Movement - Revision history

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 [[Complex Gameplay]],
 [[Construction]],
 [[Excise]],
 [[Freedom of Choice]],
 [[Game World Exploration]],
 [[Game World Navigation]],
 [[Races]],
 [[Traverse]],

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 With the exception of the value of kings and the ability of pawns to become queens, different [[Movement]] abilities are what distinguish different types of pieces in [[Chess]].
-The early computer-based games [[Spacewar!]] and [[Asteroids]] both allow players to move spaceships by rotation and thrust in the spaceships' direction. However, they also allow players to escape dangerous situations by providing a limited number of hyperjumps that placed the spaceship in a random location. [[Elite]] does the same but in three-dimensional space.
+The early computer-based games [[Spacewar!]] and [[Asteroids]] both allow players to move spaceships by rotation and thrust in the spaceships' direction. However, they also allow players to escape dangerous situations by providing a limited number of hyperjumps that placed the spaceship in a random location. The [[Elite series]] does the same but in three-dimensional space.
 [[:Category:Racing Games|Racing Games]] such as the [[Need for Speed series]], the [[Gran Turismo series]], the [[F-Zero series]], and the [[Mario Kart series]] all have movement as the primary activity in the game. [[Formula D]], [[Ricochet Robots]], [[RoboRally]], and [[Sokoban]] are also based around [[Movement]] but as [[:Category:Team-based Games|Team-based Games]] the challenges in these cases are based upon problem solving and anticipating other players moves. [[Advanced Squad Leader]] and [[Memoir '44]] are examples of [[:Category:Wargames|Wargames]] where [[Movement]] in vital in winning but where the [[Movement]] is influence by various environmental effects. [[High Frontier]] requires careful consideration about interactions between engine thrust, fuel consumption, and rocket mass to explore and colonize the solar system. [[Cogs]] and [[Zoo Keeper]] are examples that require [[Movement]] to solve puzzles but players have to do so under time pressure.

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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Movement]] is introduced into games to allow goals such as [[Alignment]], [[Capture]], [[Connection]], [[Enclosure]], [[Stealth]], [[Game World Exploration]], and [[Traverse]] goals as well as activities such as [[Collecting]], [[Races]] and making [[Aim & Shoot]] easier (through [[Traverse]] it also makes [[Deliver]] and [[Herd]] possible). However, deciding how game elements can perform [[Movement]] depends on how [[Game Worlds]] have been created and the intended differences between game elements. [[Choke Points]], [[Clues]],  [[Diegetically Tangible Game Items]], [[Environmental Effects]], [[Flanking Routes]], [[Galleries]], [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Obstacles]], [[Pick-Ups]], [[Transport Routes]], [[Traps]], and [[Warp Zones]] in [[Game Worlds]] all modulate [[Movement]] and most of these can be used as the starting points for various designs of [[Privileged Movement]] and [[Movement Limitations]] and thereby create [[Orthogonal Differentiation]]. [[Vehicles]] are [[Game Items]] that also modulate [[Movement]] since players can make use of them to get a form of [[Privileged Movement]]; [[Vehicle Sections]] can be created to make the use of [[Vehicles]] preferable or even make it a requirement. [[Combos]] can also be used to access [[Privileged Movement]] by doing a more or less complex combination of basic actions. Even so, the easiest form of [[Privileged Movement]] for one game element compared to other game elements is the ability to move faster as a form of [[Improved Abilities|Improved Ability]], and game designs can make use of this to provide [[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]] regarding [[Movement]]. [[Invulnerabilities]] and [[Vulnerabilities]] can indirectly modulate [[Movement]] by opening or closing possible routes depending on what space needs to be traveled through. [[Levels]] can be used to limit [[Movement]] to individual [[Levels]] until they are completed; [[Scenes]] can do likewise but can also be used to make actual gameplay actions related to [[Movement]] unnecessary.
