Narration Structures - Revision history

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 [[Narration Structures]] and [[Mandatory Goals]] can modulate and support each other. [[Mandatory Goals]] can support [[Narration Structures]] by being linked to specific parts of [[Narration Structures]] and thereby ensure that players will experience these narrations and that the completion of these goals are connected if not integrated with the narration. In contrast, [[Narration Structures]] can support [[Mandatory Goals]] by provide both diegetic reasons why players would want to complete the [[Mandatory Goals]] as well as provide information related to how these goals can be achieved (the [[Narration Structures]] can of course also include [[Red Herrings]]).
-As a special type of [[Mandatory Goals]], [[Main Goals]] can have the same relations to [[Narration Structures]] as [[Mandatory Goals]] but these relations are more likely to be seen as necessary requirements in a game design since they are a primary way to connect a game's narration with what should be a primary motivation for players actions in the game.
+As a special type of [[Mandatory Goals]], [[Main Goals]] can have the same relations to [[Narration Structures]] as [[Mandatory Goals]] but these relations are more likely to be seen as necessary requirements in a game design since they are a primary way to connect a game's narration with what should be a primary motivation for players' actions in the game.
 [[Narration Structures]] can similarly provide support to the designs of goals such as [[Deliver]], [[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], and [[Rescue]].

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 [[Narration Structures]] in games can both be created or told as gameplay evolves. [[Construction]], [[Emergent Gameplay]], [[Player-Constructed Worlds]], and [[Player-Generated Narratives]], [[Speedruns]], and [[Storytelling]] are all patterns to support the former while the use of [[Predetermined Story Structures]] is the primary way in which narratives are revealed through the gameplay. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] can be used to not only reveal or present [[Predetermined Story Structures]] as appropriate, they can be used to choose between different ones depending on context. In addition, they can create new [[Narration Structures]] as needed if they have the right abilities; [[Game Masters]] naturally do but computer-based ones need algorithms to create new structures.  [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] can enforce [[Narration Structures]] independent of how they are told, while the structures inherent in goals like [[Collections]], [[Deliver]], [[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], [[Rescue]], and [[Traverse]] can help provide [[Narration Structures]].
-[[Narration Structures]] and [[Mandatory Goals]] can modulate and support each other. [[Mandatory Goals]] can support [[Narration Structures]] by being linked to specific parts of [[Narration Structures]] and thereby ensure that players will experience these narrations and that the completion of these goals are connected if not integrated with the narration. In contrast, [[Narration Structures]] can support [[Mandatory Goals]] by provide both diegetic reasons why players would want to complete the [[Mandatory Goals]] as well as provide information related to how these goals can be achieved (the [[Narration Structures]] can of course also include [[Red Herrings]]). [[Narration Structures]] can similarly provide support to the designs of goals such as [[Deliver]], [[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], and [[Rescue]].
+[[Narration Structures]] and [[Mandatory Goals]] can modulate and support each other. [[Mandatory Goals]] can support [[Narration Structures]] by being linked to specific parts of [[Narration Structures]] and thereby ensure that players will experience these narrations and that the completion of these goals are connected if not integrated with the narration. In contrast, [[Narration Structures]] can support [[Mandatory Goals]] by provide both diegetic reasons why players would want to complete the [[Mandatory Goals]] as well as provide information related to how these goals can be achieved (the [[Narration Structures]] can of course also include [[Red Herrings]]).
 Having game elements that can carry the [[Narration Structures]] is a requirement for the pattern. Most essential is the presence of [[Characters]] that can have goals and [[Agents]] that can perform actions in accordance to these; [[Player Characters]] and [[Algorithmic Agents]] can create structures during gameplay, so together with [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] the process can become a joint one but a signification design choice for using [[Narration Structures]] is to decide if players should have such [[Creative Control]]. When players are given such control, it is quite common to also have [[Player-Created Characters]].
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 [[Evade]],
 [[Gain Ownership]],
 [[Mandatory Goals]],
 [[Overcome]],
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 [[Internal Rivalry]],
 [[Leaps of Faith]],
 [[Mandatory Goals]],
 [[Melodramatic Structures]],

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 === Can Modulate ===
 [[Complex Gameplay]],
 [[Mandatory Goals]],
-[[Overcome]]
+[[Overcome]],
 === Can Be Instantiated By ===

