Internal Conflicts - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 11:03, 18 March 2018

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Staffan Björk at 08:59, 21 September 2016

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Staffan Björk at 09:12, 20 July 2016

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Staffan Björk at 12:03, 4 August 2015

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Staffan Björk at 09:47, 30 July 2014

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Staffan Björk at 19:01, 15 July 2014

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Staffan Björk at 18:55, 15 July 2014

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Staffan Björk: /* Relations */

2011-08-12T09:19:37Z

‎Relations

Staffan Björk at 11:12, 26 May 2011

2011-05-26T11:12:07Z

Staffan Björk: /* Consequences */

2011-05-22T11:52:27Z

‎Consequences

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 === Can Be Instantiated By ===
-[[Actions Have Diegetically Social Consequences]], [[Analysis Paralysis]], [[Bidding]], [[Dialogues]], [[Direct Information]], [[Effect Descriptions]], [[Freedom of Choice]], [[Incompatible Goals]], [[Irreversible Actions]], [[NPCs]], [[Limited Set of Actions]], [[Loyalty]],
+[[Actions Have Diegetically Social Consequences]], [[Analysis Paralysis]], [[Bidding]],
 [[Predictable Consequences]], [[Player-Planned Development]], [[Risk/Reward]], [[Selectable Set of Goals]], [[Social Dilemmas]], [[Stimulated Planning]], [[Strategic Knowledge]]
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
 [[Secret Goals]]

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Internal Conflicts]] is a subpattern to [[Conflicts]] and one that most often requires players to make [[Trade-Offs]]. Given that [[Incompatible Goals]] or [[Irreversible Actions]] are commonly used to create [[Internal Conflicts]], there is usually a [[Risk/Reward]] associated with the pattern. This also brings with it the likely presence of [[Stimulated Planning]] and possibly [[Analysis Paralysis]] in [[Multiplayer Games]] that are [[Turn-Based Games|Turn-Based]]. Although it may be somewhat of a negative choice since it would in many cases be preferable to chose all actions or goals or not have to chose at all, [[Internal Conflicts]] provide a [[Freedom of Choice]]. How to resolve [[Internal Conflicts]] can easily be expanded to be [[Character Defining Action]] when it is [[Characters]] rather than players that have the [[Internal Conflicts]].
+[[Internal Conflicts]] is a subpattern to [[Conflicts]] and one that most often requires players to make [[Trade-Offs]]. Given that [[Incompatible Goals]] or [[Irreversible Actions]] are commonly used to create [[Internal Conflicts]], there is usually a [[Risk/Reward]] associated with the pattern. This also brings with it the likely presence of [[Stimulated Planning]] and possibly [[Analysis Paralysis]] in [[Multiplayer Games]] that are [[Turn-Based Games|Turn-Based]]. Although it may be somewhat of a negative choice since it would in many cases be preferable to chose all actions or goals or not have to chose at all, [[Internal Conflicts]] provide a [[Freedom of Choice]]. How to resolve [[Internal Conflicts]] can easily be expanded to be [[Character Defining Actions]] when it is [[Characters]] rather than players that have the [[Internal Conflicts]].
 Given that [[Internal Conflicts]] require that there are several choices worth considering, having it present typically makes a game have [[Varied Gameplay]] and provides [[Replayability]]. Unlike games without [[Internal Conflicts]], the presence of strong [[Predetermined Story Structures]] encourages this [[Replayability]] as long as there are several narrative endings that can be classified as the effect of successfully completing the game. Having several choices also makes [[Roleplaying]] need to consider not only how to reach goals but what goals to reach.

