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‎Consequences

Staffan Björk at 13:46, 5 September 2015

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Staffan Björk at 13:42, 21 August 2015

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Staffan Björk at 20:54, 20 January 2015

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Staffan Björk at 21:02, 18 January 2015

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Staffan Björk at 13:46, 18 January 2015

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Lives]] are almost always part of [[Abstract Player Constructs]]. [[Lives]] are a form of ([[Non-Localized Resources|Non-Localized]]) [[Resources]] that allow players to have [[Extra Chances]] and be able to participate in games as long as players have at least one life left. This means that games with [[Lives]] must also make use of [[Player Elimination]] and [[Game Over]] since otherwise the loss of the last [[Lives|Life]] would not differ from any other loss of [[Lives]]. While other [[Penalties]] may be attached to losing [[Lives]], the loss itself may be a [[Penalties|Penalty]] since it reduces the number of chance left and the probable gameplay time players have left. The presence of [[Lives]] give players clear [[Continuous Goals]]: to [[Survive]] in environments that may include [[Enemies]], [[Traps]], and other players trying to succeed with [[Player Killing]] or [[Player Elimination]] - it also modulates [[Player Killing]] since it gives definite advantages of removing all of a player's [[Lives]].
+[[Lives]] are almost always part of [[Abstract Player Constructs]]. [[Lives]] are a form of ([[Non-Localized Resources|Non-Localized]]) [[Resources]] that allow players to have [[Extra Chances]] and be able to participate in games as long as players have at least one life left. This means that games with [[Lives]] must also make use of [[Player Elimination]] and [[Game Over]] since otherwise the loss of the last [[Lives|Life]] would not differ from any other loss of [[Lives]]. While other [[Penalties]] may be attached to losing [[Lives]], the loss itself may be a [[Penalties|Penalty]] since it reduces the number of chance left and the probable gameplay time players have left. The presence of [[Lives]] give players clear [[Continuous Goals]]: to [[Survive]] as long as possible with each life in a game environment that may include [[Enemies]], [[Traps]], and other players trying to succeed with [[Player Killing]] or [[Player Elimination]] - it also modulates [[Player Killing]] since it gives definite advantages of removing all of a player's [[Lives]].
 As [[Lives]] are typically linked to [[Avatars]] or [[Characters]], they are a way to link players' successes and failures in the game to those of their [[Avatars]] or [[Characters]]. If players have developed emotional links to them, the risk of losing [[Lives]] is thereby a way of increasing their [[Emotional Engrossment]]. Regardless of this, the presence of [[Lives]] can increase [[Tension]], as players have something easy to relate to that can be lost in the game. For all cases except [[Parallel Lives]], the use of [[Lives]] implies that [[Spawning]] will be present in a game design (even if this would be that a dead [[Avatars|Avatar]] or [[Characters|Character]] would rise in exactly the same place it died).
 The use of the pattern implies that players have at least more than one [[Lives|Life]]. This makes the pattern incompatible with [[Permadeath]]. As multiple [[Lives]] do not exist in reality, the use of them in games can break [[Thematic Consistency]], not only by players having several lives but also through the process of [[Spawning]]. [[Diegetic Consistency]] can also suffer from the use of [[Lives]] since these are so important to gameplay that they are typically always displayed in players' interfaces. When used with [[Regenerating Resources]], [[Lives]] create a form of [[Tick-Based Games|Tick-Based Game]].
 == Relations ==

