Player-Created Characters - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 11:47, 17 July 2016

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Staffan Björk at 13:16, 4 August 2015

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Staffan Björk at 11:25, 13 October 2014

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Staffan Björk at 10:30, 12 October 2014

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Staffan Björk at 17:38, 6 September 2014

2014-09-06T17:38:47Z

Staffan Björk: /* Consequences */

2014-09-06T07:00:43Z

‎Consequences

Staffan Björk at 06:53, 6 September 2014

2014-09-06T06:53:04Z

Staffan Björk at 06:48, 6 September 2014

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Staffan Björk at 06:47, 6 September 2014

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Staffan Björk at 08:58, 4 September 2014

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 [[Enforced Agent Behavior]],
 [[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]],
 [[Player Created Game Elements]],
 [[Player Time Investments]],
 [[Player Defined Goals]],
 [[Role Fulfillment]]
 === Can Modulate ===

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 [[Characters]] together with [[Avatar Personalization]], [[Construction]], [[Initial Personalization]], or [[Naming]]
-[[Character Development]] together with [[Creative Control]] or [[Freedom of Choice]]
+[[Character Development]] in games with [[Characters]] and either [[Creative Control]] or [[Freedom of Choice]]
 === Can Be Modulated By ===

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 Designing so that games have [[Player-Created Characters]] consists of creating rules for how players can affect [[Characters]]. Although the most obvious way to do this is through [[Initial Personalization]] such as [[Avatar Personalization]], [[Construction]], or [[Naming]] before gameplay begins, [[Player-Created Characters]] can emerge over time through the use of [[Character Development]] combined with [[Creative Control]] or [[Freedom of Choice]], e.g. through [[Character Defining Actions]]. These process can be affected more or less through the use of [[Randomness]], e.g. rolling initial statistics in [[Dungeons & Dragons]] or using the ''Life Board'' in [[Fallen Reich]].
-Typical aspects of [[Player-Created Characters]] that are possible to change include [[Attributes]], [[Equipment]], [[Powers]], and [[Skills]]. For games with [[Roleplaying]], the use of [[Character Alignment]] (e.g. in [[Dungeons & Dragons]] and [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]]) can help players shape how their [[Characters]] should behave in the [[Game Worlds|Game World]].
+Typical aspects of [[Player-Created Characters]] that are possible to change include [[Attributes]], [[Equipment]], [[Powers]], and [[Skills]]. For games with [[Roleplaying]], the use of [[Character Alignments]] (e.g. in [[Dungeons & Dragons]] and [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]]) can help players shape how their [[Characters]] should behave in the [[Game Worlds|Game World]].
 Although it may be most natural that the pattern [[Player-Created Characters]] is used to create [[Player Characters]], some games make use of the pattern to let player create [[Non-Player Characters]], e.g. [[Companions]] in roleplaying games such as [[GURPS]].
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
-[[Character Alignment]],
+[[Character Alignments]],
 [[Predetermined Story Structures]],
 [[Randomness]],

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 Designing so that games have [[Player-Created Characters]] consists of creating rules for how players can affect [[Characters]]. Although the most obvious way to do this is through [[Initial Personalization]] such as [[Avatar Personalization]], [[Construction]], or [[Naming]] before gameplay begins, [[Player-Created Characters]] can emerge over time through the use of [[Character Development]] combined with [[Creative Control]] or [[Freedom of Choice]], e.g. through [[Character Defining Actions]]. These process can be affected more or less through the use of [[Randomness]], e.g. rolling initial statistics in [[Dungeons & Dragons]] or using the ''Life Board'' in [[Fallen Reich]].
-Typical aspects of [[Player-Created Characters]] that are possible to change include [[Attributes]], [[Equipment]], [[Powers]], and [[Skills]].
+Typical aspects of [[Player-Created Characters]] that are possible to change include [[Attributes]], [[Equipment]], [[Powers]], and [[Skills]]. For games with [[Roleplaying]], the use of [[Character Alignment]] (e.g. in [[Dungeons & Dragons]] and [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]]) can help players shape how their [[Characters]] should behave in the [[Game Worlds|Game World]].
 Although it may be most natural that the pattern [[Player-Created Characters]] is used to create [[Player Characters]], some games make use of the pattern to let player create [[Non-Player Characters]], e.g. [[Companions]] in roleplaying games such as [[GURPS]].
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
 [[Predetermined Story Structures]],
 [[Randomness]],