+[[Movement]] is introduced into games to allow goals such as [[Alignment]], [[Capture]], [[Connection]], [[Enclosure]], [[Stealth]], [[Game World Exploration]], and [[Traverse]] goals as well as activities such as [[Collecting]], [[Races]] and making [[Aim & Shoot]] easier (through [[Traverse]] it also makes [[Deliver]] and [[Herd]] possible). However, deciding how game elements can perform [[Movement]] depends on how [[Game Worlds]] have been created and the intended differences between game elements. [[Choke Points]], [[Clues]],  [[Diegetically Tangible Game Items]], [[Environmental Effects]], [[Flanking Routes]], [[Galleries]], [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Laning]], [[Obstacles]], [[Pick-Ups]], [[Transport Routes]], [[Traps]], and [[Warp Zones]] in [[Game Worlds]] all modulate [[Movement]] and most of these can be used as the starting points for various designs of [[Privileged Movement]] and [[Movement Limitations]] and thereby create [[Orthogonal Differentiation]]. [[Vehicles]] are [[Game Items]] that also modulate [[Movement]] since players can make use of them to get a form of [[Privileged Movement]]; [[Vehicle Sections]] can be created to make the use of [[Vehicles]] preferable or even make it a requirement. [[Combos]] can also be used to access [[Privileged Movement]] by doing a more or less complex combination of basic actions. Even so, the easiest form of [[Privileged Movement]] for one game element compared to other game elements is the ability to move faster as a form of [[Improved Abilities|Improved Ability]], and game designs can make use of this to provide [[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]] regarding [[Movement]]. [[Invulnerabilities]] and [[Vulnerabilities]] can indirectly modulate [[Movement]] by opening or closing possible routes depending on what space needs to be traveled through. [[Levels]] can be used to limit [[Movement]] to individual [[Levels]] until they are completed; [[Scenes]] can do likewise but can also be used to make actual gameplay actions related to [[Movement]] unnecessary.
 The difficulty of [[Movement]] is connected to the complexity of the movement and the different ways one can move. The more degrees of freedom of movement a player has, up to the maximum of six (three absolute and three rotational), the more the complexity of the [[Movement]] is increased. Further complications to [[Movement]] occur through the introduction of acceleration, deceleration, momentum, turn radii, dislocated centers of gravity, articulated vehicles, fuel [[Resources]], [[Line of Sight]], and vehicles with complex forms of locomotion. [[Zone of Control]] can hinder och slow [[Movement]] in proximity to other game elements. [[Variable Accuracy]] can be influenced how players move by making quick [[Movement]] ruin their chances of succeeding with [[Aim & Shoot]] actions, but reversely aiming systems can require players to be stationary. These various options, and the way [[Game Worlds]] are constructed, can be used to create both [[Challenging Gameplay|Challenging]] and [[Complex Gameplay]], but this can be further refined in computer-based games through [[Player/System Action Composites]] in which the computer helps calculating routes or providing [[Game State Overviews]] of the relevant factors.
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 [[Inaccessible Areas]],
 [[Invulnerabilities]],
 [[Levels]],
 [[Line of Sight]],

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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Movement]] is introduced into games to allow goals such as [[Alignment]],
+[[Movement]] is introduced into games to allow goals such as [[Alignment]], [[Capture]], [[Connection]], [[Enclosure]], [[Stealth]], [[Game World Exploration]], and [[Traverse]] goals as well as activities such as [[Collecting]], [[Races]] and making [[Aim & Shoot]] easier (through [[Traverse]] it also makes [[Deliver]] and [[Herd]] possible). However, deciding how game elements can perform [[Movement]] depends on how [[Game Worlds]] have been created and the intended differences between game elements. [[Choke Points]], [[Clues]],  [[Diegetically Tangible Game Items]], [[Environmental Effects]], [[Flanking Routes]], [[Galleries]], [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Obstacles]], [[Pick-Ups]], [[Transport Routes]], [[Traps]], and [[Warp Zones]] in [[Game Worlds]] all modulate [[Movement]] and most of these can be used as the starting points for various designs of [[Privileged Movement]] and [[Movement Limitations]] and thereby create [[Orthogonal Differentiation]]. [[Vehicles]] are [[Game Items]] that also modulate [[Movement]] since players can make use of them to get a form of [[Privileged Movement]]; [[Vehicle Sections]] can be created to make the use of [[Vehicles]] preferable or even make it a requirement. [[Combos]] can also be used to access [[Privileged Movement]] by doing a more or less complex combination of basic actions. Even so, the easiest form of [[Privileged Movement]] for one game element compared to other game elements is the ability to move faster as a form of [[Improved Abilities|Improved Ability]], and game designs can make use of this to provide [[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]] regarding [[Movement]]. [[Invulnerabilities]] and [[Vulnerabilities]] can indirectly modulate [[Movement]] by opening or closing possible routes depending on what space needs to be traveled through. [[Levels]] can be used to limit [[Movement]] to individual [[Levels]] until they are completed; [[Scenes]] can do likewise but can also be used to make actual gameplay actions related to [[Movement]] unnecessary.
