Game System Player - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 14:40, 21 January 2015

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Staffan Björk at 08:58, 15 January 2015

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Staffan Björk at 11:20, 20 December 2014

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Staffan Björk at 11:19, 20 December 2014

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Staffan Björk at 11:10, 20 December 2014

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Staffan Björk at 08:39, 20 December 2014

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Staffan Björk at 08:38, 20 December 2014

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Staffan Björk: /* Examples */

2014-12-20T08:30:33Z

‎Examples

Staffan Björk at 16:11, 19 December 2014

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Staffan Björk: /* Consequences */

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‎Consequences

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 == Using the pattern ==
 While a [[Game System Player]] can be constructed as an [[AI Players|AI Player]] the main concern with designing one is making its behavior so simple that players can easily understand all actions it can do; this is especially relevant if the [[Game System Player]] is to be part of a [[Self-Facilitated Games|Self-Facilitated Game]]. This concern translates into requirements on making the actions it can make easy to perform and making it easy to determine which action it should make. For this reason, it is quite likely that it makes sense for a [[Game System Player]] to have other types of actions available than the other players of a game has, i.e. a [[Game System Player]] often has [[Privileged Abilities]].
 == Consequences ==
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 === Can Be Instantiated By ===
 [[AI Players]]
 === Can Be Modulated By ===

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 == Consequences ==
-A [[Game System Player]] is typically not seen as an [[Agents|Agent]] since their model for behavior is rule-bound and completely open to investigation. [[Excise]] occurs in games with a [[Game System Player]] which the players need to enact the actions of, this is for example the case in all [[Self-Facilitated Games]] with a [[Game System Player]].
+A [[Game System Player]] is typically not seen as an [[Agents|Agent]] since their model for behavior is rule-bound and completely open to investigation. However, they can still exhibit [[Unpredictable Behavior]], for example through use of [[Randomness]], and in these cases they can give rise to both [[Player Unpredictability]] and [[Performance Uncertainty]].
 The presence of a [[Game System Player]] introduces an [[Enemies|Enemy]], and this can give [[Symbiotic Player Relations]] between other players since they have this [[Enemies|Enemy]] in common and cause them to engage in [[Cooperation]]. Given the passive role of a [[Game System Player]], the challenge can be viewed as [[PvE]] rather than [[PvP]].
 == Relations ==
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 ==== with [[Self-Facilitated Games]] ====
 [[Excise]]
 === Can Modulate ===
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
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 === Possible Closure Effects ===

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 [[Category:Patterns]]
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 ''A passive player controlled by the game system.''
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 == Using the pattern ==
-While a [[Game System Player]] can be constructed as a [[AI Players|AI Player]] the main concern with designing one is making its behavior so simple that players can easily understand all actions it can do; this is especially relevant if the [[Game System Player]] is to be part of a [[Self-Facilitated Games|Self-Facilitated Game]]. This concern translates into requirements on making the actions it can make easy to perform and making it easy to determine which action it should make. For this reason, it is quite likely that it makes sense for a [[Game System Player]] to have other types of actions available than the other players of a game has, i.e. a [[Game System Player]] often has [[Privileged Abilities]].
+While a [[Game System Player]] can be constructed as an [[AI Players|AI Player]] the main concern with designing one is making its behavior so simple that players can easily understand all actions it can do; this is especially relevant if the [[Game System Player]] is to be part of a [[Self-Facilitated Games|Self-Facilitated Game]]. This concern translates into requirements on making the actions it can make easy to perform and making it easy to determine which action it should make. For this reason, it is quite likely that it makes sense for a [[Game System Player]] to have other types of actions available than the other players of a game has, i.e. a [[Game System Player]] often has [[Privileged Abilities]].
 == Consequences ==

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 == Consequences ==
-=== Can Instantiate ===
+A [[Game System Player]] is typically not seen as an [[Agents|Agent]] since their model for behavior is rule-bound and completely open to investigation. [[Excise]] occurs in games with a [[Game System Player]] which the players need to enact the actions of, this is for example the case in all [[Self-Facilitated Games]] with a [[Game System Player]].
-[[Cooperation]],
-[[Enemies]],
-[[PvE]],
-[[Symbiotic Player Relations]]
+The presence of a [[Game System Player]] introduces an [[Enemies|Enemy]], and this can give [[Symbiotic Player Relations]] between other players since they have this [[Enemies|Enemy]] in common and cause them to engage in [[Cooperation]]. Given the passive role of a [[Game System Player]], the challenge can be viewed as [[PvE]] rather than [[PvP]].
-A [[Game System Player]] is typically not seen as an [[Agents|Agent]] since their model for behavior is rule-bound and completely open to investigation.
 == Relations ==
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 [[PvE]],
 [[Symbiotic Player Relations]]
 === Can Modulate ===

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 === Examples ===
 Players use rolled dice to place bets in the game [[Las Vegas]] but some of these dice belong to the ''bank'' player. Given that each other player has some ''bank'' dice, these other players together determine the actions the ''bank'' does during a round. This ''bank'' player can under rare circumstance make more money than the other players and thereby win. Player of [[Genesis]] controls angels but the game also includes a dark angel that follows a deterministic public algorithm and which can win if the players work against each other too much. The barbarians that threaten the players in [[The Republic of Rome]] can be seen as a [[Game System Player]], but this is a weak example since they are only part of the challenges that face the players (others are famine, internal unrest, and economic crises).
 == Using the pattern ==
-=== Can Be Instantiated By ===
+While a [[Game System Player]] can be constructed as a [[AI Players|AI Player]] the main concern with designing one is making its behavior so simple that players can easily understand all actions it can do; this is especially relevant if the [[Game System Player]] is to be part of a [[Self-Facilitated Games|Self-Facilitated Game]]. This concern translates into requirements on making the actions it can make easy to perform and making it easy to determine which action it should make. For this reason, it is quite likely that it makes sense for a [[Game System Player]] to have other types of actions available than the other players of a game has, i.e. a [[Game System Player]] often has [[Privileged Abilities]].
 [[AI Players]]
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-=== Diegetic Aspects ===
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-=== Interface Aspects ===
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-=== Narration Aspects ===
 == Consequences ==
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 [[Cooperation]],
 [[Enemies]],
 [[PvE]],
 [[Symbiotic Player Relations]]
 === Can Modulate ===
+[[Self-Facilitated Games]]
 === Can Be Instantiated By ===

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 Player of [[Genesis]] controls angels but the game also includes a dark angel that follows a deterministic public algorithm and which can win if the players work against each other too much.
-barbarians in [[Republic of Rome]]
+barbarians in [[The Republic of Rome]]
 ==== Anti-Examples ====

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 == Using the pattern ==
 === Diegetic Aspects ===
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 == Consequences ==
 A [[Game System Player]] is typically not seen as an [[Agents|Agent]] since their model for behavior is rule-bound and completely open to investigation.
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 == History ==
 New pattern created in this wiki.
 == References ==
-<references>
-<ref name="Bjork & Holopainen 2004">Björk, S. & Holopainen, J. (2004) ''Patterns in Game Design''. Charles River Media. ISBN1-58450-354-8.</ref>
-</references>
 == Acknowledgements ==
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