Minimalized Social Weight - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 08:26, 2 September 2014

2014-09-02T08:26:56Z

Staffan Björk: /* Anti-Examples */

2012-11-15T11:02:50Z

‎Anti-Examples

Staffan Björk: /* Anti-Examples */

2012-11-15T11:02:41Z

‎Anti-Examples

Staffan Björk: /* Anti-Examples */

2012-11-15T11:02:17Z

‎Anti-Examples

Staffan Björk at 11:02, 15 November 2012

2012-11-15T11:02:09Z

Staffan Björk: /* Acknowledgements */

2012-10-23T10:59:47Z

‎Acknowledgements

Staffan Björk at 10:00, 21 August 2012

2012-08-21T10:00:32Z

Staffan Björk at 13:07, 20 August 2012

2012-08-20T13:07:20Z

Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

2012-08-20T13:03:10Z

‎Using the pattern

Staffan Björk: /* Interface Aspects */

2012-08-20T13:01:35Z

‎Interface Aspects

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 == Using the pattern ==
-A starting point for achieving [[Minimalized Social Weight]] is to avoid the usually negative patterns of [[Analysis Paralysis]] and [[Excise]]. While deciding to aim for this is usually easy in a game design process, the pattern also typically conflicts with [[Attention Demanding]] and choosing which pattern to support may be a tougher design decision.
+A starting point for achieving [[Minimalized Social Weight]] is to avoid the usually negative patterns of [[Analysis Paralysis]] and [[Excise]]. While deciding to aim for this is usually easy in a game design process, the pattern also typically conflicts with [[Attention Demanding Gameplay]] and choosing which pattern to support may be a tougher design decision.
 [[Interruptibility]] is one way of trying to minimize how much attention the game requires from players. This since even if players may need to focus on the gameplay while played they can easily stop to engage in social interaction with others. Issues with the solution exist for games with [[Mediated Gameplay]] or when the interruptions are perceived as causing [[Downtime]] since in both these cases other players feel that their gameplay is being negatively affected. [[Minigames]] offers a solution similar to [[Interruptibility]] in that the end of each minigame is a position where gameplay can be interrupted.
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 === Narrative Aspects ===
-As media developed to be [[Attention Demanding]] with a narration of diegetic events, [[Cutscenes]] work against [[Minimalized Social Weight]].
+As media developed to be attention grabbing with a narration of diegetic events, [[Cutscenes]] work against [[Minimalized Social Weight]].
 == Consequences ==
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 === Potentially Conflicting With ===
-[[Attention Demanding]],
+[[Attention Demanding Gameplay]],
 [[Analysis Paralysis]],
 [[Cutscenes]],

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 Even if the [[Donkey Konga]] and the [[Guitar Hero series|Guitar Hero]] and [[Rock Band series]] are [[:Category:Party Games|Party Games]], they do not support [[Minimalized Social Weight]] since players mimic attention demanding performances.
-Both the technology and gameplay in the [[:Category:Live-Action Role-Playing Games|Live Action Roleplaying Games]] [[Prosopopeia]] and [[Momentum]] were designed to not necessarily be noticeable. This was a design requirement for the games since they partly took place in public spaces.
+Both the technology and gameplay in the [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games|Live Action Roleplaying Games]] [[Prosopopeia]] and [[Momentum]] were designed to not necessarily be noticeable. This was a design requirement for the games since they partly took place in public spaces.
 == Using the pattern ==

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 Even if the [[Donkey Konga]] and the [[Guitar Hero series|Guitar Hero]] and [[Rock Band series]] are [[:Category:Party Games|Party Games]], they do not support [[Minimalized Social Weight]] since players mimic attention demanding performances.
-Both the technology and gameplay in the [[:Category:Live-Action Role-Playing Games|Live-Action Role-Playing Games]] [[Prosopopeia]] and [[Momentum]] were designed to not necessarily be noticeable. This was a design requirement for the games since they partly took place in public spaces.
+Both the technology and gameplay in the [[:Category:Live-Action Role-Playing Games|Live Action Roleplaying Games]] [[Prosopopeia]] and [[Momentum]] were designed to not necessarily be noticeable. This was a design requirement for the games since they partly took place in public spaces.
 == Using the pattern ==

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 Even if the [[Donkey Konga]] and the [[Guitar Hero series|Guitar Hero]] and [[Rock Band series]] are [[:Category:Party Games|Party Games]], they do not support [[Minimalized Social Weight]] since players mimic attention demanding performances.
-Both the technology and gameplay in the [[:Category:Live-Action Role-Playing Games|Live-Action Role-Playing Games] [[Prosopopeia]] and [[Momentum]] were designed to not necessarily be noticeable. This was a design requirement for the games since they partly took place in public spaces.
+Both the technology and gameplay in the [[:Category:Live-Action Role-Playing Games|Live-Action Role-Playing Games]] [[Prosopopeia]] and [[Momentum]] were designed to not necessarily be noticeable. This was a design requirement for the games since they partly took place in public spaces.
 == Using the pattern ==

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		+	Both the technology and gameplay in the [[:Category:Live-Action Role-Playing Games\|Live-Action Role-Playing Games] [[Prosopopeia]] and [[Momentum]] were designed to not necessarily be noticeable. This was a design requirement for the games since they partly took place in public spaces.