-[[Enclosure]]
 [[Connection]]
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-[[Capture]], [[Stealth]], [[Game World Exploration]], and [[Traverse]] goals as well as activities such as [[Collecting]], [[Races]] and making [[Aim & Shoot]] easier (through [[Traverse]] it also makes [[Deliver]] and [[Herd]] possible). However, deciding how game elements can perform [[Movement]] depends on how [[Game Worlds]] have been created and the intended differences between game elements. [[Choke Points]], [[Clues]],  [[Diegetically Tangible Game Items]], [[Environmental Effects]], [[Flanking Routes]], [[Galleries]], [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Obstacles]], [[Pick-Ups]], [[Transport Routes]], [[Traps]], and [[Warp Zones]] in [[Game Worlds]] all modulate [[Movement]] and most of these can be used as the starting points for various designs of [[Privileged Movement]] and [[Movement Limitations]] and thereby create [[Orthogonal Differentiation]]. [[Vehicles]] are [[Game Items]] that also modulate [[Movement]] since players can make use of them to get a form of [[Privileged Movement]]; [[Vehicle Sections]] can be created to make the use of [[Vehicles]] preferable or even make it a requirement. [[Combos]] can also be used to access [[Privileged Movement]] by doing a more or less complex combination of basic actions. Even so, the easiest form of [[Privileged Movement]] for one game element compared to other game elements is the ability to move faster as a form of [[Improved Abilities|Improved Ability]], and game designs can make use of this to provide [[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]] regarding [[Movement]]. [[Invulnerabilities]] and [[Vulnerabilities]] can indirectly modulate [[Movement]] by opening or closing possible routes depending on what space needs to be traveled through. [[Levels]] can be used to limit [[Movement]] to individual [[Levels]] until they are completed; [[Scenes]] can do likewise but can also be used to make actual gameplay actions related to [[Movement]] unnecessary.
 The difficulty of [[Movement]] is connected to the complexity of the movement and the different ways one can move. The more degrees of freedom of movement a player has, up to the maximum of six (three absolute and three rotational), the more the complexity of the [[Movement]] is increased. Further complications to [[Movement]] occur through the introduction of acceleration, deceleration, momentum, turn radii, dislocated centers of gravity, articulated vehicles, fuel [[Resources]], [[Line of Sight]], and vehicles with complex forms of locomotion. [[Zone of Control]] can hinder och slow [[Movement]] in proximity to other game elements. [[Variable Accuracy]] can be influenced how players move by making quick [[Movement]] ruin their chances of succeeding with [[Aim & Shoot]] actions, but reversely aiming systems can require players to be stationary. These various options, and the way [[Game Worlds]] are constructed, can be used to create both [[Challenging Gameplay|Challenging]] and [[Complex Gameplay]], but this can be further refined in computer-based games through [[Player/System Action Composites]] in which the computer helps calculating routes or providing [[Game State Overviews]] of the relevant factors.

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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Movement]] is introduced into games to allow goals such as [[Capture]], [[Stealth]], [[Game World Exploration]], and [[Traverse]] goals as well as activities such as [[Collecting]], [[Races]] and making [[Aim & Shoot]] easier (through [[Traverse]] it also makes [[Deliver]] and [[Herd]] possible). However, deciding how game elements can perform [[Movement]] depends on how [[Game Worlds]] have been created and the intended differences between game elements. [[Choke Points]], [[Clues]],  [[Diegetically Tangible Game Items]], [[Environmental Effects]], [[Flanking Routes]], [[Galleries]], [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Obstacles]], [[Pick-Ups]], [[Transport Routes]], [[Traps]], and [[Warp Zones]] in [[Game Worlds]] all modulate [[Movement]] and most of these can be used as the starting points for various designs of [[Privileged Movement]] and [[Movement Limitations]] and thereby create [[Orthogonal Differentiation]]. [[Vehicles]] are [[Game Items]] that also modulate [[Movement]] since players can make use of them to get a form of [[Privileged Movement]]; [[Vehicle Sections]] can be created to make the use of [[Vehicles]] preferable or even make it a requirement. [[Combos]] can also be used to access [[Privileged Movement]] by doing a more or less complex combination of basic actions. Even so, the easiest form of [[Privileged Movement]] for one game element compared to other game elements is the ability to move faster as a form of [[Improved Abilities|Improved Ability]], and game designs can make use of this to provide [[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]] regarding [[Movement]]. [[Invulnerabilities]] and [[Vulnerabilities]] can indirectly modulate [[Movement]] by opening or closing possible routes depending on what space needs to be traveled through. [[Levels]] can be used to limit [[Movement]] to individual [[Levels]] until they are completed; [[Scenes]] can do likewise but can also be used to make actual gameplay actions related to [[Movement]] unnecessary.
