Continuous Goals - Revision history

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 == Using the pattern ==
 There are several ways of creating [[Continuous Goals]]. Many other types of goals are by their nature normally continuous, e.g. [[Area Control]], [[Conceal]], [[Evade]], [[Guard]], [[King of the Hill]], [[Loyalty]], [[Preventing Goals]], [[Races]], [[Reconnaissance]], [[Repeat Combos]], [[Stealth]], and [[Survive]]. Other emerge from the presence of game elements, e.g. [[Lives]] and [[Units]] gives players [[Continuous Goals]] of not losing these. Games with [[Scores]] similarly create a goal for players as long as they play to increase their [[Scores]]. [[Indirect Control]] of game elements can also give rise to [[Continuous Goals]] if several players or [[Agents]] compete for the control (that is, they all have the potential for indirectly controlling the game elements). The combination of [[Extended Actions]] and [[Interruptible Actions]] show how actions in themselves can become [[Continuous Goals]], in this case simply the goals to complete an action. Games with [[Sustenance Rewards]] imply a continued need to what the [[Rewards]] provides, and this is likely to be the source of a [[Continuous Goals|Continuous Goal]]. [[Player-Planned Development]] lets players set goals for themselves and these can be [[Continuous Goals]] if they depend on the players not failing with certain things. Diegetic structures in a game can also provide the starting point for [[Continuous Goals]], e.g. that [[Actions Have Diegetically Social Consequences]] or that players belong to, or have relations to, [[Factions]].
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 == Relations ==
 === Can Instantiate ===
 [[Hovering Closures]],
 [[Tension]],
 [[Time Limits]],
-[[Time Pressure]]
+[[Time Pressure]],
 ==== with [[Algorithmic Agents]] and [[Supporting Goals]] ====

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 Multiplayer [[:Category:FPS Games|First-Person Shooters]] such as [[Battlefield 1942]] have modes where teams score points (or reduce ticks from the opposing team) by controlling strategic locations.
-The goal for the king in [[King of the Hill]] is to maintain the game state of being the king while the other players have the goal of changing that game state. The same situation appears in [[Tag]], but reversed; the chasing player, "it", has a goal to change the game state by role reversal while the other players try to maintain the state.
+The goal for the king in [[King of the Hill (game)|King of the Hill]] is to maintain the game state of being the king while the other players have the goal of changing that game state. The same situation appears in [[Tag]], but reversed; the chasing player, "it", has a goal to change the game state by role reversal while the other players try to maintain the state.
 Games where players try to avoid detection, e.g. the [[Thief series]] and the [[Assassin's Creed series]], provide [[Continuous Goals]] in the form of sneaking and stealth.