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Lives]] are almost always part of [[Abstract Player Constructs]]. [[Lives]] are a form of [[Resources]] that allow players to have [[Extra Chances]] and be able to participate in games as long as players have at least one life left. This means that games with [[Lives]] must also make use of [[Player Elimination]] and [[Game Over]] since otherwise the loss of the last [[Lives|Life]] would not differ from any other loss of [[Lives]]. While other [[Penalties]] may be attached to losing [[Lives]], the loss itself may be a [[Penalties|Penalty]] since it reduces the number of chance left and the probable gameplay time players have left. The presence of [[Lives]] give players clear [[Continuous Goals]]: to [[Survive]] in environments that may include [[Enemies]], [[Traps]], and other players trying to succeed with [[Player Killing]] or [[Player Elimination]] - it also modulates [[Player Killing]] since it gives definite advantages of removing all of a player's [[Lives]].
+[[Lives]] are almost always part of [[Abstract Player Constructs]]. [[Lives]] are a form of ([[Non-Localized Resources|Non-Localized]]) [[Resources]] that allow players to have [[Extra Chances]] and be able to participate in games as long as players have at least one life left. This means that games with [[Lives]] must also make use of [[Player Elimination]] and [[Game Over]] since otherwise the loss of the last [[Lives|Life]] would not differ from any other loss of [[Lives]]. While other [[Penalties]] may be attached to losing [[Lives]], the loss itself may be a [[Penalties|Penalty]] since it reduces the number of chance left and the probable gameplay time players have left. The presence of [[Lives]] give players clear [[Continuous Goals]]: to [[Survive]] in environments that may include [[Enemies]], [[Traps]], and other players trying to succeed with [[Player Killing]] or [[Player Elimination]] - it also modulates [[Player Killing]] since it gives definite advantages of removing all of a player's [[Lives]].
 As [[Lives]] are typically linked to [[Avatars]] or [[Characters]], they are a way to link players' successes and failures in the game to those of their [[Avatars]] or [[Characters]]. If players have developed emotional links to them, the risk of losing [[Lives]] is thereby a way of increasing their [[Emotional Engrossment]]. Regardless of this, the presence of [[Lives]] can increase [[Tension]], as players have something easy to relate to that can be lost in the game. For all cases except [[Parallel Lives]], the use of [[Lives]] implies that [[Spawning]] will be present in a game design (even if this would be that a dead [[Avatars|Avatar]] or [[Characters|Character]] would rise in exactly the same place it died).
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 [[Extra Chances]],
 [[Game Over]],
 [[Player Elimination]],
 [[Resources]],

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 The prime characteristic of [[Lives]] is that they can be lost, so deciding how this can happen is the primary design consideration when using the pattern. However, what the consequences of losing [[Lives]] are, and how many [[Lives]] are available is also important. [[Lives]] are typically associated with [[Avatars]] and [[Characters]], but games using [[Units]] or even [[Destructible Objects]] can use [[Lives]] through the use of [[Parallel Lives]]. They are typically not used together with [[Enemies]] but are sometimes used together with [[Boss Monsters]]. Games with [[Vehicles]] do quite often link the [[Lives]] of [[Avatars]] with the entered [[Vehicles]]; [[Lives]] are lost if the [[Vehicles]] are destroyed.
-Losses of [[Lives]] are typically the effects of failing to [[Evade]] attacks by [[Enemies]] or other players in [[Combat]], being the target of deadly [[Traps]] or [[Environmental Effects]] (possible after failing to [[Evade]] them), colliding with object due to failing with [[Maneuvering]], or failing to replenish [[Resources]] within [[Time Limits]]. Typically, only one [[Lives|Life]] is at stake at a time, but games using [[Parallel Lives]] are an exception. The loss of [[Lives]] can be instantaneous when one is affected or can be the effect of cumulative [[Damage]] to a [[Health]] value.
+Losses of [[Lives]] are typically the effects of failing to [[Evade]] attacks by [[Enemies]] or other players in [[Combat]], being the target of deadly [[Traps]] or [[Environmental Effects]] (possible after failing to [[Evade]] them), colliding with object due to failing with [[Maneuvering]], or failing to replenish [[Resources]] within [[Time Limits]]. Typically, only one [[Lives|Life]] is at stake at a time, but games using [[Parallel Lives]] are an exception. The loss of [[Lives]] can be instantaneous when one is affected or can be the effect of cumulative [[Damage]] to a [[Health]] value; the former being a way [[Damage]] can directly cause [[Life Penalties]] while the latter being the consequence of [[Energy Penalties]].
 The number of [[Lives]] players have are [[Resources]] and these are either [[Non-Renewable Resources]] that can only be lost as gameplay progresses or [[Renewable Resources]] that can be regained through various means (some [[:Category:Puzzle Games|Puzzle Games]] have [[Lives]] as [[Regenerating Resources]]). Some game modes in the [[Battlefield series]] allow players to spawn again as long as their teams have "tickets" left, making the numbers of [[Lives]] a [[Shared Resources|Shared Resource]]. Examples of ways [[Lives]] are replenished include reaching certain [[Scores]] (found for example in [[Asteroids]] and [[Pac-Man]]) and collecting [[Pick-Ups]] but as [[Resources]] they can be part of most types of [[Rewards]]. They can also be provided through [[Pay to Play]] (as [[:Category:Arcade Games|Arcade Games]] and physical [[:Category:Pinball Games|Pinball Games]] are examples of).
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 [[Survive]],
 [[Tension]]
 ==== with [[Multiplayer Games]] ====
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
 [[Damage]],
 [[Environmental Effects]],
 [[Game State Indicators]],

