity to count as “play”, the primary and _sufficient_ motivation has to be fun, even though there can be other motivators. I understand _fun_ as a motivation that is not goal-oriented and not forced. So if you would also do it just for fun and fun is the main reason why you do it, I would say that “play” is an accurate description – which seems to be the case from what I read in your post. However, my definition immediately rules out any activity enforced by a company that may be labeled as “play”, but actually feels more like work for the people involved for the reasons mentioned above. People may also feel forced to create play projects because they want to get hired by you – also not “play” in this sense.