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Internal Conflicts]] is a subpattern to [[Conflicts]]. Given that [[Incompatible Goals]] or [[Irreversible Actions]] are commonly used to create [[Internal Conflicts]], there is usually a [[Risk/Reward]] associated with the pattern. This also brings with it the likely presence of [[Stimulated Planning]] and possibly [[Analysis Paralysis]] in [[Multiplayer Games]] that are [[Turn-Based Games|Turn-Based]]. Although it may be somewhat of a negative choice since it would in many cases be preferable to chose all actions or goals or not have to chose at all, [[Internal Conflicts]] provide a [[Freedom of Choice]]. How to resolve [[Internal Conflicts]] can easily be expanded to be [[Character Defining Action]] when it is [[Characters]] rather than players that have the [[Internal Conflicts]].
+[[Internal Conflicts]] is a subpattern to [[Conflicts]] and one that most often requires players to make [[Trade-Offs]]. Given that [[Incompatible Goals]] or [[Irreversible Actions]] are commonly used to create [[Internal Conflicts]], there is usually a [[Risk/Reward]] associated with the pattern. This also brings with it the likely presence of [[Stimulated Planning]] and possibly [[Analysis Paralysis]] in [[Multiplayer Games]] that are [[Turn-Based Games|Turn-Based]]. Although it may be somewhat of a negative choice since it would in many cases be preferable to chose all actions or goals or not have to chose at all, [[Internal Conflicts]] provide a [[Freedom of Choice]]. How to resolve [[Internal Conflicts]] can easily be expanded to be [[Character Defining Action]] when it is [[Characters]] rather than players that have the [[Internal Conflicts]].
 Given that [[Internal Conflicts]] require that there are several choices worth considering, having it present typically makes a game have [[Varied Gameplay]] and provides [[Replayability]]. Unlike games without [[Internal Conflicts]], the presence of strong [[Predetermined Story Structures]] encourages this [[Replayability]] as long as there are several narrative endings that can be classified as the effect of successfully completing the game. Having several choices also makes [[Roleplaying]] need to consider not only how to reach goals but what goals to reach.
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 === Can Instantiate ===
 [[Conflicts]],
-[[Internal Rivalry]], [[Intrigue]], [[Negotiation]],
+[[Internal Rivalry]],
 [[Predetermined Story Structures]],
 [[Replayability]],
-[[Team Strategy Identification]], [[Traitors]], [[Varied Gameplay]]
+[[Team Strategy Identification]],
 ==== with [[Characters]] ====

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Internal Conflicts]] is a subpattern to [[Conflicts]]. Given that [[Incompatible Goals]] or [[Irreversible Actions]] are commonly used to create [[Internal Conflicts]], there is usually a [[Risk/Reward]] associated with the pattern. This also brings with it the likely presence of [[Stimulated Planning]] and possibly [[Analysis Paralysis]] in [[Multiplayer Games]] that are [[Turn-Based Games|Turn-Based]]. Although it may be somewhat of a negative choice since it would in many cases be preferable to chose all actions or goals or not have to chose at all, [[Internal Conflicts]] provide a [[Freedom of Choice]].
+[[Internal Conflicts]] is a subpattern to [[Conflicts]]. Given that [[Incompatible Goals]] or [[Irreversible Actions]] are commonly used to create [[Internal Conflicts]], there is usually a [[Risk/Reward]] associated with the pattern. This also brings with it the likely presence of [[Stimulated Planning]] and possibly [[Analysis Paralysis]] in [[Multiplayer Games]] that are [[Turn-Based Games|Turn-Based]]. Although it may be somewhat of a negative choice since it would in many cases be preferable to chose all actions or goals or not have to chose at all, [[Internal Conflicts]] provide a [[Freedom of Choice]]. How to resolve [[Internal Conflicts]] can easily be expanded to be [[Character Defining Action]] when it is [[Characters]] rather than players that have the [[Internal Conflicts]].
 Given that [[Internal Conflicts]] require that there are several choices worth considering, having it present typically makes a game have [[Varied Gameplay]] and provides [[Replayability]]. Unlike games without [[Internal Conflicts]], the presence of strong [[Predetermined Story Structures]] encourages this [[Replayability]] as long as there are several narrative endings that can be classified as the effect of successfully completing the game. Having several choices also makes [[Roleplaying]] need to consider not only how to reach goals but what goals to reach.
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 [[Replayability]],
 [[Team Strategy Identification]], [[Traitors]], [[Varied Gameplay]]
 ==== with [[Multiplayer Games]] and [[Turn-Based Games]] ====