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 == Using the pattern ==
 The prime characteristic of [[Lives]] is that they can be lost, so deciding how this can happen is the primary design consideration when using the pattern. However, what the consequences of losing [[Lives]] are, and how many [[Lives]] are available is also important. [[Lives]] are typically associated with [[Avatars]] and [[Characters]], but games using [[Units]] or even [[Destructible Objects]] can use [[Lives]] through the use of [[Parallel Lives]]. They are typically not used together with [[Enemies]] but are sometimes used together with [[Boss Monsters]]. Games with [[Vehicles]] do quite often link the [[Lives]] of [[Avatars]] with the entered [[Vehicles]]; [[Lives]] are lost if the [[Vehicles]] are destroyed.
 Losses of [[Lives]] are typically the effects of failing to [[Evade]] attacks by [[Enemies]] or other players in [[Combat]], being the target of deadly [[Traps]] or [[Environmental Effects]] (possible after failing to [[Evade]] them), colliding with object due to failing with [[Maneuvering]], or failing to replenish [[Resources]] within [[Time Limits]]. Typically, only one [[Lives|Life]] is at stake at a time, but games using [[Parallel Lives]] are an exception. The loss of [[Lives]] can be instantaneous when one is affected or can be the effect of cumulative [[Damage]] to a [[Health]] value.
 The number of [[Lives]] players have are [[Resources]] and these are either [[Non-Renewable Resources]] that can only be lost as gameplay progresses or [[Renewable Resources]] that can be regained through various means (some [[:Category:Puzzle Games|Puzzle Games]] have [[Lives]] as [[Regenerating Resources]]). Some game modes in the [[Battlefield series]] allow players to spawn again as long as their teams have "tickets" left, making the numbers of [[Lives]] a [[Shared Resources|Shared Resource]]. Examples of ways [[Lives]] are replenished include reaching certain [[Scores]] (found for example in [[Asteroids]] and [[Pac-Man]]) and collecting [[Pick-Ups]] but as [[Resources]] they can be part of most types of [[Rewards]]. They can also be provided through [[Pay to Play]] (as [[:Category:Arcade Games|Arcade Games]] and physical [[:Category:Pinball Games|Pinball Games]] are examples of).
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 [[Extra Chances]],
 [[Game Over]],
 [[Player Elimination]],
 [[Resources]],
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 [[Combat]],
 [[Destructible Objects]],
 [[Player Killing]]
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
-[[Damage]], [[Death Consequences]],
+[[Damage]],
 [[Environmental Effects]],
 [[Game State Indicators]],
 [[Health]],
 [[HUD Interfaces]],
 [[Non-Renewable Resources]],
 [[Parallel Lives]],
 [[Pay to Play]],
 [[Pick-Ups]],
 [[Regenerating Resources]],

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 As [[Lives]] are typically linked to [[Avatars]] or [[Characters]], they are a way to link players' successes and failures in the game to those of their [[Avatars]] or [[Characters]]. If players have developed emotional links to them, the risk of losing [[Lives]] is thereby a way of increasing their [[Emotional Engrossment]]. Regardless of this, the presence of [[Lives]] can increase [[Tension]], as players have something easy to relate to that can be lost in the game. For all cases except [[Parallel Lives]], the use of [[Lives]] implies that [[Spawning]] will be present in a game design (even if this would be that a dead [[Avatars|Avatar]] or [[Characters|Character]] would rise in exactly the same place it died).
-The use of the pattern implies that players have at least more than one [[Lives|Life]]. This makes the pattern incompatible with [[Permadeath]]. As multiple [[Lives]] do not exist in reality, the use of them in games can break [[Thematic Consistency]], not only by players having several lives but also through the process of [[Spawning]]. [[Diegetic Consistency]] can also suffer from the use of [[Lives]] since these are so important to gameplay that they are typically always displayed in players' interfaces.
+The use of the pattern implies that players have at least more than one [[Lives|Life]]. This makes the pattern incompatible with [[Permadeath]]. As multiple [[Lives]] do not exist in reality, the use of them in games can break [[Thematic Consistency]], not only by players having several lives but also through the process of [[Spawning]]. [[Diegetic Consistency]] can also suffer from the use of [[Lives]] since these are so important to gameplay that they are typically always displayed in players' interfaces. When used with [[Regenerating Resources]], [[Lives]] create a form of [[Tick-Based Games|Tick-Based Game]].
 == Relations ==
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 ==== with [[Multiplayer Games]] ====
 [[Last Man Standing]]
 === Can Modulate ===