+[[Movement]] is introduced into games to allow goals such as [[Alignment]],
 The difficulty of [[Movement]] is connected to the complexity of the movement and the different ways one can move. The more degrees of freedom of movement a player has, up to the maximum of six (three absolute and three rotational), the more the complexity of the [[Movement]] is increased. Further complications to [[Movement]] occur through the introduction of acceleration, deceleration, momentum, turn radii, dislocated centers of gravity, articulated vehicles, fuel [[Resources]], [[Line of Sight]], and vehicles with complex forms of locomotion. [[Zone of Control]] can hinder och slow [[Movement]] in proximity to other game elements. [[Variable Accuracy]] can be influenced how players move by making quick [[Movement]] ruin their chances of succeeding with [[Aim & Shoot]] actions, but reversely aiming systems can require players to be stationary. These various options, and the way [[Game Worlds]] are constructed, can be used to create both [[Challenging Gameplay|Challenging]] and [[Complex Gameplay]], but this can be further refined in computer-based games through [[Player/System Action Composites]] in which the computer helps calculating routes or providing [[Game State Overviews]] of the relevant factors.
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
 [[Budgeted Action Points]],
 [[Check Points]],
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 [[Combos]],
 [[Conditional Passageways]],
 [[Clues]],
 [[Diegetically Tangible Game Items]],
 [[Dice]],
 [[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]],
 [[Environmental Effects]],
 [[Flanking Routes]],

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 [[Construction]] can also be an effect of [[Movement]] when this supports other game elements being pushed around. While all intentional [[Movement]] in [[Game Worlds]] requires [[Game World Navigation]] when this is supported through [[Check Points]] showing intermediate target locations, the [[Movement]] done to reach these makes them act as [[Progress Indicators]]. As soon as players need to consider their own acceleration or speed, or the movement of other game elements, [[Movement]] requires [[Tactical Planning]].
-[[Movement]] does not always offer [[Spatial Engrossment]] but is more likely to do so in [[Real-Time Games]] since this makes the [[Movement]] into [[Maneuvering]]. In contrast, [[Movement]] in [[Turn-Based Games]] can give rise to [[Puzzle Solving]], e.g. games that require players to move between many interconnected places give rise to Traveling Salesman's problems (see [[Ricochet Robots]] and [[Sokoban]] for two [[Turn-Based Games]] that can create [[Spatial Engrossment]] due to focusing completely on [[Movement]]). [[Puzzle Solving]] (and through that also [[Tactical Planning]]) regarding [[Movement]] can also occur in any game where [[Movement]] is used to succeed with goals to [[Capture]] something. [[Movement]] that needs to be done and doesn't offer challenges or choices can be perceived as [[Excise]], especially if done over already familiar spaces.
+[[Movement]] does not always offer [[Spatial Engrossment]] but is more likely to do so in [[Real-Time Games]] since this makes the [[Movement]] into [[Maneuvering]]. In contrast, [[Movement]] in [[Turn-Based Games]] can give rise to [[Puzzle Solving]], e.g. games that require players to move between many interconnected places give rise to Traveling Salesman's problems (see [[Ricochet Robots]] and [[Sokoban]] for two [[Turn-Based Games]] that can create [[Spatial Engrossment]] due to focusing completely on [[Movement]]). [[Puzzle Solving]] (and through that also [[Tactical Planning]]) regarding [[Movement]] can also occur in any game where [[Movement]] is used to succeed with goals to [[Capture]] something. [[Movement]] that needs to be done and doesn't offer challenges or choices can be perceived as [[Excise]], especially if done over already familiar spaces (the use of [[Vehicles]] can mitigate this to some degree while [[Quick Travel]] can remove it completely).
 [[Movement]] of game elements, e.g. [[Moveable Tiles]] and [[Obstacles]], that are not under the control of any players are can be examples of [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] that require [[Movement]] or [[Maneuvering]] from the players in response, for example to avoid [[Damage]] or to be able to complete [[Aim & Shoot]] actions. The same can be the case when the players' own [[Focus Loci]] have forced [[Movement]] (see for example [[Zaxxon]]). [[Moveable Tiles]] can, as in many of the [[Super Mario series]] and the [[Portal series]], be used to offer players specific ways of moving which they may have more or less control over.

