Game Time Manipulation - Revision history

Staffan Björk: /* Potentially Conflicting With */

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Staffan Björk: /* Potentially Conflicting With */

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Staffan Björk: /* Relations */

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Staffan Björk at 09:56, 15 July 2015

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Staffan Björk: /* Anti-Examples */

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Staffan Björk at 10:23, 14 July 2015

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Staffan Björk at 10:16, 14 July 2015

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Staffan Björk at 10:10, 14 July 2015

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Staffan Björk: /* Consequences */

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 [[Privileged Abilities]],
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 [[Time Limited Game Instances]],
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 [[Privileged Abilities]],
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 [[Extra Chances]],
 [[Game Masters]],
 [[Game Pauses]],

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 ==== Anti-Examples ====
-[[Zork Series|Zork II]] and [[Day of the Tentacle]] include time travel but since this "only" moves players to other places and time in the game it does not actually affect the sequence of gameplay events.
+[[Zork series|Zork II]] and [[Day of the Tentacle]] include time travel but since this "only" moves players to other places and time in the game it does not actually affect the sequence of gameplay events.
 == Using the pattern ==

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 ''Actions that let players affect how game time progresses in a game.''

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 === Examples ===
-The platform puzzle game [[Braid]] allows players to rewind game time (although not all game element adhere to this) to be able to solve the various levels. The [[Max Payne series]] and [[Prince of Persia|Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time]] allows players to slow time through activating "bullet time"; [[Dishonored]] does the same but also latter in the game lets players free time completely as well.
+The platform puzzle game [[Braid]] allows players to rewind game time (although not all game element adhere to this) to be able to solve the various levels. The [[Max Payne series]] and [[Prince of Persia|Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time]] allows players to slow time through activating "bullet time"; [[Dishonored]] does the same but also latter in the game lets players freeze time completely as well.
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 == Using the pattern ==
-For [[Real-Time Games]], [[Game Time Manipulation]] is typically only used in [[Single-Player Games]] since when it is applied to [[Multiplayer Games]] it typically removes the [[Player Agency]] of other players. [[Extra Turns]] can be considered a way to cause [[Game Time Manipulation]] in [[Turn-Based Games]] which also can cause problems with [[Player Agency]] (and [[Player Balance]]).
+For [[Real-Time Games]], [[Game Time Manipulation]] is typically only used in [[Single-Player Games]] since when it is applied to [[Multiplayer Games]] it typically removes the [[Player Agency]] of other players. [[Extra Turns]] can be considered a way to cause [[Game Time Manipulation]] in [[Turn-Based Games]] which also can cause problems with [[Player Agency]] (and [[Player Balance]]). Being more limited, some versions of [[Extra Chances]] can be viewed as providing possibilities in [[Turn-Based Games]] to go back very briefly in game time to try actions again. As interpreters of game rules and presenters of game events, [[Game Masters]] can do this on larger scales if they believe players should be allowed to change their mind regarding what action they choose to do (typically reasons for this can be not having the same view of the gameplay situation as the [[Game Masters|Game Master]]).
 The main design choices regarding [[Game Time Manipulation]] is how game time should be able to be manipulated. This basically consist of choosing from if game time should be able to be stopped, quickened, slowed, and/or reserved. It may either be a permanent ability or one given them as [[Rewards]] or, more rarely, [[Penalties]]; the ability to manipulate game time can also be the effect of [[Power-Ups]]. Regardless, it is typically a [[Privileged Abilities|Privileged Abilities]] since it is only provided to one player and no other [[Agents]].
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 [[Game Pauses]],
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 ''Actions that let players affect how game time progresses in a game.''
-This pattern is a still a stub.
+The rules of games typically have cause and effect structures that mean that a game instances can be described as a sequence of gameplay events that in sequence affect the initial game state. However, some games allow [[Game Time Manipulation]] as actions in which players can affect the speed in which these rules apply, reserve the flow of events, or abruptly jump to earlier points of gameplay time.
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 == Consequences ==
 [[Game Time Manipulation]] can give players [[Freedom of Choice]] in being able to enable [[Reversibility]] and change what happens in a game instance. It can be difficult to combine with [[Surprises]] since possible effects to being surprised can be nullified by players going back in time to before the [[Surprises]] took place.
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