God Views - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 07:34, 8 April 2022

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Staffan Björk at 09:30, 15 July 2016

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Staffan Björk at 06:39, 22 June 2014

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Staffan Björk at 08:14, 15 October 2011

2011-10-15T08:14:52Z

Staffan Björk: /* Can Be Modulated By */

2011-10-06T05:52:26Z

‎Can Be Modulated By

Staffan Björk at 07:59, 7 September 2011

2011-09-07T07:59:42Z

Staffan Björk at 12:13, 23 August 2011

2011-08-23T12:13:36Z

Staffan Björk at 07:40, 11 August 2011

2011-08-11T07:40:37Z

Staffan Björk at 14:11, 9 August 2011

2011-08-09T14:11:09Z

Staffan Björk at 13:58, 9 August 2011

2011-08-09T13:58:45Z

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 [[God Views]] can influence the [[Freedom of Choice]] players have both by allowing them to vary their view on the gameplay and by making it easier to spot the actual possible actions they have.
 == Relations ==
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 [[Avatars]],
 [[Game World Navigation]],
 [[Reconnaissance]],
 [[Spatial Engrossment]]

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 == Using the pattern ==
-The two main components of providing [[God Views]] in games is [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] that can create presentations of [[Game Worlds]] and [[Cameras]] that allow players to change their view point of those [[Game Worlds]]. When [[Game Masters]] are the [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] the [[Cameras]] are implicitly present, and when [[God Views]] are part of [[Cutscenes]] the [[Cameras]] may also be absent since the "camera" movement can be completely predetermined. [[First-Person Views]] and [[Third-Person Views]] are not directly compatible with [[God Views]]. However, in games where players switch between different [[Focus Loci]], [[Third-Person Views]] can replace [[God Views]] when [[Focus Loci]] have been selected to make it easier to perceive which [[Focus Loci]] is used as gameplay unfolds. [[Vision Modes]] are not as commonly used for [[God Views]] as other types of views but can serve a purpose in avoiding information overload in complex games with [[God Views]] (e.g. the [[Europa Universalis series]]) by separating all the information available into several different views. [[Point of Interest Indications]] can more easily be used with [[God Views]] than other views without breaking [[Diegetic Consistency]].
+The two main components of providing [[God Views]] in games is [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] that can create presentations of [[Game Worlds]] and [[Cameras]] that allow players to change their view point of those [[Game Worlds]]. When [[Game Masters]] are the [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] the [[Cameras]] are implicitly present, and when [[God Views]] are part of [[Cutscenes]] the [[Cameras]] may also be absent since the "camera" movement can be completely predetermined. [[First-Person Views]] and [[Third-Person Views]] are not directly compatible with [[God Views]]. However, in games where players switch between different [[Focus Loci]], [[Third-Person Views]] can replace [[God Views]] when [[Focus Loci]] have been selected to make it easier to perceive which [[Focus Loci]] is used as gameplay unfolds. [[Vision Modes]] are not as commonly used for [[God Views]] as other types of views but can serve a purpose in avoiding information overload in complex games with [[God Views]] (e.g. the [[Europa Universalis series]]) by separating all the information available into several different views. [[Point of Interest Indicators]] can more easily be used with [[God Views]] than other views without breaking [[Diegetic Consistency]].
 Having a [[God Views|God View]] in a game does not necessarily infer that one is omniscience (i.e. have [[Perfect Information]]); [[Fog of War]] is quite often used to make it possible for players to experience [[Surprises]] even if they have [[God Views]]. Other ways to achieve this is to provide opponents with secret [[Hands]] (as [[Memoir '44]]) does but this is not actually modifying the presentation of the [[Game Worlds|Game World]].
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 [[Fog of War]],
 [[God Fingers]],
-[[Point of Interest Indications]],
+[[Point of Interest Indicators]],
 [[Third-Person Views]]

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 [[Category:Information Patterns]]
 [[Category:Interface Patterns]]
 [[Category:Needs revision]]
 [[Category:Needs references]]