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 [[Narration Structures]] in games can both be created or told as gameplay evolves. [[Construction]], [[Emergent Gameplay]], [[Player-Constructed Worlds]], and [[Player-Generated Narratives]], [[Speedruns]], and [[Storytelling]] are all patterns to support the former while the use of [[Predetermined Story Structures]] is the primary way in which narratives are revealed through the gameplay. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] can be used to not only reveal or present [[Predetermined Story Structures]] as appropriate, they can be used to choose between different ones depending on context. In addition, they can create new [[Narration Structures]] as needed if they have the right abilities; [[Game Masters]] naturally do but computer-based ones need algorithms to create new structures.  [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] can enforce [[Narration Structures]] independent of how they are told, while the structures inherent in goals like [[Collections]], [[Deliver]], [[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], [[Rescue]], and [[Traverse]] can help provide [[Narration Structures]].
-[[Narration Structures]] and [[Mandatory Goals]] can modulate and support each other. [[Mandatory Goals]] can support [[Narration Structures]] by being linked to specific parts of [[Narration Structures]] and thereby ensure that players will experience these narrations and that the completion of these goals are connected if not integrated with the narration. In contrast, [[Narration Structures]] can support [[Mandatory Goals]] by provide both diegetic reasons why players would want to complete the [[Mandatory Goals]] as well as provide information related to how these goals can be achieved (the [[Narration Structures]] can of course also include [[Red Herrings]]).
+[[Narration Structures]] and [[Mandatory Goals]] can modulate and support each other. [[Mandatory Goals]] can support [[Narration Structures]] by being linked to specific parts of [[Narration Structures]] and thereby ensure that players will experience these narrations and that the completion of these goals are connected if not integrated with the narration. In contrast, [[Narration Structures]] can support [[Mandatory Goals]] by provide both diegetic reasons why players would want to complete the [[Mandatory Goals]] as well as provide information related to how these goals can be achieved (the [[Narration Structures]] can of course also include [[Red Herrings]]). [[Narration Structures]] can similarly provide support to the designs of goals such as [[Deliver]], [[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], and [[Rescue]].
 Having game elements that can carry the [[Narration Structures]] is a requirement for the pattern. Most essential is the presence of [[Characters]] that can have goals and [[Agents]] that can perform actions in accordance to these; [[Player Characters]] and [[Algorithmic Agents]] can create structures during gameplay, so together with [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] the process can become a joint one but a signification design choice for using [[Narration Structures]] is to decide if players should have such [[Creative Control]]. When players are given such control, it is quite common to also have [[Player-Created Characters]].

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 === Can Modulate ===
 [[Complex Gameplay]],
-[[Mandatory Goals]]
+[[Mandatory Goals]],
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 [[Overcome]]

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 == Using the pattern ==
 [[Narration Structures]] in games can both be created or told as gameplay evolves. [[Construction]], [[Emergent Gameplay]], [[Player-Constructed Worlds]], and [[Player-Generated Narratives]], [[Speedruns]], and [[Storytelling]] are all patterns to support the former while the use of [[Predetermined Story Structures]] is the primary way in which narratives are revealed through the gameplay. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] can be used to not only reveal or present [[Predetermined Story Structures]] as appropriate, they can be used to choose between different ones depending on context. In addition, they can create new [[Narration Structures]] as needed if they have the right abilities; [[Game Masters]] naturally do but computer-based ones need algorithms to create new structures.  [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] can enforce [[Narration Structures]] independent of how they are told, while the structures inherent in goals like [[Collections]], [[Deliver]], [[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], [[Rescue]], and [[Traverse]] can help provide [[Narration Structures]].
 Having game elements that can carry the [[Narration Structures]] is a requirement for the pattern. Most essential is the presence of [[Characters]] that can have goals and [[Agents]] that can perform actions in accordance to these; [[Player Characters]] and [[Algorithmic Agents]] can create structures during gameplay, so together with [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] the process can become a joint one but a signification design choice for using [[Narration Structures]] is to decide if players should have such [[Creative Control]]. When players are given such control, it is quite common to also have [[Player-Created Characters]].
 The possibility of [[Player-Planned Development]] can heavily affect [[Narration Structures]] if permitted, but when the [[Narration Structures]] are set before gameplay it can work against having [[Player-Planned Development]] as a possibility. Linked to this is the question if [[Characters]] should have [[Open Destiny|Open Destinies]] since this may be most relevant to consider for [[Player Characters]]. [[MacGuffins]] can be the source of these goals while [[Alien Space Bats]] can explain settings different from the real world. [[Enemies]] are also very common since they can provide resistance to players and can easily be created through introducing [[Incompatible Goals]] between [[Agents]], while [[Game Items]], [[Diegetically Outstanding Features]], and [[Non-Player Characters]] can bring life to narratives by adding detail. [[Scenes]] can be used to separate different parts of gameplay and [[Narration Structures]] from each other in a game while [[Leaps of Faith]] situations can create uncertainty on how the narration will progress. [[Narration Structures]] that are to introduce new elements as gameplay and narration progresses need some type of [[Game Element Insertion]].
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 === Can Modulate ===
-[[Complex Gameplay]]
+[[Complex Gameplay]],
 [[Deliver]], [[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], [[Rescue]], and [[Traverse]]
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 [[Internal Rivalry]],
 [[Leaps of Faith]],
 [[Melodramatic Structures]],
 [[Non-Consistent Narration]],
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 [[Player-Created Characters]],
 [[Player-Planned Development]],
 [[Predefined Goals]],
 [[Social Dilemmas]],
 [[Thematic Consistency]]