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+''Games that interfere little with players' abilities to social interact with other people while the games are being played.''
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-''Games that interfere little with players ability to social interact with other people while the games are being played.''
 Games are often played as a way to have social interaction with others. While the gameplay itself can in this way be a type of social interaction, games can pose obstacles for social interaction by requiring players to focus their attention on interacting with the game interface, updating the game state to reflect the effects of actions, or interacting with parts of the game system that isn't mediated to other players. Even when the games do not interrupt the flow of interaction between players, they may do so with non-players that the players are able to (or should be able to) interact with. While it may be impossible to fully avoid these issues, games that pose few obstacles to social interaction can be said to have [[Minimalized Social Weight]].
 === Examples ===
-[[:Category:Puzzle Games|Puzzle Games]] consisting on many levels that can be solved in rather short amount of time, e.g. [[Angry Birds]], [[Continuity]], and [[Sokoban]], have [[Minimalized Social Weight]] since they can easily be abandoned and do not distract other surrounding activities. The same applies to [[:Category:Party Games|Party Games]] such as the [[Mario Party series|Mario Party]] and [[WarioWare series]] since each party game does not take much time to play.
+[[:Category:Puzzle Games|Puzzle Games]] consisting on many levels that can be solved in rather short amount of time, e.g. [[Angry Birds]], [[Continuity]], and [[Sokoban]], have [[Minimalized Social Weight]] since they easily can be abandoned and do not distract other surrounding activities. The same applies to [[:Category:Party Games|Party Games]] such as the [[Mario Party series|Mario Party]] and [[WarioWare series]] since each party game does not take much time to play.
 ==== Anti-Examples ====
 [[:Category:Arcade Games|Arcade Games]] such as [[Pac-Man]] or [[Donkey Kong]] fail to let players easily interact with each other or spectators since moving one's attention away from the gameplay for a second may cause one to lose lives in the game.
-Each turn in [[Ricochet Robots]] focuses all players attention on finding the most efficient way to move a robot across a board, and any kind of social interaction during this time disrupts gameplay.
+Each turn in [[Ricochet Robots]] focuses all players' attention on finding the most efficient way to move a robot across a board, and any kind of social interaction during this time disrupts gameplay.
 Even if the [[Donkey Konga]] and the [[Guitar Hero series|Guitar Hero]] and [[Rock Band series]] are [[:Category:Party Games|Party Games]], they do not support [[Minimalized Social Weight]] since players mimic attention demanding performances.
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 A starting point for achieving [[Minimalized Social Weight]] is to avoid the usually negative patterns of [[Analysis Paralysis]] and [[Excise]]. While deciding to aim for this is usually easy in a game design process, the pattern also typically conflicts with [[Attention Demanding]] and choosing which pattern to support may be a tougher design decision.
-[[Interruptibility]] is one way of trying to minimize how much attention the game requires from players. This since even if players may need to focus on the gameplay while played they can easily stop to engage in social interaction with others. Issues with the solution exist for games with [[Mediated Gameplay]] or when the interruptions are perceived as causing [[Downtime]] since in both cases other players feel that their gameplay is being negatively affected. [[Minigames]] offers a solution similar to [[Interruptibility]] in that the end of each minigame is a position where gameplay can be interrupted.
+[[Interruptibility]] is one way of trying to minimize how much attention the game requires from players. This since even if players may need to focus on the gameplay while played they can easily stop to engage in social interaction with others. Issues with the solution exist for games with [[Mediated Gameplay]] or when the interruptions are perceived as causing [[Downtime]] since in both these cases other players feel that their gameplay is being negatively affected. [[Minigames]] offers a solution similar to [[Interruptibility]] in that the end of each minigame is a position where gameplay can be interrupted.
 While [[Self-Facilitated Games]] do provide [[Excise]], they do provide [[Minimalized Social Weight]] since players can whenever they wish to interrupt non-social gameplay and [[Excise]] to have social interaction outside the game. Note that requiring or supporting [[Social Interaction]] does not in itself make games have [[Minimalized Social Weight]], this both because interaction within the gameplay may be strongly affected by the game and because the pattern may also refer to interaction with non-players.

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 === Interface Aspects ===
-Besides the actual interaction required with a game's interface (which is part of the discussion above), the design of the interface can add social weight to a game. Interfaces that are difficult or time-consuming to use add social weight as do those that draw attention to themselves through their appearance. One example of how games can draw attention to themselves purely through the interface - and thereby work against the pattern of [[Minimalized Social Weight]] - is through having [[Juicy Interfaces]].
+Besides the actual interaction required with a game's interface (which is part of the discussion above), the design of the interface can add social weight to a game. Interfaces that are difficult or time-consuming to use add social weight as do those that draw attention to themselves through their appearance. One example of how games can draw attention to themselves purely through the interface - and thereby work against the pattern of [[Minimalized Social Weight]] - is through having [[Juicy Interfaces]]. [[Mimetic Interfaces]] is another, in which the players are made to draw attention to the gamed by how they interface with them.
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 [[Mimetic Interfaces]]
 === Narrative Aspects ===