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 [[Strategic Locations]],
 [[Strategic Planning]],
 [[Tactical Planning]],
 [[Thematic Consistency]],

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 [[Game Worlds]], [[Game Boards]], and [[Levels]] are modulated by [[Environmental Effects]], e.g. by providing [[Resource Generators]] or [[Location-Fixed Abilities]]. Since they localize places where specific rules apply, they give [[Varying Rule Sets]]. Depending on how they are diegetically presented, they can both provide [[Environmental Storytelling]] and be examples or effects of [[Alien Space Bats]]. Depending on how they modify possible actions, they can provide [[Movement Limitations]], [[Privileged Ability]], or [[Privileged Movement]], and this in turn can give [[Varied Gameplay]]. The presence of beneficial effects can motivate the strive for owning the [[Territories]] containing them if [[Territories]] are used. While [[Shrinking Game Worlds]] do not create [[Environmental Effects]] on the places removed, it can be said to be a general [[Environmental Effects|Environmental Effect]] in a [[Game Worlds|Game World]].
-[[Environmental Effects]] that claim [[Lives]] or give [[Ability Losses]], [[Damage]], [[Decreased Abilities]], or otherwise give negative effects can be [[Traps]] to those enter them. By doing this they provide [[PvE]] gameplay. They can also be [[Obstacles]] if they merely slow progress through them and help create [[Choke Points]] if they encourage movement through narrow passages rather than through themselves. Regardless, they can force players to consider the [[Risk/Reward]] relation of entering them since doing so is not automatically a bad option. [[Environmental Effects]] that are too dangerous to [[Traverse]] normally but that can be removed or be negated by those with [[Privileged Abilities]] are examples of [[Conditional Passageways]].
+[[Environmental Effects]] that claim [[Lives]] or give [[Ability Losses]], [[Damage]], [[Decreased Abilities]], or otherwise give negative effects can be [[Traps]] to those enter them. By doing this they create [[Survive]] goals and provide [[PvE]] gameplay. They can also be [[Obstacles]] if they merely slow progress through them and help create [[Choke Points]] if they encourage movement through narrow passages rather than through themselves. Regardless, they can force players to consider the [[Risk/Reward]] relation of entering them since doing so is not automatically a bad option. [[Environmental Effects]] that are too dangerous to [[Traverse]] normally but that can be removed or be negated by those with [[Privileged Abilities]] are examples of [[Conditional Passageways]].
 By either requiring players to not be disadvantaged by the [[Environmental Effects]] or by using them to their own advantage, [[Environmental Effects]] can affect [[Movement]] and [[Maneuvering]]. When the effects are at least partly related to players abilities to perceive, they can also affect [[Reconnaissance]] goals. This can promote [[Tactical Planning]], especially in [[Multiplayer Games]] or those with [[Enemies]]. When the [[Environmental Effects]] are known in advance it also can promote [[Strategic Planning]] through being [[Strategic Locations]].

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 [[Tactical Planning]],
 [[Thematic Consistency]],
 [[Varying Rule Sets]]

