Increasing Rewards - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 10:31, 30 July 2014

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Staffan Björk at 13:43, 9 January 2013

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Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

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‎Using the pattern

Staffan Björk at 13:43, 9 January 2013

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Staffan Björk at 12:54, 9 January 2013

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Staffan Björk at 12:50, 9 January 2013

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 [[Increasing Rewards]] are incompatible with [[Sidegrades]] since one assumes an improvement in quantity or quality while the other is defined by providing variation but not increase in power.
-=== Narrative Aspects ===
+=== Narration Aspects ===
-[[Increasing Rewards]] may well be motivated by [[Narration Structures]] since many stories contain aspects of improvement in abilities of the main characters, and using the pattern is a way to let gameplay and narration move in tandem.
+[[Increasing Rewards]] may well be motivated by [[Predetermined Story Structures]] since many stories contain aspects of improvement in abilities of the main characters, and using the pattern is a way to let gameplay and narration move in tandem.
 == Consequences ==
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 === Can Modulate ===
 [[Ever Increasing Difficulty]],
-[[Narration Structures]],
+[[Predetermined Story Structures]],
 [[Resources]],
 [[Rewards]]

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 == Using the pattern ==
 [[Increasing Rewards]] is somewhat unsurprisingly a way to modify [[Rewards]]. The reason for using them is typically to balance challenges provided by [[Ever Increasing Difficulty]] or to avoid or lessen the probability that players will notice [[Predictable Winner|Predictable Winners]]. [[Increasing Rewards]] can be created in games either by providing more [[Resources]] as [[Rewards]] over time - which modulates how [[Resources]] function in the game - or by [[Improved Abilities|Improving]] or introducing [[New Abilities]].
 [[Increasing Rewards]] are incompatible with [[Sidegrades]] since one assumes an improvement in quantity or quality while the other is defined by providing variation but not increase in power.

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Increasing Rewards]] are a form of delocalized [[Progress Indicators]] since they provide players with a degree of awareness of how far into the gameplay of a game they have reached. They can be one factor which avoids the possibility of a [[Predictable Winner]] but only in the cases where it is already an uncertainty who will receive those [[Rewards]].
+[[Increasing Rewards]] is a straight forward way of having [[Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses]]. They are also a form of delocalized [[Progress Indicators]] since they provide players with a degree of awareness of how far into the gameplay of a game they have reached. They can be one factor which avoids the possibility of a [[Predictable Winner]] but only in the cases where it is already an uncertainty who will receive those [[Rewards]].
 When [[Ever Increasing Difficulty]] is balanced with [[Increasing Rewards]], the net result can be [[Red Queen Dilemmas]] since efforts to become better in the game is countered by harder challenges.
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 == Relations ==
 === Can Instantiate ===
 [[Progress Indicators]]

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 Many [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games|Tabletop]] and [[:Category:Computer-based Roleplaying Games|Computer-based Roleplaying Games]], e.g. [[Dungeons & Dragons]] and the [[Diablo series]], provide [[Increasing Rewards]] in the form of larger amounts of money and more powerful magic items the further along players get into the games with specific characters.
-The abilities and units unlocked by new technologies in strategy games such as [[Civilization (video game) series|Civilization]] are [[Increasing Rewards]] since they do not only offer variety but functionally better gameplay abilities.
+The abilities and units unlocked by new technologies in strategy games such as [[Civilization (video game) series|Civilization]] are [[Increasing Rewards]] since they do not only offer variety but also offer functionally better gameplay abilities.
-The reward for having military superiority over one's neighbor in [[7 Wonders]] is increased for each age of the game. This provides a motivation for trying to win this competition in the last age even if one has lost all previous since the last one is worth more than the previous two together.
+The reward for having military superiority over one's neighbor in [[7 Wonders]] is increased for each age of the game. This provides a motivation for trying to win this competition in the last age even if one has lost all previous competitions since the last one is worth more than the previous two together.
 == Using the pattern ==

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	The abilities and units unlocked by new technologies in strategy games such as [[Civilization (video game) series\|Civilization]] are [[Increasing Rewards]] since they do not only offer variety but functionally better gameplay abilities.		The abilities and units unlocked by new technologies in strategy games such as [[Civilization (video game) series\|Civilization]] are [[Increasing Rewards]] since they do not only offer variety but functionally better gameplay abilities.
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		+	The reward for having military superiority over one's neighbor in [[Seven Wonders]] is increased for each age of the game. This provides a motivation for trying to win this competition in the last age even if one has lost all previous since the last one is worth more than the previous two together.

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