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 [[Quick Returns]] and [[Quick Travel]] are ways to avoid having to do [[Movement]] though parts of [[Game Worlds]] one has already traversed and can thereby remove [[Movement]] which could be perceived as [[Excise]]. In contrast, [[Setback Penalties]] force players to traverse the same parts again as the consequence of failing some challenge. [[One-Way Travel]] and other types of [[Conditional Passageways]] can be used to guarantee that gameplay progresses in a certain order but not necessarily influence the speed of that progression; they can also be used to to make [[Movement]] from one part of the game to the other easy but returning difficult. While [[Warp Zones]] may change [[Game Worlds]] by making parts topological neighbors and thereby modulate [[Movement]], when players can create the [[Warp Zones]] themselves (as for example when reading a ''portal scroll'' in [[Torchlight]]) this can instead be viewed as making [[Movement]] possible. [[Visits]] are similar but used in [[Massively Single-Player Online Games]] such as [[CityVille]] and [[Zombie Lane]] to let players go to each other's areas to help with tasks. An non-diegetic form of [[Movement]], but possibly the origins of [[Movement]] in games<ref name="Parlett"/>, is the use of [[Score Tracks]].
-[[Movement]] can be made to leave [[Traces]] to help [[Capture]] or [[Reconnaissance]] goals through providing [[Clues]]. [[Goal Points]] can help in goals related to [[Movement]] both by aiding [[Game World Navigation]] and by being able to double as [[Save Points]].
+[[Movement]] can be made to leave [[Traces]] to help [[Capture]] or [[Reconnaissance]] goals through providing [[Clues]]. [[Check Points]] can help in goals related to [[Movement]] both by aiding [[Game World Navigation]] and by being able to double as [[Save Points]].
 One variation of the [[Movement]] pattern is to require actual player [[Movement]] rather than that of [[Avatars]], [[Units]], or [[Tokens]]; one way of doing this is through requiring [[Physical Navigation]].
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 [[Movement]] is one of the most common [[Abilities]] found in games, and is a basic way of creating [[Freedom of Choice]] in games and both affects the [[Avatars]], [[Tokens]], [[Units]], or [[Enemies]] given the ability to move and the [[Game Worlds]] they can move within. It is a prerequisite for many actions and goals, e.g. [[Capture]], [[Collecting]], [[Game World Exploration]], [[Races]], and [[Traverse]] as well as modulating how [[Aim & Shoot]] can be done. It created [[Evade]] goals when it can be used to move [[Avatars]], [[Characters]], or [[Units]] to avoid [[Penalties]].
-[[Construction]] can also be an effect of [[Movement]] when this supports other game elements being pushed around. While all intentional [[Movement]] in [[Game Worlds]] requires [[Game World Navigation]] when this is supported through [[Goal Points]] showing intermediate target locations, the [[Movement]] done to reach these makes them act as [[Progress Indicators]]. As soon as players need to consider their own acceleration or speed, or the movement of other game elements, [[Movement]] requires [[Tactical Planning]].
+[[Construction]] can also be an effect of [[Movement]] when this supports other game elements being pushed around. While all intentional [[Movement]] in [[Game Worlds]] requires [[Game World Navigation]] when this is supported through [[Check Points]] showing intermediate target locations, the [[Movement]] done to reach these makes them act as [[Progress Indicators]]. As soon as players need to consider their own acceleration or speed, or the movement of other game elements, [[Movement]] requires [[Tactical Planning]].
 [[Movement]] does not always offer [[Spatial Engrossment]] but is more likely to do so in [[Real-Time Games]] since this makes the [[Movement]] into [[Maneuvering]]. In contrast, [[Movement]] in [[Turn-Based Games]] can give rise to [[Puzzle Solving]], e.g. games that require players to move between many interconnected places give rise to Traveling Salesman's problems (see [[Ricochet Robots]] and [[Sokoban]] for two [[Turn-Based Games]] that can create [[Spatial Engrossment]] due to focusing completely on [[Movement]]). [[Puzzle Solving]] (and through that also [[Tactical Planning]]) regarding [[Movement]] can also occur in any game where [[Movement]] is used to succeed with goals to [[Capture]] something.
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
 [[Budgeted Action Points]],
 [[Choke Points]],
 [[Combos]],
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 [[Galleries]],
 [[Game Worlds]],
 [[Inaccessible Areas]],
 [[Invulnerabilities]],