Parallel Lives - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 22:40, 2 August 2011

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Staffan Björk at 16:43, 21 March 2011

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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Parallel Lives]] can be seen as a form of [[Lives]], and the design choices associated with [[Parallel Lives]] are similar to those of [[Lives]] with the addition that one needs to decide what game elements represent the individual 'lives'. [[Units]] are a natural option since they are designed to exist in numbers and can typically be lost. [[Missile Command]] shows how the available [[Destructible Objects]] (in this specific case cities) can be the [[Parallel Lives]]. Games that use [[Avatars]] in ways close to that of [[Units]], e.g. [[Sleepwalker]] and [[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]], show that these can also be used in some circumstances.
+[[Parallel Lives]] can be seen as a form of [[Lives]], and the design choices associated with [[Parallel Lives]] are similar to those of [[Lives]] with the addition that one needs to decide what game elements represent the individual 'lives'. [[Units]] are a natural option since they are designed to exist in numbers and can typically be lost. [[Missile Command]] shows how the available [[Destructible Objects]] (in this specific case cities) can be the [[Parallel Lives]]. Games that use [[Avatars]] in ways close to that of [[Units]], e.g. [[Sleepwalker]] and [[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]], show that these can also be used in some circumstances. Even [[Player Characters]] can be used as long as they are all approximately equally important and part of one and the same [[Parties|Party]].
 The [[Penalties]] of losing a parallel 'life' is usually small comparably to that of [[Lives]], e.g. only the loss of the actions that a lost [[Units|Unit]] provided. However, not all game elements need to be valued the same, and this can be used in order to create a hierarchy of importance; the lose of some may allow continued gameplay while others must be kept alive, at least until certain events have taken place. [[Privileged Abilities]] is an easy way to create this situation.
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 === Can Be Instantiated By ===
-[[Avatars]], [[Destructible Objects]], [[Units]]
+[[Avatars]], [[Destructible Objects]], [[Parties]], [[Units]]
 === Can Be Modulated By ===

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	[[Space Hulk]] is an example of a [[:Category:Board Games\|Board Game]] that uses [[Parallel Lives]]. Here the player controlling the space marines at least has a theoretical chance of completing their mission as long as one space marine is still alive.		[[Space Hulk]] is an example of a [[:Category:Board Games\|Board Game]] that uses [[Parallel Lives]]. Here the player controlling the space marines at least has a theoretical chance of completing their mission as long as one space marine is still alive.
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		+	Players of [[Diplomacy]] can continue playing as long as the control at least one supply center but it is not important which supply centers are controlled.

	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Parallel Lives]] require players to make [[Risk/Reward]] calculations on which game elements to protect and which to risk. The pattern often requires the players to perform [[Attention Swapping]], especially in games where players do not have a complete overview of the [[Game Worlds]].
+[[Parallel Lives]] require players to make [[Risk/Reward]] calculations on which game elements to protect and which to risk. The pattern often requires the players to perform [[Attention Swapping]], especially in games where players do not have a complete overview of the [[Game Worlds]]. Like [[Lives]] in general, [[Parallel Lives]] can lead to [[Player Elimination]].
 == Relations ==
 === Can Instantiate ===
 [[Attention Swapping]],
 [[Risk/Reward]]

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 ''Game elements that when individually lost do not interrupt gameplay, but do so when all or a predefined amount of them are lost.''

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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Parallel Lives]] can be seen as a form of [[Lives]], and the design choices associated with [[Parallel Lives]] are similar to those of [[Lives]] with the addition that one needs to decide what game elements represent the individual 'lives'. [[Units]] are a natural option since they are designed to exist in numbers and can typically be lost. [[Missile Command]] shows how the available [[Destructable Objects]] (in this specific case cities) can be the [[Parallel Lives]]. Games that use [[Avatars]] in ways close to that of [[Units]], e.g. [[Sleepwalker]] and [[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]], show that these can also be used in some circumstances.
+[[Parallel Lives]] can be seen as a form of [[Lives]], and the design choices associated with [[Parallel Lives]] are similar to those of [[Lives]] with the addition that one needs to decide what game elements represent the individual 'lives'. [[Units]] are a natural option since they are designed to exist in numbers and can typically be lost. [[Missile Command]] shows how the available [[Destructible Objects]] (in this specific case cities) can be the [[Parallel Lives]]. Games that use [[Avatars]] in ways close to that of [[Units]], e.g. [[Sleepwalker]] and [[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]], show that these can also be used in some circumstances.
 The [[Penalties]] of losing a parallel 'life' is usually small comparably to that of [[Lives]], e.g. only the loss of the actions that a lost [[Units|Unit]] provided. However, not all game elements need to be valued the same, and this can be used in order to create a hierarchy of importance; the lose of some may allow continued gameplay while others must be kept alive, at least until certain events have taken place. [[Privileged Abilities]] is an easy way to create this situation.
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 === Can Be Instantiated By ===
-[[Avatars]], [[Destructable Objects]], [[Units]]
+[[Avatars]], [[Destructible Objects]], [[Units]]
 === Can Be Modulated By ===