Alien Space Bats - Revision history

Staffan Björk: /* History */

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Staffan Björk at 14:43, 28 July 2014

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Staffan Björk at 10:59, 9 July 2014

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Staffan Björk at 01:38, 8 May 2011

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Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

2011-03-25T21:14:31Z

‎Using the pattern

Staffan Björk at 21:13, 25 March 2011

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Staffan Björk at 20:13, 25 March 2011

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Staffan Björk at 18:24, 22 March 2011

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Staffan Björk at 19:30, 19 March 2011

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Staffan Björk at 22:15, 18 March 2011

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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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 [[Game Worlds]],
 [[Levels]],
 [[Privileged Abilities]],
 [[Summary Updates]],

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 === Diegetic Aspects ===
 [[Alien Space Bats]] is a diegetic pattern.
 == Consequences ==
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 When applied during gameplay, [[Alien Space Bats]] are most often [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] that can activate new types of [[Game Element Insertion]] and make [[Levels]] different from each other. This in turn can be used to provide [[Varied Gameplay]] throughout the game.
-Quite naturally, the introduction of [[Alien Space Bats]] during gameplay will likely be a [[Surprises|Surprise]] that unfold [[Narration Structures]]. Even if [[Alien Space Bats]] could be improvised during gameplay by [[Game Masters]], they are most often created as [[Predetermined Story Structures]]. This since it would be difficult for [[Game Masters]] to pull off without being perceived as making arbitrary use of their power, and thereby breaking the [[Diegetic Consistency]].
+Quite naturally, the introduction of [[Alien Space Bats]] during gameplay will likely be a [[Surprises|Surprise]] that unfold [[Narration Structures]]. Even if [[Alien Space Bats]] could be improvised during gameplay by [[Game Masters]], they are most often created as part of [[Summary Updates]] in [[Predetermined Story Structures]]. This since it would be difficult for [[Game Masters]] to pull off without being perceived as making arbitrary use of their power, and thereby breaking the [[Diegetic Consistency]].
 == Relations ==
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 [[Levels]],
 [[Privileged Abilities]],
 [[Units]]

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Alien Space Bats]] is a pattern to create an [[Alternate Reality]] while creating [[Game Worlds]] by introducing supernatural or improbable events or agents. This may cause breaks in the [[Diegetic Consistency]] if not also the likely effects of what is introduced is applied on the diegesis, the [[Game Worlds|Game World]], and the gameplay possible within it.
+[[Alien Space Bats]] is a pattern used to attempt to have [[Thematic Consistency]] in [[Game Worlds]] that are [[Alternate Realities]] due to having supernatural or improbable events or agents introduced. Given their nature, they may however cause breaks in the [[Thematic Consistency]] if not also the likely effects of what is introduced is applied on the diegesis, the [[Game Worlds|Game World]], and the gameplay possible within it.
 When applied during gameplay, [[Alien Space Bats]] are most often [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] that can activate new types of [[Game Element Insertion]] and make [[Levels]] different from each other. This in turn can be used to provide [[Varied Gameplay]] throughout the game.
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 == Relations ==
 === Can Instantiate ===
-[[Alternate Reality]],
+[[Alternate Realities]],
 [[Game Element Insertion]],
 [[Narration Structures]],
 [[Surprises]],
 [[Ultra-Powerful Events]],
 [[Varied Gameplay]]
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 === Potentially Conflicting With ===
-[[Diegetic Consistency]]
+[[Thematic Consistency]]
 == History ==

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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Alien Space Bats]] are ways of creating [[Alternate Reality|Alternate Realities]] and [[Game Worlds]] by changing aspects of the real world rather depicting them as fictional ones created from purely out of whole cloth. The pattern can be used either before gameplay starts or during gameplay. Both may be used created through [[Big Dumb Objects]] and [[Environmental Effects]], but the latter can motivate the consideration of introducing new [[Privileged Abilities]] or [[Environmental Effects]], or the [[Game Element Insertion]] of new [[Enemies]], [[Game Items]], or [[Units]] as appropriate due to the nature of the [[Alien Space Bats]]. These new game elements or abilities can easily be used to differentiate [[Levels]].
+[[Alien Space Bats]] are ways of creating [[Alternate Reality|Alternate Realities]] and [[Game Worlds]] by changing aspects of the real world rather depicting them as fictional ones created from purely out of whole cloth. The pattern can be used either before gameplay starts or during gameplay. Both may be used created through [[Big Dumb Objects]] and [[Environmental Effects]], but introducing [[Alien Space Bats]] during gameplay can motivate the introduction of new [[Privileged Abilities]] or [[Environmental Effects]], or the [[Game Element Insertion]] of new [[Enemies]], [[Game Items]], or [[Units]] as appropriate due to the nature of the [[Alien Space Bats]]. These new game elements or abilities can easily be used to differentiate [[Levels]].
 === Diegetic Aspects ===

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 [[Alien Space Bats]] are ways of creating [[Alternate Reality|Alternate Realities]] and [[Game Worlds]] by changing aspects of the real world rather depicting them as fictional ones created from purely out of whole cloth. The pattern can be used either before gameplay starts or during gameplay. For the latter, this means considering the introduction of new [[Privileged Abilities]] or [[Environmental Effects]], or the [[Game Element Insertion]] of new [[Enemies]], [[Game Items]], or [[Units]] as appropriate due to the nature of the [[Alien Space Bats]]. These new game elements or abilities can easily be used to differentiate [[Levels]].
-While what constitutes the [[Alien Space Bats]] may vary from [[Big Dumb Objects]] to the new [[Enemies]], [[Game Items]], or [[Units]] introduced.
+While what constitutes the [[Alien Space Bats]] may vary from [[Big Dumb Objects]] and [[Environmental Effects]] to the introduction of new [[Enemies]], [[Game Items]], or [[Units]].
 === Diegetic Aspects ===
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 === Can Be Instantiated By ===
 [[Big Dumb Objects]]

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