Controllers - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 13:36, 21 July 2016

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Staffan Björk at 12:31, 30 August 2011

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Staffan Björk at 09:30, 31 July 2011

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Staffan Björk: /* Can Modulate */

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‎Can Modulate

Staffan Björk at 19:17, 23 June 2011

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Staffan Björk at 13:32, 21 June 2011

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Staffan Björk: /* Can Instantiate */

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‎Can Instantiate

Staffan Björk at 15:03, 13 June 2011

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Staffan Björk at 20:44, 15 May 2011

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 === Diegetic Aspects ===
-As [[Controllers]] are often presented as large machines or systems, or the control panels for these, they can affect parts of a [[Game Worlds|Game World]] or [[Levels|Level]] out of the usual reach of [[Units]] or [[Avatars]] without breaking [[Thematic Consistency]].
+As [[Controllers]] are often presented as large machines or systems, or the control panels for these, they can affect parts of a [[Game Boards|Game Board]], [[Game Worlds|Game World]], or [[Levels|Level]] out of the usual reach of [[Units]] or [[Avatars]] without breaking [[Thematic Consistency]].
 === Interface Aspects ===
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 [[Conditional Passageways]],
 [[Environmental Effects]],
 [[Game Worlds]],
 [[HUD Interfaces]],

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 [[Environmental Effects]],
 [[Game Worlds]],
 [[Levels]],
 [[Moveable Tiles]],

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 == Using the pattern ==
-Two main types of [[Controllers]] exist: [[Switches]] that set events in motion when activated and [[Installations]] that provide players with [[New Abilities|New]] or [[Improved Abilities]]. Examples of effects started by [[Switches]] include opening [[Conditional Passageways]], finishing [[Levels]], or initiating [[Quick Travel]]. [[Switches]] may also affect [[Environmental Effects]] if their geographical spread are fixed, otherwise affecting them are more probably abilities and affected through [[Installations]]. [[Controllers]] do not have to be tangible game elements and those that are not represents a third type of [[Controllers]]. They can be areas where the [[Construction]] or destruction of game elements are possible, and one examples of this are the boxes of construction material in [[Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]] which can be assembled to specific game elements, such as bridges or bases.
+Two main types of [[Controllers]] exist: [[Switches]] that set events in motion when activated and [[Installations]] that provide players with [[New Abilities|New]] or [[Improved Abilities]]. Examples of effects started by [[Switches]] include opening [[Conditional Passageways]], finishing [[Levels]], or initiating [[Quick Travel]]. [[Switches]] may also affect [[Environmental Effects]] if their geographical spread are fixed, otherwise affecting them are more probably abilities and affected through [[Installations]]. Both types of [[Controllers]] can affect [[Moveable Tiles]], but [[Switches]] are of limited usefulness to control their [[Movement]] rather than just start and stop it.
 Several options of available for all types of [[Controllers]]: which [[Units]] or [[Avatars]] can use them, are specific [[Skills]] or [[Tools]] are needed to use them, and are [[Resources]] are consumed by using them. Further, using them can require [[Extended Actions]] (e.g. requiring the constant activation of a player), and the effects they cause can be both [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] (for example when activating [[Moveable Tiles]]) and [[Irreversible Events]].
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 [[Game Worlds]],
 [[Levels]],
 [[Quests]],
 [[Quick Travel]],

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 == Using the pattern ==
-Two main types of [[Controllers]] exist: [[Switches]] that set events in motion when activated and [[Installations]] that provide players with [[New Abilities|New]] or [[Improved Abilities]]. Examples of effects started by [[Switches]] include modifying [[Inaccessible Areas]], finishing [[Levels]], or initiating [[Quick Travel]]. [[Switches]] may also affect [[Environmental Effects]] if their geographical spread are fixed, otherwise affecting them are more probably abilities and affected through [[Installations]]. [[Controllers]] do not have to be tangible game elements and those that are not represents a third type of [[Controllers]]. They can be areas where the [[Construction]] or destruction of game elements are possible, and one examples of this are the boxes of construction material in [[Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]] which can be assembled to specific game elements, such as bridges or bases.
+Two main types of [[Controllers]] exist: [[Switches]] that set events in motion when activated and [[Installations]] that provide players with [[New Abilities|New]] or [[Improved Abilities]]. Examples of effects started by [[Switches]] include opening [[Conditional Passageways]], finishing [[Levels]], or initiating [[Quick Travel]]. [[Switches]] may also affect [[Environmental Effects]] if their geographical spread are fixed, otherwise affecting them are more probably abilities and affected through [[Installations]]. [[Controllers]] do not have to be tangible game elements and those that are not represents a third type of [[Controllers]]. They can be areas where the [[Construction]] or destruction of game elements are possible, and one examples of this are the boxes of construction material in [[Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]] which can be assembled to specific game elements, such as bridges or bases.
 Several options of available for all types of [[Controllers]]: which [[Units]] or [[Avatars]] can use them, are specific [[Skills]] or [[Tools]] are needed to use them, and are [[Resources]] are consumed by using them. Further, using them can require [[Extended Actions]] (e.g. requiring the constant activation of a player), and the effects they cause can be both [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] (for example when activating [[Moveable Tiles]]) and [[Irreversible Events]].
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 While providing [[New Abilities]] can make [[Controllers]] give players [[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]] and a greater [[Freedom of Choice]], both these patterns most clearly materialize when the [[Controllers]] are used to make [[Quests]] be completed.
-As mentioned above, [[Controllers]] can depending on their design modulate [[Alarms]], [[Environmental Effects]], [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Levels]], or [[Quick Travel]].
+As mentioned above, [[Controllers]] can depending on their design modulate [[Alarms]], [[Environmental Effects]], [[Conditional Passageways]], [[Levels]], or [[Quick Travel]].
 == Relations ==
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 [[Alarms]],
 [[Avatars]],
 [[Environmental Effects]],
 [[Game Worlds]],
 [[Levels]],
 [[Quests]],

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 === Can Modulate ===
 [[Alarms]],
 [[Avatars]],

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Controllers]] gives players or [[Teams]] access to [[New Abilities]], quite often [[Privileged Abilities]], when their [[Units]] or [[Avatars]] are near them. They are natural [[Strategic Locations]] in [[Game Worlds]] and [[Levels]] since having access to them may require [[Area Control]] and this can spawn goals of [[Gain Ownership]]. [[Controllers]] that are [[Resource Generators]] provide a way to have [[Renewable Resources]] in games and create [[Resource Locations]].
+[[Controllers]] gives players or [[Teams]] access to [[New Abilities]], quite often [[Privileged Abilities]], when their [[Units]] or [[Avatars]] are near them. They are natural [[Strategic Locations]] in [[Game Worlds]] and [[Levels]] since having access to their [[Location-Fixed Abilities]] may require [[Area Control]] and this can spawn goals of [[Gain Ownership]]. [[Controllers]] that are [[Resource Generators]] provide a way to have [[Renewable Resources]] in games and create [[Resource Locations]].
 While providing [[New Abilities]] can make [[Controllers]] give players [[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]] and a greater [[Freedom of Choice]], both these patterns most clearly materialize when the [[Controllers]] are used to make [[Quests]] be completed.
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 [[Improved Abilities]],
 [[Irreversible Events]],
 [[New Abilities]],
 [[Predetermined Story Structures]],

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 [[Thematic Consistency]],
 [[Ultra-Powerful Events]]
 ==== with [[Resource Generators]] ====

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 ''Game elements fixed in particular locations in Game Worlds that allow actions or events not possible elsewhere.''