Non-Localized Resources - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 07:25, 6 September 2015

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Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

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‎Using the pattern

Staffan Björk at 18:26, 5 September 2015

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Staffan Björk at 18:23, 5 September 2015

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Staffan Björk at 18:19, 5 September 2015

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Staffan Björk at 13:56, 5 September 2015

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Staffan Björk: /* Relations */

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‎Relations

Staffan Björk: /* Relations */

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Staffan Björk: /* Relations */

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‎Relations

Staffan Björk at 10:13, 5 September 2015

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 [[Category:Mechanical Patterns]]
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 ''Resources in games that at least partly do not have physical locations.''
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 While all [[Resources]] in games without [[Game Worlds]] by definition are [[Non-Localized Resources]], it is mainly interesting to consider this pattern in contrasts to what exists in [[Game Worlds]], so they pattern is rarely interesting to consider unless a game does in fact have a [[Game Worlds|Game World]]. [[Non-Localized Resources]] exists in two variants, strong or weak. In the strong variant, all instances of the [[Resources]] are non-localized while in the weak only some instances - typically those acquired by players - are non-localized.
-Typical examples of [[Resources]] that are candidates to be used as [[Non-Localized Resources]] include [[Ammunition]], [[Health]], [[Lives]], [[Money]], and [[Scores]]. While [[Pick-Ups]] may provide [[Resources]] they typically are not movable and can thereby be seen as a source for [[Non-Localized Resources]] without being these themselves. In games using [[Inventories]], [[Non-Localized Resources]] can be applied to some parts of the these so particular [[Resources]] are treated separately from the rest.
+Typical examples of [[Resources]] that are candidates to be used as [[Non-Localized Resources]] include [[Ammunition]], [[Health]], [[Lives]], [[Money]], and [[Scores]]. While [[Pick-Ups]] may provide [[Resources]] they typically are not movable and can thereby be seen as a source for [[Non-Localized Resources]] without being these themselves. In games using [[Inventories]], [[Non-Localized Resources]] can be applied to some parts of these so particular [[Resources]] are treated separately from the rest.
 == Consequences ==

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 While all [[Resources]] in games without [[Game Worlds]] by definition are [[Non-Localized Resources]], it is mainly interesting to consider this pattern in contrasts to what exists in [[Game Worlds]], so they pattern is rarely interesting to consider unless a game does in fact have a [[Game Worlds|Game World]]. [[Non-Localized Resources]] exists in two variants, strong or weak. In the strong variant, all instances of the [[Resources]] are non-localized while in the weak only some instances - typically those acquired by players - are non-localized.
-Typical examples of [[Resources]] that are candidates to be used as [[Non-Localized Resources]] include [[Ammunition]], [[Health]], [[Lives]], [[Money]], and [[Scores]].
+Typical examples of [[Resources]] that are candidates to be used as [[Non-Localized Resources]] include [[Ammunition]], [[Health]], [[Lives]], [[Money]], and [[Scores]]. While [[Pick-Ups]] may provide [[Resources]] they typically are not movable and can thereby be seen as a source for [[Non-Localized Resources]] without being these themselves. In games using [[Inventories]], [[Non-Localized Resources]] can be applied to some parts of the these so particular [[Resources]] are treated separately from the rest.
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-=== Can Modulate ===
 [[Inventories]]
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-=== Can Be Modulated By ===
-[[Pick-Ups]]
 == Consequences ==

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 ''Resources in games that at least partly do not have physical locations.''
-Resources are a common component in many games. Those that are [[Non-Localized Resources]]
+Resources are a common component in many games. Those that are [[Non-Localized Resources]] have no spatial location in a game world.
 === Examples ===
+The lives players have in [[Pac-Man]] and [[Asteroids]] are examples of [[Non-Localized Resources]]. Likewise, experience points in [[:Category:Roleplaying Games|Roleplaying Games]] such as [[Dungeons & Dragons]] and the [[Fallout series]] may be characteristics of characters but have no or little connection to the locations of those characters are and are not located specifically in any part of them.
 The lives players have in [[Pac-Man]] and [[Asteroids]] are examples of [[Non-Localized Resources]].
 == Using the pattern ==

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 === Examples ===
-The lives players have in [[Pac-Man]] and [[Asteroids]]
+The lives players have in [[Pac-Man]] and [[Asteroids]] are examples of [[Non-Localized Resources]].
 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Non-Localized Resources]] exists in two variants, strong or weak. In the strong variant, all instances of the [[Resources]] are non-localized while in the weak only some instances - typically those acquired by players - are non-localized.
+While all [[Resources]] in games without [[Game Worlds]] by definition are [[Non-Localized Resources]], it is mainly interesting to consider this pattern in contrasts to what exists in [[Game Worlds]], so they pattern is rarely interesting to consider unless a game does in fact have a [[Game Worlds|Game World]]. [[Non-Localized Resources]] exists in two variants, strong or weak. In the strong variant, all instances of the [[Resources]] are non-localized while in the weak only some instances - typically those acquired by players - are non-localized.
 Typical examples of [[Resources]] that are candidates to be used as [[Non-Localized Resources]] include [[Ammunition]], [[Health]], [[Lives]], [[Money]], and [[Scores]].
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 == Consequences ==
-As its name indicates, [[Non-Localized Resources]] are [[Resources]].
+As its name indicates, [[Non-Localized Resources]] are [[Resources]] and they modify [[Game Worlds]] by their full or partial absence in these.
 == Relations ==
 === Can Instantiate ===
 [[Resources]]
 === Can Modulate ===
 [[Inventories]]

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-''The one-sentence "definition" that should be in italics.''
+''Resources in games that at least partly do not have physical locations.''
-This pattern is a still a stub.
+Resources are a common component in many games. Those that are [[Non-Localized Resources]]
 === Examples ===
-==== Anti-Examples ====
+The lives players have in [[Pac-Man]] and [[Asteroids]]
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 == Using the pattern ==