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 The pattern of [[Internal Conflicts]] can be applied in many different ways: on individual players, on groups of players involved in [[Guilds]] or [[Teams]], on the [[Characters]] of players or [[NPCs]], or on [[Factions]] of [[Characters]]. [[Internal Conflicts]] can be used in all of these simultaneously if needed, but can express itself differently for each category.
-Presenting to a player a [[Selectable Set of Goals]] where each goal is [[Incompatible Goals|Incompatible]] to the other goals is an easy way to create [[Internal Conflicts]] on a personal level. This however requires that the player has [[Strategic Knowledge]] of the game, the choices have [[Predictable Consequences]] (e.g. through support from the [[Narration Structures|Narration Structure]]), or that goals can be completed within a short period of time. The [[Ticket to Ride series|Ticket to Ride]] board game series does a mix of the two first approaches by letting players choose from a limited number of goal [[Cards]] (although cards may by chance be compatible and players may choose all if they wish). [[Roleplaying]] games that support [[Player-Planned Development]], e.g. [[Torchlight]] and the [[The Elder Scrolls series|Elder Scrolls series]] and to a lesser degree tabletop systems such as [[Dungeons & Dragons]] and [[GURPS]], function somewhat similar but are more related to how players wish to be able to play. [[Bidding]] systems where players can only win one of many possible offers, as for example in [[Cyclades]] or [[Homesteaders]], shows one way of providing sets of [[Incompatible Goals]] that can be achieved or failed quickly.
+Presenting to a player a [[Selectable Set of Goals]] where each goal is [[Incompatible Goals|Incompatible]] to the other goals is an easy way to create [[Internal Conflicts]] on a personal level. This however requires that the player has [[Strategic Knowledge]] of the game, the choices have [[Predictable Consequences]] (e.g. through support from the [[Predetermined Story Structures|Predetermined Story Structure]]), or that goals can be completed within a short period of time. The [[Ticket to Ride series|Ticket to Ride]] board game series does a mix of the two first approaches by letting players choose from a limited number of goal [[Cards]] (although cards may by chance be compatible and players may choose all if they wish). [[Roleplaying]] games that support [[Player-Planned Development]], e.g. [[Torchlight]] and the [[The Elder Scrolls series|Elder Scrolls series]] and to a lesser degree tabletop systems such as [[Dungeons & Dragons]] and [[GURPS]], function somewhat similar but are more related to how players wish to be able to play. [[Bidding]] systems where players can only win one of many possible offers, as for example in [[Cyclades]] or [[Homesteaders]], shows one way of providing sets of [[Incompatible Goals]] that can be achieved or failed quickly.
 Although the [[Ticket to Ride series]] does so, and the mentioned [[Roleplaying]] games do so on the level of how one wishes to play, it is worth noting that game design using goals for [[Internal Conflicts]] do not have to use [[Committed Goals]]. The [[Fable series]] and [[Knights of the Old Republic series]] let players choose to aim for having good or evil characters but these are [[Optional Goals]] since the games can be completed regardless of the characters final moral attributes (another way to look at these games is to say that players can have [[Internal Conflicts]] over which narrative ending they wish to aim for).
-A more direct approach to offer individual players [[Internal Conflicts]], which is also resolved quicker, is to focus upon actions rather than goals - by providing players with [[Limited Set of Actions]] that are also [[Irreversible Actions|Irreversible]]. The board game [[Puerto Rico]] and the card game [[Race for the Galaxy]] does this by letting players each round choose only one action which they are guaranteed to be able to perform, and only allowing the other actions if other players have chosen those actions. [[Dialogues Structures]] can easily work as a [[Limited Set of Actions|Limited Set]] of this kind, since the [[Narration Structures|Narration Structure]] can easily make actions [[Irreversible Actions|Irreversible]]. The goal and action approaches to providing [[Internal Conflicts]] can of course be combined, with [[Effect Descriptions]] and [[Narration Structures]] being two possible ways of linking them together (see the [[Witcher series]] for an example using [[Narration Structures]]).