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 Although it may be most natural that the pattern [[Player-Created Characters]] is used to create [[Player Characters]], some games make use of the pattern to let player create [[Non-Player Characters]], e.g. [[Companions]] in roleplaying games such as [[GURPS]].
 === Interface Aspects ===
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 [[Predetermined Story Structures]],
 [[Randomness]],
-[[Secondary Interface Screens]]
+[[Secondary Interface Screens]],
 === Possible Closure Effects ===

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 == Consequences ==
-Games supporting [[Player-Created Characters]] gives players [[Freedom of Choice]] and [[Creative Control]] in constructing [[Characters]], although the level of control and freedom may depend on the level of [[Randomness]] involved in the process. These [[Characters]], which may not only be [[Player Characters]] but can also be [[Non-Player Characters]] such as [[Companions]], are all examples of [[Player Created Game Elements]]. That players have created them increases the possibilities for [[Identification]] and [[Emotional Engrossment]] and is likely to affect [[Roleplaying]] if this is present in a game design. The personalization possible also allows players to construct [[Player Defined Goals]] for their [[Characters]] as they are created, and can give them the [[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]] over how the [[Narration Structures]] will develop as well as letting them have influence on what type of [[Role Fulfillment]] they can get to experience trying to make their [[Characters]] reach their goals (this is due to players' having [[Freedom of Choice]] while creating the [[Characters]]). Given that player can consider and choose the way they want [[Player-Created Characters]] to behave while they are creating them, these [[Characters]] are more likely to have [[Enforced Agent Behavior]] even if the behavior is decided by players rather than by game designers.
+Games supporting [[Player-Created Characters]] gives players [[Freedom of Choice]] and [[Creative Control]] in constructing [[Characters]], although the level of control and freedom may depend on the level of [[Randomness]] involved in the process. These [[Characters]], which may not only be [[Player Characters]] but can also be [[Non-Player Characters]] such as [[Companions]], are all examples of [[Player Created Game Elements]]. That players have created them increases the possibilities for [[Identification]] and [[Emotional Engrossment]] and is likely to affect [[Roleplaying]] if this is present in a game design. The personalization possible also allows players to construct [[Player Defined Goals]] for their [[Characters]] as they are created, and can give them the [[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]] over how the [[Narration Structures]] will develop as well as letting them have influence on what type of [[Role Fulfillment]] they can get to experience trying to make their [[Characters]] reach their goals (this is due to players' having [[Freedom of Choice]] while creating the [[Characters]] through [[Initial Personalization]]). Given that player can consider and choose the way they want [[Player-Created Characters]] to behave while they are creating them, these [[Characters]] are more likely to have [[Enforced Agent Behavior]] even if the behavior is decided by players rather than by game designers.
 Although the creation of [[Player-Created Characters]] typically takes place before gameplay properly begins, they are not [[Predetermined Story Structures]] since they were not created by the game designers. However, game designers provide the rules for creating them so they can have heavy influence on what types of [[Player-Created Characters]] are allowed. The time spent on [[Player-Created Characters]] is an example of [[Player Time Investments]] and is likely to lead to [[Asymmetric Starting Conditions]]. For [[Late Arriving Players]], the use of [[Player-Created Characters]] can be used to let them better fit the already existing [[Characters]] in [[Multiplayer Games]].

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 === Can Be Instantiated By ===
-[[Characters]] together with [[Avatar Personalization]], [[Construction]], [[Initial Personalization]], [[Freedom of Choice]], or [[Naming]]
+[[Characters]] together with [[Avatar Personalization]], [[Construction]], [[Initial Personalization]], or [[Naming]]
 [[Character Development]] together with [[Creative Control]] or [[Freedom of Choice]]