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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Environmental Effects]] are ways of changing details of [[Levels]] and [[Game Worlds]], although the most important part of any part of a [[Game World]] is how it connects to the rest of it. For each [[Environmental Effects|Environmental Effects]] created, one has to consider which combination of [[Avatars]], [[Diegetically Tangible Game Items]], and [[Units]] it affects. Generally, positive [[Environmental Effects]] can be created through [[Improved Abilities|Improved]] or [[New Abilities]] while negative [[Environmental Effects]] can be created through [[Ability Losses]] or [[Decreased Abilities]]. A basic design choice for [[Environmental Effects]] are if they should be permanent or temporary - if the latter this is quite often regulated by the use of [[Controllers]] or [[Switches]] and allows [[Environmental Effects]] to function as [[Conditional Passageways]]. While [[Environmental Effects]] can diegetically be presented by dedicated game elements, they can also be represented through [[Tiles]].
+[[Environmental Effects]] are ways of changing details of [[Levels]], [[Game Boards]], and [[Game Worlds]], although the most important part of any part of a [[Game World]] is how it connects to the rest of it. For each [[Environmental Effects|Environmental Effects]] created, one has to consider which combination of [[Avatars]], [[Diegetically Tangible Game Items]], and [[Units]] it affects. Generally, positive [[Environmental Effects]] can be created through [[Improved Abilities|Improved]] or [[New Abilities]] while negative [[Environmental Effects]] can be created through [[Ability Losses]] or [[Decreased Abilities]]. A basic design choice for [[Environmental Effects]] are if they should be permanent or temporary - if the latter this is quite often regulated by the use of [[Controllers]] or [[Switches]] and allows [[Environmental Effects]] to function as [[Conditional Passageways]]. While [[Environmental Effects]] can diegetically be presented by dedicated game elements, they can also be represented through [[Tiles]].
 A simple example of an [[Environmental Effects|Environmental Effect]] is to make a part of the [[Game World]] into an [[Inaccessible Areas|Inaccessible Area]]. [[Privileged Abilities]] or [[Privileged Movement]], can then be given, temporarily or permanently, to some game elements possible to provide [[Orthogonal Differentiation]] or [[Varied Gameplay]] respectively. While [[Inaccessible Areas]] block [[Movement]] completely, [[Environmental Effects]] can also provide [[Privileged Movement]] through making it quicker or easier, or provide [[Movement Limitations]] through making it slower or more difficult. These changes may be difference in game time it takes to move a given distance unit or the cost for movement when [[Budgeted Action Points]] are used. [[Warp Zones]] are another example of [[Environmental Effects]] and interesting enough share many of the design options with [[Inaccessible Areas]] even if they connect specific parts of [[Game Worlds]] to other parts of the same [[Game Worlds]]. The [[Environmental Effects]] that make players' actions easier in some way are functionally [[Installations]] since they work similar to [[Tools]] that provide [[Buffs]]. [[Vulnerabilities]] can be an indirect way of creating [[Environmental Effects]] that only affect some entities in [[Game Worlds]]; this basically consists of defining an environmental characteristic as a [[Vulnerabilities|Vulnerability]] and then tagging certain parts of a [[Game Worlds|Game World]] has having these. An example of this is found in the [[Damage]] vampires suffer from sunlight in the [[Elder Scrolls series]].
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 == Consequences ==
-[[Game Worlds]] and [[Levels]] are modulated by [[Environmental Effects]], e.g. by providing [[Resource Generators]] or [[Location-Fixed Abilities]]. Since they localize places where specific rules apply, they give [[Varying Rule Sets]]. Depending on how they are diegetically presented, they can both provide [[Environmental Storytelling]] and be examples or effects of [[Alien Space Bats]]. Depending on how they modify possible actions, they can provide [[Movement Limitations]], [[Privileged Ability]], or [[Privileged Movement]], and this in turn can give [[Varied Gameplay]]. The presence of beneficial effects can motivate the strive for owning the [[Territories]] containing them if [[Territories]] are used. While [[Shrinking Game Worlds]] do not create [[Environmental Effects]] on the places removed, it can be said to be a general [[Environmental Effects|Environmental Effect]] in a [[Game Worlds|Game World]].
+[[Game Worlds]], [[Game Boards]], and [[Levels]] are modulated by [[Environmental Effects]], e.g. by providing [[Resource Generators]] or [[Location-Fixed Abilities]]. Since they localize places where specific rules apply, they give [[Varying Rule Sets]]. Depending on how they are diegetically presented, they can both provide [[Environmental Storytelling]] and be examples or effects of [[Alien Space Bats]]. Depending on how they modify possible actions, they can provide [[Movement Limitations]], [[Privileged Ability]], or [[Privileged Movement]], and this in turn can give [[Varied Gameplay]]. The presence of beneficial effects can motivate the strive for owning the [[Territories]] containing them if [[Territories]] are used. While [[Shrinking Game Worlds]] do not create [[Environmental Effects]] on the places removed, it can be said to be a general [[Environmental Effects|Environmental Effect]] in a [[Game Worlds|Game World]].
 [[Environmental Effects]] that claim [[Lives]] or give [[Ability Losses]], [[Damage]], [[Decreased Abilities]], or otherwise give negative effects can be [[Traps]] to those enter them. By doing this they provide [[PvE]] gameplay. They can also be [[Obstacles]] if they merely slow progress through them and help create [[Choke Points]] if they encourage movement through narrow passages rather than through themselves. Regardless, they can force players to consider the [[Risk/Reward]] relation of entering them since doing so is not automatically a bad option. [[Environmental Effects]] that are too dangerous to [[Traverse]] normally but that can be removed or be negated by those with [[Privileged Abilities]] are examples of [[Conditional Passageways]].
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 [[Combat]],
 [[Diegetically Tangible Game Items]],
 [[Game Worlds]],
 [[Levels]],

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 [[Environmental Effects]] that claim [[Lives]] or give [[Ability Losses]], [[Damage]], [[Decreased Abilities]], or otherwise give negative effects can be [[Traps]] to those enter them. By doing this they provide [[PvE]] gameplay. They can also be [[Obstacles]] if they merely slow progress through them and help create [[Choke Points]] if they encourage movement through narrow passages rather than through themselves. Regardless, they can force players to consider the [[Risk/Reward]] relation of entering them since doing so is not automatically a bad option. [[Environmental Effects]] that are too dangerous to [[Traverse]] normally but that can be removed or be negated by those with [[Privileged Abilities]] are examples of [[Conditional Passageways]].
-By either requiring players to not be disadvantaged by the [[Environmental Effects]] or by using them to their own advantage, [[Environmental Effects]] can affect [[Movement]] and [[Maneuvering]]. This can promote [[Tactical Planning]], especially in [[Multiplayer Games]] or those with [[Enemies]]. When the [[Environmental Effects]] are known in advance it also can promote [[Strategic Planning]] through being [[Strategic Locations]].
+By either requiring players to not be disadvantaged by the [[Environmental Effects]] or by using them to their own advantage, [[Environmental Effects]] can affect [[Movement]] and [[Maneuvering]]. When the effects are at least partly related to players abilities to perceive, they can also affect [[Reconnaissance]] goals. This can promote [[Tactical Planning]], especially in [[Multiplayer Games]] or those with [[Enemies]]. When the [[Environmental Effects]] are known in advance it also can promote [[Strategic Planning]] through being [[Strategic Locations]].
 As ways of introducing dangers in environments, [[Environmental Effects]] can help maintain a [[Thematic Consistency]] since many types of environments are dangerous to humans or whatever the players control.
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 [[Movement]],
 [[Power-Ups]],
 [[Resource Generators]],
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 [[Resource Generators]],
 [[Risk/Reward]],
 [[Strategic Locations]],
 [[Strategic Planning]],
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 [[Inaccessible Areas]],
 [[New Abilities]],
 [[Tiles]],
 [[Vulnerabilities]],