+A more direct approach to offer individual players [[Internal Conflicts]], which is also resolved quicker, is to focus upon actions rather than goals - by providing players with [[Limited Set of Actions]] that are also [[Irreversible Actions|Irreversible]]. The board game [[Puerto Rico]] and the card game [[Race for the Galaxy]] does this by letting players each round choose only one action which they are guaranteed to be able to perform, and only allowing the other actions if other players have chosen those actions. [[Dialogues]] can easily work as a [[Limited Set of Actions|Limited Set]] of this kind, since the [[Predetermined Story Structures|Predetermined Story Structure]] can easily make actions [[Irreversible Actions|Irreversible]]. The goal and action approaches to providing [[Internal Conflicts]] can of course be combined, with [[Effect Descriptions]] and [[Predetermined Story Structures]] being two possible ways of linking them together (see the [[Witcher series]] for an example using [[Predetermined Story Structures]]).
-Using [[Internal Conflicts]] on group structures (e.g. [[Factions]] and [[Guilds]]) can be done in two ways. The first way is similar to that for individual player in that a goal from a [[Selectable Set of Goals]] needs to be selected, but in this case the group as a whole needs to make the decision. In groups under player influence this typically requires [[Negotiation]] and quite likely [[Team Strategy Identification]] to be able to complete any of the goals, while in pure [[NPCs]] groups persuading these [[NPCs]] to decide on one goal can be a player [[Rewards|Reward]] that opens up for [[Alliances]] and progress [[Narration Structures]]. The second way is to provide different members with [[Incompatible Goals]] in relation to each other. This causes [[Internal Rivalry]] which may lead to [[Negotiation]] or [[Intrigue]] depending on if the goals are [[Secret Goals]] or not, and may justify members to become [[Traitors]] if the group as a whole prevents the completion of their individual goals (note that [[Internal Conflicts]] may also be the source of [[Internal Rivalry]] so the two patterns can instantiate each other). Regardless of if the groups consist partly or fully of [[NPCs]], the use of [[Internal Conflicts]] provide an easy basis for making it so that [[Actions Have Diegetically Social Consequences]].
+Using [[Internal Conflicts]] on group structures (e.g. [[Factions]] and [[Guilds]]) can be done in two ways. The first way is similar to that for individual player in that a goal from a [[Selectable Set of Goals]] needs to be selected, but in this case the group as a whole needs to make the decision. In groups under player influence this typically requires [[Negotiation]] and quite likely [[Team Strategy Identification]] to be able to complete any of the goals, while in pure [[NPCs]] groups persuading these [[NPCs]] to decide on one goal can be a player [[Rewards|Reward]] that opens up for [[Alliances]] and progress [[Predetermined Story Structures]]. The second way is to provide different members with [[Incompatible Goals]] in relation to each other. This causes [[Internal Rivalry]] which may lead to [[Negotiation]] or [[Intrigue]] depending on if the goals are [[Secret Goals]] or not, and may justify members to become [[Traitors]] if the group as a whole prevents the completion of their individual goals (note that [[Internal Conflicts]] may also be the source of [[Internal Rivalry]] so the two patterns can instantiate each other). Regardless of if the groups consist partly or fully of [[NPCs]], the use of [[Internal Conflicts]] provide an easy basis for making it so that [[Actions Have Diegetically Social Consequences]].
 [[Internal Conflicts]] within [[Guilds]] or [[Teams]] can also occur during gameplay when one player does some action that is considered inappropriate by other players in the same [[Guilds]] or [[Teams]]. [[Ninja Looting]] is a typical examples of this, so allowing this pattern is a way to make [[Internal Conflicts]] possible.
