Context Dependent Reactions - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 19:07, 5 January 2015

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Staffan Björk at 17:18, 3 September 2014

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Staffan Björk at 17:15, 3 September 2014

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Staffan Björk at 13:08, 3 September 2014

2014-09-03T13:08:16Z

Staffan Björk: /* Relations */

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‎Relations

Staffan Björk at 12:50, 3 September 2014

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Staffan Björk at 12:46, 3 September 2014

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Staffan Björk at 12:45, 3 September 2014

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Staffan Björk at 12:31, 3 September 2014

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Staffan Björk: /* Consequences */

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 [[Context Dependent Reactions]] can most easily be made possible by having humans control [[Agents]] in games; this means that [[Game Masters]] and players that can perform [[Enactment]] of actions is the simplest design solution for the pattern but this puts requirements of present facilitators and/or willing players. [[Algorithmic Agents]] is an alternative to this but instead creates needs for development of algorithms to handle all possible or reasonable situations they are supposed to handle (see the article ''Meet The Guy Who Spent Seven Months Killing Everyone In Fallout 3''<ref name="kotaku"/> for examples of issues which can occur in games where players have large degrees of freedom on how they can play). However, this may be the only practical solution for having the pattern for large numbers of [[Non-Player Characters]].
 [[Context Dependent Dialogues]] is a specific subsection of actions that provide [[Context Dependent Reactions]] in dialogues. [[Context Dependent Actions]] provide [[Context Dependent Reactions]] by tying a specific interface action (e.g. pressing a certain button) to different actions in [[Game Worlds]] depending on what the player is focusing the interaction on.
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+''Agents in a game reacts to events and objects (including other agents) depending on their context.''
-''Agents in a game reacts to events and objects (including other agents) depending on their context.\\
 Gameplay takes places through players making actions and responding to other actions they perceive. When the same type of actions are tailored to be different depending on context, games can be said to have [[Context Dependent Reactions]]. This can help create the impression of a richer and more believable game world since it requires more effort to generalize them into their pure gameplay functionality.
 === Examples ===

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 == Consequences ==
-As stated above, a common reason for wanting [[Context Dependent Reactions]] is to strengthen [[Diegetic Consistency|Diegetic]] or [[Thematic Consistency]].
+As stated above, a common reason for wanting [[Context Dependent Reactions]] is to strengthen [[Diegetic Consistency|Diegetic]] or [[Thematic Consistency]]. More specifically, providing [[Agents]] with the possibility of [[Context Dependent Reactions]] often makes them display an [[Awareness of Surroundings]] and increase the likelihood that they will be perceived has having their [[Own Agenda]].
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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Context Dependent Reactions]] can most easily be made possible by having humans control [[Agents]] in games; this means that [[Game Masters]] and players that can perform [[Enactment]] of actions is the simplest design solution for the pattern but this puts requirements of present facilitators and/or willing players. [[Algorithmic Agents]] is an alternative to this but instead creates needs for development of algorithms to handle all possible or reasonable situations they are supposed to handle (see the article ''Meet The Guy Who Spent Seven Months Killing Everyone In Fallout 3''<ref name="kotaku"/> for examples of issues which can occur in games where players have large degrees of freedom on how they can play).
+Somewhat paradoxical, [[Diegetic Consistency|Diegetic]] and [[Thematic Consistency]] requires actions to not be exactly the same each time they occur since this is not typically the case in the real world. This is one reason for using [[Context Dependent Reactions]] but other reasons include personalizing responses from different [[Agents]] or adapting reactions that can relate to many different entities in the game world.
 [[Context Dependent Dialogues]] is a specific subsection of actions that provide [[Context Dependent Reactions]] in dialogues. [[Context Dependent Actions]] provide [[Context Dependent Reactions]] by tying a specific interface action (e.g. pressing a certain button) to different actions in [[Game Worlds]] depending on what the player is focusing the interaction on.
 == Consequences ==
-A common reason for wanting [[Context Dependent Reactions]]
+As stated above, a common reason for wanting [[Context Dependent Reactions]] is to strengthen [[Diegetic Consistency|Diegetic]] or [[Thematic Consistency]].
 [[Awareness of Surroundings]],
 [[Own Agenda]]
 == Relations ==
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 [[Diegetic Consistency]],
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 [[Agents]],
 [[Algorithmic Agents]]
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 [[Agents]],
 [[Awareness of Surroundings]],
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 Gameplay takes places through players making actions and responding to other actions they perceive. When the same type of actions are tailored to be different depending on context, games can be said to have [[Context Dependent Reactions]]. This can help create the impression of a richer and more believable game world since it requires more effort to generalize them into their pure gameplay functionality.
 [[Guard]]
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 === Examples ===
+A simple example of [[Context Dependent Reactions]] can be found in games where players interact with characters in the game which are guarding certain areas but can also be found in other areas; here meeting these characters in "ordinary" areas triggers one response while being discovered in forbidden areas triggers a completely different one. Another way reactions may vary is because to time; some places may be off-limited some of the time (a common case being some commercial and official areas being off-limits during nights). Examples of games where these kinds of variation in reaction can be found include the [[Elder Scrolls series]], the [[Fallout series]], and the [[Splinter Cell series]].
-A simple example of [[Context Dependent Reactions]] can be found in games where players interact with characters in the game which are guarding certain areas but can also be found in other areas; here meeting these characters in "ordinary" areas triggers one response while being discovered in forbidden areas triggers a completely different one. Another way reactions may vary is because to time; some places may be off-limited some of the time (a common case being some commercial and official areas being off-limits during nights). Examples of games where these kinds of variation in reaction can be found include the [[Splinter Cell: Double Agent]]
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 [[Elder Scrolls series]]
 [[Fallout series]]
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 A weak example of [[Context Dependent Reactions]] can be to make observations about things in the game world but otherwise not change one's actions. This can for example be found in the [[Assassin's Creed series]] where [[NPCs]] comment on the presence of dead bodies but without necessarily letting this affect what they are doing.