Action Caps - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 10:15, 26 August 2021

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Staffan Björk at 11:46, 22 May 2011

2011-05-22T11:46:56Z

Staffan Björk at 11:38, 22 May 2011

2011-05-22T11:38:00Z

Staffan Björk at 19:54, 14 March 2011

2011-03-14T19:54:08Z

Staffan Björk at 17:17, 26 February 2011

2011-02-26T17:17:17Z

Staffan Björk at 12:16, 19 February 2011

2011-02-19T12:16:16Z

Staffan Björk at 12:16, 19 February 2011

2011-02-19T12:16:07Z

Staffan Björk at 12:14, 19 February 2011

2011-02-19T12:14:11Z

Staffan Björk at 12:09, 19 February 2011

2011-02-19T12:09:46Z

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 [[Action Caps]] in one sense exist in all games since players are limited on what they can do, with [[:Category:Puzzles|Puzzles]] such as [[Jigsaw Puzzles]] the possible exception. For [[Real-Times Games]] this is because players, at least human players, can only perform so many actions during a certain period of time. This leaves few design options for the pattern, and it only becomes interesting to design in [[Turn-Based Games]] or [[Tick-Based Games]] where players have to consider what actions to do when they can't do all.
-[[Action Caps]] can either be applying on the number of actions in total that can be made, or one how many times individual actions can be done. [[Budgeted Action Points]] limits how many actions can be done and give players [[Stimulated Planning]] of how to use these. [[Turnovers]] can add a [[Risk/Reward]] factor to this or be used on its own. For individual actions, the use of [[Cooldown]] can make players have to consider when to use the actions or not. Although [[Limited Set of Actions]] force players to choose what to do, they let players choose ''one'' action from a set of actions so it does not relate to [[Action Caps]] directly but can be used in combinations with it.
+[[Action Caps]] can either be applying on the number of actions in total that can be made, or one how many times individual actions can be done. [[Budgeted Action Points]] limits how many actions can be done and give players [[Stimulated Planning]] of how to use these. [[Turnovers]] can add a [[Risk/Reward]] factor to this or be used on its own. For individual actions, the use of [[Cooldown]] can make players have to consider when to use the actions or not. Although [[Limited Set of Actions]] force players to choose what to do, they let players choose ''one'' action from a set of actions so it does not relate to [[Action Caps]] directly but can be used in combinations with it. While [[Action Caps]] are typically bounded to [[Turns]] or phases of games, making actions depend on using [[Non-Renewable Resources]] can make them bounded for whole game instances.
 [[Action Caps]] can be used locally for actions to actually provide a greater [[Freedom of Choice]]. One case where this occurs in the use of a common pool of [[Budgeted Action Points]], ''command points'', that any marine in [[Space Hulk]] can use. Another possibility found in [[Massively Single-Player Online Games]] such as [[Ravenwood Fair]] is to let players perform [[Altruistic Actions]] during [[Visits]] but limiting these by [[Action Caps]] to still maintain some [[Value of Effort]].
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 [[Budgeted Action Points]],
 [[Cooldown]],
 [[Turnovers]]

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 == History ==
-New pattern created in this wiki.
+New pattern created for this wiki by [[User:Staffan Björk|Staffan Björk]].
 == References ==

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 == Consequences ==
-Since actions become a [[Resources|Resource]], and quite obviously a [[Limited Resources|Limited Resource]], if the number of actions possible to do are limited, [[Action Caps]] are a way of creating [[Resource Caps]]. As a natural consequence of this, [[Action Caps]] leads to [[Resource Management]] of the possible actions and considering how to use these provides [[Stimulated Planning]]. Even if [[Action Caps]] make players plan and can thereby create [[Analysis Paralysis]] in [[Multiplayer Games]], it can also work against this by having the number of actions allowed small enough.
+Since actions become a [[Resources|Resource]], and quite obviously a [[Limited Resources|Limited Resource]], if the number of actions possible to do are limited, [[Action Caps]] are a way of creating [[Resource Caps]]. As a natural consequence of this, [[Action Caps]] leads to [[Resource Management]] of the possible actions and considering how to use these provides [[Stimulated Planning]]. Even if [[Action Caps]] make players plan and can thereby create [[Analysis Paralysis]] in [[Multiplayer Games|Multplayer]] [[Turn-Based Games]], it can also work against this by having the number of actions allowed small enough.
 When [[Action Caps]] are not used to add [[Freedom of Choice]] by providing limited ways of doing extra actions it works against [[Freedom of Choice]].
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 [[Stimulated Planning]]
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+==== with [[Multiplayer Games]] and [[Turn-Based Games]] ====
 [[Analysis Paralysis]]

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 == Consequences ==
-Since actions become a [[Resources|Resource]], and quite obviously a [[Limited Resources|Limited Resource]], if the number of actions possible to do are limited, [[Action Caps]] are a way of creating [[Resource Caps]]. As a natural consequence of this, [[Action Caps]] leads to [[Resource Management]] of the possible actions and considering how to use these provides [[Stimulated Planning]]. Even if [[Action Caps]] make players plan and can thereby create [[Analysis Paralysis]], it can also work against this by having the number of actions allowed small enough.
+Since actions become a [[Resources|Resource]], and quite obviously a [[Limited Resources|Limited Resource]], if the number of actions possible to do are limited, [[Action Caps]] are a way of creating [[Resource Caps]]. As a natural consequence of this, [[Action Caps]] leads to [[Resource Management]] of the possible actions and considering how to use these provides [[Stimulated Planning]]. Even if [[Action Caps]] make players plan and can thereby create [[Analysis Paralysis]] in [[Multiplayer Games]], it can also work against this by having the number of actions allowed small enough.
 When [[Action Caps]] are not used to add [[Freedom of Choice]] by providing limited ways of doing extra actions it works against [[Freedom of Choice]].
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 == Relations ==
 === Can Instantiate ===
 [[Freedom of Choice]],
 [[Limited Resources]]
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 [[Resources]], [[Resource Caps]],
 [[Stimulated Planning]]
 === Can Modulate ===

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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Action Caps]] in one sense exist in all games since players are limited on what they can do, with [[:Category:Puzzles|Puzzles]] such as [[Jigsaw Puzzle]] the possible exception. For [[Real-Times Games]] this is because players, at least human players, can only perform so many actions during a certain period of time. This leaves few design options for the pattern, and it only becomes interesting to design in [[Turn-Based Games]] or [[Tick-Based Games]] where players have to consider what actions to do when they can't do all.
+[[Action Caps]] in one sense exist in all games since players are limited on what they can do, with [[:Category:Puzzles|Puzzles]] such as [[Jigsaw Puzzles]] the possible exception. For [[Real-Times Games]] this is because players, at least human players, can only perform so many actions during a certain period of time. This leaves few design options for the pattern, and it only becomes interesting to design in [[Turn-Based Games]] or [[Tick-Based Games]] where players have to consider what actions to do when they can't do all.
 [[Action Caps]] can either be applying on the number of actions in total that can be made, or one how many times individual actions can be done. [[Budgeted Action Points]] limits how many actions can be done and give players [[Stimulated Planning]] of how to use these. [[Turnovers]] can add a [[Risk/Reward]] factor to this or be used on its own. For individual actions, the use of [[Cooldown]] can make players have to consider when to use the actions or not. Although [[Limited Set of Actions]] force players to choose what to do, they let players choose ''one'' action from a set of actions so it does not relate to [[Action Caps]] directly but can be used in combinations with it.

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 ''Limits on the numbers of actions allowed to be used.''