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 === Interface Aspects ===
-When [[Internal Conflicts]] are meant to be built more on [[Predictable Consequences]] than [[Narration Structures]], games typically can help players make predictions by providing [[Direct Information]] and [[Effect Descriptions]].
+When [[Internal Conflicts]] are meant to be built more on [[Predictable Consequences]] than [[Predetermined Story Structures]], games typically can help players make predictions by providing [[Direct Information]] and [[Effect Descriptions]].
-=== Narrative Aspects ===
+=== Narration Aspects ===
-As mentioned above, [[Narration Structures]] can both provide the basis for [[Internal Conflicts]] and provide the scaffolding to let players make assumptions about the consequences of choosing particular actions or goals.
+As mentioned above, [[Predetermined Story Structures]] can both provide the basis for [[Internal Conflicts]] and provide the scaffolding to let players make assumptions about the consequences of choosing particular actions or goals.
 == Consequences ==
 [[Internal Conflicts]] is a subpattern to [[Conflicts]]. Given that [[Incompatible Goals]] or [[Irreversible Actions]] are commonly used to create [[Internal Conflicts]], there is usually a [[Risk/Reward]] associated with the pattern. This also brings with it the likely presence of [[Stimulated Planning]] and possibly [[Analysis Paralysis]] in [[Multiplayer Games]] that are [[Turn-Based Games|Turn-Based]]. Although it may be somewhat of a negative choice since it would in many cases be preferable to chose all actions or goals or not have to chose at all, [[Internal Conflicts]] provide a [[Freedom of Choice]].
-Given that [[Internal Conflicts]] require that there are several choices worth considering, having it present typically makes a game have [[Varied Gameplay]] and provides [[Replayability]]. Unlike games without [[Internal Conflicts]], the presence of strong [[Narration Structures]] encourages this [[Replayability]] as long as there are several narrative endings that can be classified as the effect of successfully completing the game. Having several choices also makes [[Roleplaying]] need to consider not only how to reach goals but what goals to reach.
+Given that [[Internal Conflicts]] require that there are several choices worth considering, having it present typically makes a game have [[Varied Gameplay]] and provides [[Replayability]]. Unlike games without [[Internal Conflicts]], the presence of strong [[Predetermined Story Structures]] encourages this [[Replayability]] as long as there are several narrative endings that can be classified as the effect of successfully completing the game. Having several choices also makes [[Roleplaying]] need to consider not only how to reach goals but what goals to reach.
 [[Internal Conflicts]] can cause [[Internal Rivalry]] and breakdowns in games requiring [[Cooperation]] or [[Teams]], so the two latter patterns may be in conflict with the [[Internal Conflicts]].
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 [[Conflicts]],
 [[Internal Rivalry]], [[Intrigue]], [[Negotiation]],
 [[Replayability]],
 [[Team Strategy Identification]], [[Traitors]], [[Varied Gameplay]]
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 === Can Be Instantiated By ===
-[[Actions Have Diegetically Social Consequences]], [[Analysis Paralysis]], [[Bidding]], [[Dialogues Structures]], [[Direct Information]], [[Effect Descriptions]], [[Freedom of Choice]], [[Incompatible Goals]], [[Irreversible Actions]], [[NPCs]], [[Limited Set of Actions]], [[Loyalty]], [[Narration Structures]], [[Predictable Consequences]], [[Player-Planned Development]], [[Risk/Reward]], [[Selectable Set of Goals]], [[Social Dilemmas]], [[Stimulated Planning]], [[Strategic Knowledge]]
+[[Actions Have Diegetically Social Consequences]], [[Analysis Paralysis]], [[Bidding]], [[Dialogues]], [[Direct Information]], [[Effect Descriptions]], [[Freedom of Choice]], [[Incompatible Goals]], [[Irreversible Actions]], [[NPCs]], [[Limited Set of Actions]], [[Loyalty]],
 [[Ninja Looting]] together with [[Guilds]] or [[Teams]]
 === Can Be Modulated By ===
-[[Committed Goals]], [[Narration Structures]], [[Secret Goals]]
+[[Committed Goals]],
 === Possible Closure Effects ===