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 ''Goals that require the player to maintain a subset of a certain game state within certain limits.''
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 == Using the pattern ==
-There are several ways of creating [[Continuous Goals]]. Many other types of goals are by their nature normally continuous, e.g. [[Area Control]], [[Conceal]], [[Evade]], [[Guard]], [[King of the Hill]], [[Loyalty]], [[Preventing Goals]], [[Races]], [[Reconnaissance]], [[Repeat Combos]], [[Stealth]], and [[Survive]]. Other emerge from the presence of game elements, e.g. [[Lives]] and [[Units]] gives players [[Continuous Goals]] of not losing these. Games with [[Scores]] similarly create a goal for players as long as they play to increase their [[Scores]]. [[Indirect Control]] of game elements can also give rise to [[Continuous Goals]] if several players or [[Agents]] compete for the control (that is, they all have the potential for indirectly controlling the game elements). The combination of [[Extended Actions]] and [[Interruptible Actions]] show how actions in themselves can become [[Continuous Goals]], in this case simply the goals to complete an action. Games with [[Sustenance Rewards]] imply a continued need to what the [[Rewards]] provide and this is likely to be the source of a [[Continuous Goals|Continuous Goal]]. [[Player-Planned Development]] lets players set goals for themselves and these can be [[Continuous Goals]] if they depend on the players not failing with certain things. Diegetic structures in a game can also provide the starting point for [[Continuous Goals]], e.g. that [[Actions Have Diegetically Social Consequences]] or that players belong to, or have relations to, [[Factions]].
+There are several ways of creating [[Continuous Goals]]. Many other types of goals are by their nature normally continuous, e.g. [[Area Control]], [[Conceal]], [[Evade]], [[Guard]], [[King of the Hill]], [[Loyalty]], [[Preventing Goals]], [[Races]], [[Reconnaissance]], [[Repeat Combos]], [[Stealth]], and [[Survive]]. Other emerge from the presence of game elements, e.g. [[Lives]] and [[Units]] gives players [[Continuous Goals]] of not losing these. Games with [[Scores]] similarly create a goal for players as long as they play to increase their [[Scores]]. [[Indirect Control]] of game elements can also give rise to [[Continuous Goals]] if several players or [[Agents]] compete for the control (that is, they all have the potential for indirectly controlling the game elements). The combination of [[Extended Actions]] and [[Interruptible Actions]] show how actions in themselves can become [[Continuous Goals]], in this case simply the goals to complete an action. Games with [[Sustenance Rewards]] imply a continued need to what the [[Rewards]] provides, and this is likely to be the source of a [[Continuous Goals|Continuous Goal]]. [[Player-Planned Development]] lets players set goals for themselves and these can be [[Continuous Goals]] if they depend on the players not failing with certain things. Diegetic structures in a game can also provide the starting point for [[Continuous Goals]], e.g. that [[Actions Have Diegetically Social Consequences]] or that players belong to, or have relations to, [[Factions]].
 There are two categories of [[Continuous Goals]]: those that have a predetermined length of time that they need to be maintained and those that depend on other facts. Members of the first category can be created simply by adding explicit [[Time Limits]] to a [[Continuous Goals|Continuous Goal]] but also occur naturally when the length of the current part of gameplay for which the goal is relevant is known. Examples of the latter include [[Preventing Goals]] and [[Survive]] (as long as there are no [[Time Limits]] to the gameplay where the goals are relevant).
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 [[Continuous Goals]] can also be used as building blocks for certain other patterns. For example, [[Companions]] are basically [[Algorithmic Agents]] that have [[Continuous Goals|Continuous]] [[Supporting Goals]] to players' [[Avatars]] or [[Characters]]. As another case, [[Continuous Goals]] that relate to [[Social Dilemmas]] and require [[Negotiation]] can create [[Cooperation]], [[Dynamic Alliances]], and even [[Social Organizations]].
-[[Encouraged Return Visits]] can be used to make [[Continuous Goals]] have to stretch over several game sessions. This is likely to create more [[Challenging Gameplay]]. [[Rewards]] and [[Social Dilemmas]] can both be modified by linking them to [[Continuous Goals]]. In the first case, one way it to provide more or better [[Rewards]] the longer the goal has been maintained (typically beyond a certain minimum). In the second case, players may not be able to resolve the dilemma in any way definitely but have to handle the dilemma over a longer period of gameplay time.
+[[Encouraged Return Visits]] can be used to make [[Continuous Goals]] have to stretch over several game sessions. This is likely to create more [[Challenging Gameplay]]. [[Rewards]] and [[Social Dilemmas]] can both be modified by linking them to [[Continuous Goals]]. In the first case, one way it to provide more or better [[Rewards]] the longer the goal has been maintained (typically beyond a certain minimum). In the second case, players may not be able to resolve the dilemma in any definite way but have to handle the dilemma over a longer period of gameplay time.
 [[Check Points]] and [[Goal Points]] can both be added to some [[Continuous Goals]] to let players have indications of their progress as well as allowing partial successes of the goals.

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 ''Goals that require the player to maintain a subset of a certain game state within certain limits.''
-This pattern is a still a stub.
+Goals in games are defined by what goal states players need to achieve. However, some goals require this state (which may not need to be one exact state but rather a small subset of the possible states of the game) for some time. Those that do are [[Continuous Goals]] since players not only need to reach an acceptable game state but also continue keeping the game state in an acceptable state until sufficient time has passed.
 === Examples ===