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 === Interface Aspects ===
-[[God Views]] is an [[:Category:Interface Patterns|Interface Pattern]]. As their names suggest, [[God Fingers]] are natural choices for [[Focus Loci]] in games with [[God Views]].
+[[God Views]] is an [[:Category:Interface Patterns|Interface Pattern]]. As their names suggest, [[God Fingers]] are natural choices for [[Focus Loci]] in games with [[God Views]]. They can make some goals, e.g. [[Reconnaissance]] trivial, unless modulated by [[Fog of War]] or other ways of hiding information.
 == Consequences ==
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 [[Avatars]],
 [[Game World Navigation]],
 [[Spatial Engrossment]]

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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
 [[God Fingers]],
 [[Point of Interest Indications]],

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 == Consequences ==
-[[God Views]] provide [[Game State Overviews]] over [[Game Worlds]] and allow these overviews to be easily and quickly moved, making them ideal for [[Attention Swapping]] but hindering [[Spatial Engrossment]] and making [[Aim & Shoot]] actions difficult. They do not easily work with [[Avatars]] as the link between player attention and the [[Avatars]] is weak, but it is possible in games with [[Third-Person Views]] to use [[God Views]] without this issue to do general navigation and support the movement between [[Focus Loci]] that are to be controlled.
+[[God Views]] provide [[Game State Overviews]] over [[Game Worlds]] and allow these overviews to be easily and quickly moved, making them ideal for [[Attention Swapping]] but hindering [[Spatial Engrossment]]. These types of views also make [[Aim & Shoot]] actions difficult and  can make [[Game World Navigation]] trivial. They do not easily work with [[Avatars]] as the link between player attention and the [[Avatars]] is weak, but it is possible in games with [[Third-Person Views]] to use [[God Views]] without this issue to do general navigation and support the movement between [[Focus Loci]] that are to be controlled.
 [[God Views]] can influence the [[Freedom of Choice]] players have both by allowing them to vary their view on the gameplay and by making it easier to spot the actual possible actions they have.
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 [[Aim & Shoot]],
 [[Avatars]],
 [[Spatial Engrossment]]

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 The two main components of providing [[God Views]] in games is [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] that can create presentations of [[Game Worlds]] and [[Cameras]] that allow players to change their view point of those [[Game Worlds]]. When [[Game Masters]] are the [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] the [[Cameras]] are implicitly present, and when [[God Views]] are part of [[Cutscenes]] the [[Cameras]] may also be absent since the "camera" movement can be completely predetermined. [[First-Person Views]] and [[Third-Person Views]] are not directly compatible with [[God Views]]. However, in games where players switch between different [[Focus Loci]], [[Third-Person Views]] can replace [[God Views]] when [[Focus Loci]] have been selected to make it easier to perceive which [[Focus Loci]] is used as gameplay unfolds. [[Vision Modes]] are not as commonly used for [[God Views]] as other types of views but can serve a purpose in avoiding information overload in complex games with [[God Views]] (e.g. the [[Europa Universalis series]]) by separating all the information available into several different views. [[Point of Interest Indications]] can more easily be used with [[God Views]] than other views without breaking [[Diegetic Consistency]].
-Having a [[God Views|God View]] in a game does not necessarily infer that one is omniscience (i.e. have [[Perfect Information]]); [[Fog of War]] is quite often used to make it possible for players to experience [[Surprises]] even if they have [[God Views]]. Other ways to achieve this is to provide opponents with secret [[Card Hands]] (as [[Memoir '44]]) does but this is not actually modifying the presentation of the [[Game Worlds|Game World]].
+Having a [[God Views|God View]] in a game does not necessarily infer that one is omniscience (i.e. have [[Perfect Information]]); [[Fog of War]] is quite often used to make it possible for players to experience [[Surprises]] even if they have [[God Views]]. Other ways to achieve this is to provide opponents with secret [[Hands]] (as [[Memoir '44]]) does but this is not actually modifying the presentation of the [[Game Worlds|Game World]].
 [[God Views]] can be used to create [[Public Information]] that provides [[Spectators]] with more information about the gameplay than players have.

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