Lull Periods - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 15:16, 19 August 2015

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Staffan Björk at 07:26, 3 August 2015

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Staffan Björk at 20:09, 2 August 2015

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Staffan Björk at 20:08, 2 August 2015

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Staffan Björk at 17:09, 2 August 2015

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Staffan Björk at 17:06, 2 August 2015

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Staffan Björk at 16:51, 2 August 2015

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Staffan Björk: /* Relations */

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‎Relations

Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

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‎Using the pattern

Staffan Björk at 15:08, 2 August 2015

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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Lull Periods]] can range from complete removal of possibilities to perform actions to gameplay time when there is not particular stress. This makes the latter end of the scale subjective, and the pattern into a [[:Category:Subjective Patterns|Subjective Pattern]]. [[Cut Scenes]] and other forms of patterns that create [[Downtime]] can be used for the former end of the scale while moving along [[Transport Routes]] or observing well-behaving [[Exploitation]] or [[Gameplay Engines]] can be used for the latter end. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] and [[Game Masters]] can be used for both and can easily move from one end to the other of the scale as needed.
+[[Lull Periods]] can range from complete removal of possibilities to perform actions to gameplay time when there is not particular stress. This makes the latter end of the scale subjective, and the pattern into a [[:Category:Subjective Patterns|Subjective Pattern]]. Perhaps the most objective use of it for the latter end is as interruptions between [[Waves]] as for example the [[Left 4 Dead series]] make use of. [[Cut Scenes]] and other forms of patterns that create [[Downtime]] can be used for the former end of the scale while moving along [[Transport Routes]] or observing well-behaving [[Exploitation]] or [[Gameplay Engines]] can be used for the latter end. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] and [[Game Masters]] can be used for both and can easily move from one end to the other of the scale as needed.
 === Narration Aspects ===
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 == Consequences ==
-As its definition suggested, [[Lull Periods]] is not compatible with [[Tension]] but can provide players with [[Anticipation]] if they know approximately when the [[Lull Periods]] will end. Player can make use of [[Lull Periods]] to engage in [[Pottering]] or [[Stimulated Planning]], and in [[Multiplayer Games]] experience [[Togetherness]] simply because they can focus their attention more on the players than on the gameplay without as great risk of missing something.
+As its definition suggested, [[Lull Periods]] is not compatible with [[Attention Demanding Gameplay]] or [[Tension]] but can provide players with [[Anticipation]] if they know approximately when the [[Lull Periods]] will end. Player can make use of [[Lull Periods]] to engage in [[Pottering]] or [[Stimulated Planning]], and in [[Multiplayer Games]] experience [[Togetherness]] simply because they can focus their attention more on the players than on the gameplay without as great risk of missing something.
 == Relations ==
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 === Potentially Conflicting With ===
 [[Tension]]

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 ''Gameplay time when players are not stressed about performing actions.''

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 ''Gameplay time when players are not stressed about performing actions.''
-This pattern is a still a stub.
+Like most other types of designed artifacts or activities that are intended to give experiences, games can vary in the intensity of those experiences over the time of a game instance. [[Lull Periods]] are period of time when the gameplay is relaxed in the sense that players do not need to react quickly to game events and have a freedom in how much they interact with, or focus on, the game.
 === Examples ===
-[[Left 4 Dead series]], horror games, [[Europa Universalis series]],
+Many strategy games, e.g. the [[Civilization (video game) series|Civilization series]] and [[Europa Universalis series]] alternate between intense periods of expansion or warfare and calmer period when the players' civilizations steadily grow and develop.
-==== Anti-Examples ====
+Games that are supposed to provoke horror or at least tense anticipation, e.g. the [[Silent Hill series]] and the [[Left 4 Dead series]], alternate between [[Lull Periods]] where players explore or move through the game worlds and intense scenes when players need to focus solely on the forces attacking them.
-optional
 == Using the pattern ==

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 == Consequences ==
-=== Can Instantiate ===
+As its definition suggested, [[Lull Periods]] is not compatible with [[Tension]] but can provide players with [[Anticipation]] if they know approximately when the [[Lull Periods]] will end. Player can make use of [[Lull Periods]] to engage in [[Pottering]] or [[Stimulated Planning]], and in [[Multiplayer Games]] experience [[Togetherness]] simply because they can focus their attention more on the players than on the gameplay without as great risk of missing something.
-[[Anticipation]],
-[[Pottering]],
 [[Stimulated Planning]],
 [[Togetherness]]
 == Relations ==
 === Can Instantiate ===
 [[Pottering]],
-[[Stimulated Planning]],
+[[Stimulated Planning]]
 [[Togetherness]]

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 [[Downtime]]
 not being stressful.
 === Diegetic Aspects ===