Finale Levels - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 21:05, 28 December 2014

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Staffan Björk at 20:48, 28 December 2014

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Finale Levels]] can create both [[Levels]] and [[Scenes]], and when doing so they affect the overall structure of [[Adventures]] (or in some cases [[Campaigns]]). They also typically affect [[Boss Monsters]], in providing the area where these can be defeated.
+[[Finale Levels]] can create both [[Levels]] and [[Scenes]], and when doing so they affect the overall structure of [[Adventures]] (or in some cases [[Campaigns]]) by being explicit [[Closure Points]]. They also typically affect [[Boss Monsters]], in providing the area where these can be defeated.
 By ending narration arcs, and often having increase difficulty compared to earlier parts, [[Finale Levels]] often provide [[Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses]].
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 == Relations ==
 === Can Instantiate ===
 [[Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses]],
 [[Levels]],

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 ''Levels or other enclosed gameplay areas that are constructed so they are experienced as the final part of a narration arc and resolves that arc.''

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-''The one-sentence "definition" that should be in italics.''
+''Levels or other enclosed gameplay areas that are constructed so they are experienced as the final part of a narration arc and resolves that arc.''
-This pattern is a still a stub.
+Many games have stories or narration arcs built into them so that players experience a story in conjunction with progressing in the gameplay. [[Finale Levels]] are those areas created to structure gameplay so that players by completing these also experience the closure of a narration arc.
 === Examples ===

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 Rather obviously, [[Finale Levels]] can be created with the same design possibilities as [[Levels]]. However, to a certain extent, some [[Adventures]] can also be seen [[Finale Levels]] of [[Campaigns]]. An example of this is "Q1 Queen of the Demonweb Pits", which is the last [[Adventures|Adventure]] in the "Queen of the Demonweb Pits" supermodule<ref name="Q"/>.
-One typical difference between [[Finale Levels]] and other [[Levels]] is that they typically have more [[Challenging Gameplay]]. This to highlight the [[Tension]] in the finale, as well as potentially being the last piece of gameplay in the game as a whole.
+One typical difference between [[Finale Levels]] and other [[Levels]] is that they typically have more [[Challenging Gameplay]]. This to highlight the [[Tension]] in the finale, as well as potentially being the last piece of gameplay in the game as a whole. [[Boss Monsters]] are typically encountered in [[Finale Levels]], but since these may be encountered in other places as well these are actually not a way to create or modulate [[Finale Levels]]. Instead, the opposite can be said, i.e. that [[Finale Levels]] modulate [[Boss Monsters]], since these may the places where they can actually be defeated.
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 [[Boss Monsters]] are typically encountered in [[Finale Levels]], but since these may be encountered in other places as well these are actually not a way to create or modulate [[Finale Levels]]. Instead, the opposite can be said, i.e. that [[Finale Levels]] modulate [[Boss Monsters]], since these may the places where they can actually be defeated.
 === Narration Aspects ===

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	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==
−	~~=== Can Instantiate ===~~
	[[Finale Levels]] can create both [[Levels]] and [[Scenes]], and when doing so they affect the overall structure of [[Adventures]] (or in some cases [[Campaigns]]). They also typically affect [[Boss Monsters]], in providing the area where these can be defeated.		[[Finale Levels]] can create both [[Levels]] and [[Scenes]], and when doing so they affect the overall structure of [[Adventures]] (or in some cases [[Campaigns]]). They also typically affect [[Boss Monsters]], in providing the area where these can be defeated.

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 === Narration Aspects ===
-[[Finale Levels]] is a [[:Category:Narration Patterns|Narration Pattern]]. However, since [[Finale Levels]] are specifically crafted to be closures of narrative arcs, they do not work well in games that wish to have
+[[Finale Levels]] is a [[:Category:Narration Patterns|Narration Pattern]]. However, since [[Finale Levels]] are specifically crafted to be closures of narrative arcs, they do not work well in games that wish to have [[Never Ending Stories]].
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 == Consequences ==

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 === Examples ===
-[[Left 4 Dead series]]
+Each of the campaigns in the [[Left 4 Dead series]] consist of a number of levels that players need to traverse. However, the last part of most campaigns requires players to make a stand and solve specific goals different from those in the earlier levels.
 == Using the pattern ==
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 One typical difference between [[Finale Levels]] and other [[Levels]] is that they typically have more [[Challenging Gameplay]]. This to highlight the [[Tension]] in the finale, as well as potentially being the last piece of gameplay in the game as a whole.
-=== Diegetic Aspects ===
+[[Boss Monsters]] are typically encountered in [[Finale Levels]], but since these may be encountered in other places as well these are actually not a way to create or modulate [[Finale Levels]]. Instead, the opposite can be said, i.e. that [[Finale Levels]] modulate [[Boss Monsters]], since these may the places where they can actually be defeated.
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-=== Interface Aspects ===
 === Narration Aspects ===