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 == Using the pattern ==
-There are several ways of creating [[Continuous Goals]]. Many other types of goals are by their nature normally continuous, e.g. [[Area Control]], [[Conceal]], [[Evade]], [[Guard]], [[King of the Hill]], [[Loyalty]], [[Preventing Goals]], [[Races]], [[Reconnaissance]], [[Repeat Combos]], and [[Survive]]. Other emerge from the presence of game elements, e.g. [[Lives]] and [[Units]] gives players [[Continuous Goals]] of not losing these. Games with [[Scores]] similarly create a goal for players as long as they play to increase their [[Scores]]. [[Indirect Control]] of game elements can also give rise to [[Continuous Goals]] if several players or [[Agents]] compete for the control (that is, they all have the potential for indirectly controlling the game elements). The combination of [[Extended Actions]] and [[Interruptible Actions]] show how actions in themselves can become [[Continuous Goals]], in this case simply the goals to complete an action. Games with [[Sustenance Rewards]] imply a continued need to what the [[Rewards]] provide and this is likely to be the source of a [[Continuous Goals|Continuous Goal]]. [[Player-Planned Development]] lets players set goals for themselves and these can be [[Continuous Goals]] if they depend on the players not failing with certain things. Diegetic structures in a game can also provide the starting point for [[Continuous Goals]], e.g. that [[Actions Have Diegetically Social Consequences]] or that players belong to, or have relations to, [[Factions]].
+There are several ways of creating [[Continuous Goals]]. Many other types of goals are by their nature normally continuous, e.g. [[Area Control]], [[Conceal]], [[Evade]], [[Guard]], [[King of the Hill]], [[Loyalty]], [[Preventing Goals]], [[Races]], [[Reconnaissance]], [[Repeat Combos]], [[Stealth]], and [[Survive]]. Other emerge from the presence of game elements, e.g. [[Lives]] and [[Units]] gives players [[Continuous Goals]] of not losing these. Games with [[Scores]] similarly create a goal for players as long as they play to increase their [[Scores]]. [[Indirect Control]] of game elements can also give rise to [[Continuous Goals]] if several players or [[Agents]] compete for the control (that is, they all have the potential for indirectly controlling the game elements). The combination of [[Extended Actions]] and [[Interruptible Actions]] show how actions in themselves can become [[Continuous Goals]], in this case simply the goals to complete an action. Games with [[Sustenance Rewards]] imply a continued need to what the [[Rewards]] provide and this is likely to be the source of a [[Continuous Goals|Continuous Goal]]. [[Player-Planned Development]] lets players set goals for themselves and these can be [[Continuous Goals]] if they depend on the players not failing with certain things. Diegetic structures in a game can also provide the starting point for [[Continuous Goals]], e.g. that [[Actions Have Diegetically Social Consequences]] or that players belong to, or have relations to, [[Factions]].
 There are two categories of [[Continuous Goals]]: those that have a predetermined length of time that they need to be maintained and those that depend on other facts. Members of the first category can be created simply by adding explicit [[Time Limits]] to a [[Continuous Goals|Continuous Goal]] but also occur naturally when the length of the current part of gameplay for which the goal is relevant is known. Examples of the latter include [[Preventing Goals]] and [[Survive]] (as long as there are no [[Time Limits]] to the gameplay where the goals are relevant).
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 [[Repeat Combos]],
 [[Scores]],
 [[Survive]],
 [[Sustenance Rewards]],

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 Multiplayer [[:Category:FPS Games|First-Person Shooters]] such as [[Battlefield 1942]] have modes where teams score points (or reduce ticks from the opposing team) by controlling strategic locations.
-Example: the goal for the king in King of the Hill is to maintain the game state of being the king while the other players have the goal of changing that game state. The same situation appears in Tag, but reversed; the chasing player, "it", has a goal to change the game state by role reversalwhile the other players try to maintain the state.
+The goal for the king in [[King of the Hill]] is to maintain the game state of being the king while the other players have the goal of changing that game state. The same situation appears in [[Tag], but reversed; the chasing player, "it", has a goal to change the game state by role reversal while the other players try to maintain the state.
 [[Assassin's Creed series]]

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 === Examples ===
-Example: Multiplayer first-person shooters such as Battlefield 1942 have modes where teams score points (or reduce ticks from the opposing team) by controlling strategic locations.
+Multiplayer [[FPS Games|First-Person Shooters]] such as [[Battlefield 1942]] have modes where teams score points (or reduce ticks from the opposing team) by controlling strategic locations.
 Example: the goal for the king in King of the Hill is to maintain the game state of being the king while the other players have the goal of changing that game state. The same situation appears in Tag, but reversed; the chasing player, "it", has a goal to change the game state by role reversalwhile the other players try to maintain the state.