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Lives]] are a form of [[Resources]] that allow players to have [[Extra Chances]] and be able to participate in games as long as players have at least one life left. This means that games with [[Lives]] must also make use of [[Player Elimination]] since otherwise the loss of the last [[Lives|Life]] would not differ from any other loss of [[Lives]]. While other [[Penalties]] may be attached to losing [[Lives]], the loss itself may be a [[Penalties|Penalty]] since it reduces the number of chance left and the probable gameplay time players have left. The presence of [[Lives]] give players clear [[Continuous Goals]]: to [[Survive]] in environments that may include [[Enemies]], [[Traps]], and other players trying to succeed with [[Player Killing]] or [[Player Elimination]] - it also modulates [[Player Killing]] since it gives definite advantages of removing all of a player's [[Lives]].
+[[Lives]] are almost always part of [[Abstract Player Constructs]]. [[Lives]] are a form of [[Resources]] that allow players to have [[Extra Chances]] and be able to participate in games as long as players have at least one life left. This means that games with [[Lives]] must also make use of [[Player Elimination]] since otherwise the loss of the last [[Lives|Life]] would not differ from any other loss of [[Lives]]. While other [[Penalties]] may be attached to losing [[Lives]], the loss itself may be a [[Penalties|Penalty]] since it reduces the number of chance left and the probable gameplay time players have left. The presence of [[Lives]] give players clear [[Continuous Goals]]: to [[Survive]] in environments that may include [[Enemies]], [[Traps]], and other players trying to succeed with [[Player Killing]] or [[Player Elimination]] - it also modulates [[Player Killing]] since it gives definite advantages of removing all of a player's [[Lives]].
 As [[Lives]] are typically linked to [[Avatars]] or [[Characters]], they are a way to link players' successes and failures in the game to those of their [[Avatars]] or [[Characters]]. If players have developed emotional links to them, the risk of losing [[Lives]] is thereby a way of increasing their [[Emotional Engrossment]]. Regardless of this, the presence of [[Lives]] can increase [[Tension]], as players have something easy to relate to that can be lost in the game. For all cases except [[Parallel Lives]], the use of [[Lives]] implies that [[Spawning]] will be present in a game design (even if this would be that a dead [[Avatars|Avatar]] or [[Characters|Character]] would rise in exactly the same place it died).
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 == Relations ==
 === Can Instantiate ===
 [[Continuous Goals]],
 [[Emotional Engrossment]],

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 [[Regenerating Resources]],
 [[Renewable Resources]],
 [[Shared Resources]],
 [[Traps]],

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 The loss of [[Lives]] is a [[Penalties|Penalty]] since losing all [[Lives]] ends game sessions, but this effect can be lessened by simply letting player start new game sessions. However, losing individual [[Lives]] can also carry [[Penalties]] from having [[Death Consequences]] for each loss. The point of death is a natural point for switching places in games with [[Hotseating]]; this adds the additional [[Penalties|Penalty]] of [[Downtime]] to the player that lost a [[Lives|Life]].
-The number of [[Lives]] players have are [[Resources]] and these are either [[Non-Renewable Resources]] that can only be lost as gameplay progresses or [[Renewable Resources]] that can be regained through various means. Some game modes in the [[Battlefield series]] allow players to spawn again as long as their teams have "tickets" left, making the numbers of [[Lives]] a [[Shared Resources|Shared Resource]]. Examples of ways [[Lives]] are replenished include reaching certain [[Scores]] (found for example in [[Asteroids]] and [[Pac-Man]]) and collecting [[Pick-Ups]] but as [[Resources]] they can be part of most types of [[Rewards]].
+The number of [[Lives]] players have are [[Resources]] and these are either [[Non-Renewable Resources]] that can only be lost as gameplay progresses or [[Renewable Resources]] that can be regained through various means (some [[:Category:Puzzle Games|Puzzle Games]] have [[Lives]] as [[Regenerating Resources]]). Some game modes in the [[Battlefield series]] allow players to spawn again as long as their teams have "tickets" left, making the numbers of [[Lives]] a [[Shared Resources|Shared Resource]]. Examples of ways [[Lives]] are replenished include reaching certain [[Scores]] (found for example in [[Asteroids]] and [[Pac-Man]]) and collecting [[Pick-Ups]] but as [[Resources]] they can be part of most types of [[Rewards]].
 [[Last Man Standing]] goals in [[Multiplayer Games]] are closely related to the use of [[Lives]].
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 [[Penalties]],
 [[Pick-Ups]],
 [[Renewable Resources]],
 [[Shared Resources]],