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''Games that by their design limit the time of any given game instance.''

Playing a game is a commitment to participate in an activity. For those games played with other people or controlled by machines this may be a commitment on when to play and how much time will be spent on the game. To make it easier for players to make these commitments it can be good know in advance how long the game instance will be. Games can support this through being designed to have [[Time Limited Game Instances]].

=== Examples ===
[[Space Alert]] is a weak example of a board game having [[Time Limited Game Instances]]. This since the first phase of the game has a strictly limited duration through the use of an audio track to dictate gameplay. The time needed to complete the second, evaluation, phase can differ but this is pretty much up to the players and they cannot affect the outcome by varying this.

''Deathmatch'' modes in first-person shooters such as the [[Quake series]] typically let the game facilitators to choose a time limit or frag (kill) limit to determine the winner. Those using the former of these are examples of [[Time Limited Game Instances]].

The experimental game [[4 Minutes and 33 Seconds of Uniqueness]] is won and finished by being the sole player running the game for 4 minutes and 33 seconds.

== Using the pattern ==
The basic requirement for [[Time Limited Game Instances]] is quite easy to achieve, one must simply decide upon a [[Time Limits|Time Limit]] for a game instance. If one wishes to provide players with [[Freedom of Choice]], a simple modification is to allow the players to set the [[Time Limits]] before gameplay starts.




[[Speed Runs]]

[[Time Pressure]]


[[Meta Games]] built on games with [[Time Limited Game Instances]] can quite easily support [[Negotiable Game Instance Duration]] on the meta level by simply letting players decide if they wish to play another round or not. Examples of games having these properties include [[Poker]] and [[Team Fortress 2]].

The ability for players to perform [[Save-Load Cycles]] can destroy the presence of [[Time Limited Game Instances]] since it requires them to not make use of the saving and loading functionality (and thereby quite likely improve their results).

=== Diegetic Aspects ===

=== Interface Aspects ===

=== Narrative Aspects ===

== Consequences ==

Games with [[Never Ending Stories]] or those that are [[Unwinnable Games]] due to not having an end are not compatible with those having [[Time Limited Game Instances]].

== Relations ==
=== Can Instantiate ===

==== with [[Meta Games]] ====
[[Negotiable Game Instance Duration]] 

=== Can Modulate ===

=== Can Be Instantiated By ===
[[Time Limits]]

=== Can Be Modulated By ===
[[Freedom of Choice]]

=== Possible Closure Effects ===

=== Potentially Conflicting With ===
[[Never Ending Stories]], 
[[Save-Load Cycles]],
[[Unwinnable Games]]

== History ==
New pattern created in this wiki. 

== References ==
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== Acknowledgments ==
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