Player-Planned Development - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 16:39, 19 January 2018

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Staffan Björk at 08:49, 3 September 2016

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Staffan Björk at 12:11, 23 November 2015

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Staffan Björk at 19:55, 4 August 2015

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Staffan Björk at 19:52, 4 August 2015

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Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

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 == Consequences ==
-Letting players have [[Player-Planned Development]] have several consequences on game designs. It lets players have [[Creative Control]], aim for specific [[Competence Areas]], choose their own [[Player Defined Goals]], and can strengthen their [[Identification]] with the game elements they can develop. Working toward these are [[Continuous Goals]] with can provide [[Anticipation]] and motivate [[Stimulated Planning]], potentially in the form of pure [[Extra-Game Actions]]. While [[Player-Planned Development]] can cause players to have [[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]] they have, i.e. they may be under an [[Illusion of Influence]], it can support the perception that they game elements under their control have an [[Open Destiny]].
+Letting players have [[Player-Planned Development]] have several consequences on game designs. It lets players have [[Creative Control]], aim for specific [[Competence Areas]], choose their own [[Player-Defined Goals]], and can strengthen their [[Identification]] with the game elements they can develop. Working toward these are [[Continuous Goals]] with can provide [[Anticipation]] and motivate [[Stimulated Planning]], potentially in the form of pure [[Extra-Game Actions]]. While [[Player-Planned Development]] can cause players to have [[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]] they have, i.e. they may be under an [[Illusion of Influence]], it can support the perception that they game elements under their control have an [[Open Destiny]].
 [[Player-Planned Development]] can cause players to view other parts of the game design differently. [[Privileged Abilities]] can become goals to achieve, especially if one aims at particular [[Competence Areas]] but can also steer the development towards these so the patterns affect each other. It may motivate players to adjust their [[Roleplaying]] so it diegetically fits the planned development. Further, [[Player-Planned Development]]] modifies how [[Team Development]] functions when they pattern affects members of [[Teams]].
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 [[Internal Conflicts]],
 [[Open Destiny]],
-[[Player Defined Goals]],
+[[Player-Defined Goals]],
 [[Stimulated Planning]]

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 === Examples ===
-Part of creating one's characters in [[:Category:Roleplaying Games|Roleplaying Games]] such as [[Dungeons & Dragons]], [[Hârnmaster]], [[Fiasco]], and the [[Elder Scroll series]] typically consist of giving them long-term goals, even if they may primarily be long-term in the diegesis. This also applies for [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games|Live Action Roleplaying Games]], especially for those that span several events, e.g [[College of Wizardry]], [[Krigshjärta]], and campaigns using the [[Mind's Eye Theatre]].
+Part of creating one's characters in [[:Category:Roleplaying Games|Roleplaying Games]] such as [[Dungeons & Dragons]], [[Hârnmaster]], [[Fiasco]], and the [[Elder Scrolls series]] typically consist of giving them long-term goals, even if they may primarily be long-term in the diegesis. This also applies for [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games|Live Action Roleplaying Games]], especially for those that span several events, e.g [[College of Wizardry]], [[Krigshjärta]], and campaigns using the [[Mind's Eye Theatre]].
 [[:Category:Strategy Games|Strategy Games]] such as [[Master of Orion]] and the [[Civilization (video game) series|Civilization series]] encourage players to put together long-term plans for how their civilizations should develop. [[:Category:Multiplayer Online Battle Arena Games|Multiplayer Online Battle Arena Games]] such as the [[Defense of the Ancients series]] and [[League of Legends]] show how planned development can be important even in games where each game instance last for less than an hour typically.

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 Having [[Player-Planned Development]] may cause [[Enforced Agent Behavior]] in order to achieve the planned development, but the presence of [[Enforced Agent Behavior]] unrelated to such planning works against it. It can also cause [[Internal Conflicts]] since gameplay options provide may set different parts of the planned development against each other or may work against what is best from a short-term perspective or one related to winning a game.
-In games where the game instances go on for long period of times, e.g. in games with [[Persistent Game Worlds]], the work players to both in planning and actual gameplay actions performed towards having [[Player-Planned Development]] can be seen as [[Investments]] and provide players with a clear measure of [[Value of Effort]] for them.
+In games where the game instances go on for long period of times, e.g. in games with [[Persistent Game Worlds]], the work players to both in planning and actual gameplay actions performed towards having [[Player-Planned Development]] can be seen as [[Investments]] and provide players with a clear measure of [[Value of Effort]] for them. However, [[Persistent Game Worlds]] is not the only way for [[Player-Planned Development]] to support [[Value of Effort]], it can equally validly be provided through having [[Characters]] for which players can plan their development.
 == Relations ==
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 [[Player Defined Goals]],
 [[Stimulated Planning]]
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 [[Privileged Abilities]],
 [[Roleplaying]],
 [[Team Development]]

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 ''The possibility for players to plan how game state values and entities should be able to develop.''
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 Letting players have [[Player-Planned Development]] have several consequences on game designs. It lets players have [[Creative Control]], aim for specific [[Competence Areas]], choose their own [[Player Defined Goals]], and can strengthen their [[Identification]] with the game elements they can develop. Working toward these are [[Continuous Goals]] with can provide [[Anticipation]] and motivate [[Stimulated Planning]], potentially in the form of pure [[Extra-Game Actions]]. While [[Player-Planned Development]] can cause players to have [[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]] they have, i.e. they may be under an [[Illusion of Influence]], it can support the perception that they game elements under their control have an [[Open Destiny]].
-[[Player-Planned Development]] can cause players to view other parts of the game design differently. [[Privileged Abilities]] can become goals to achieve, especially if one aims at particular [[Competence Areas]] but can also steer the develop towards these so the patterns affect each other. It may motivate players to adjust their [[Roleplaying]] so it diegetically fits the planned development. Further, [[Player-Planned Development]]] modifies how [[Team Development]] functions when they pattern affects members of [[Teams]].
+[[Player-Planned Development]] can cause players to view other parts of the game design differently. [[Privileged Abilities]] can become goals to achieve, especially if one aims at particular [[Competence Areas]] but can also steer the development towards these so the patterns affect each other. It may motivate players to adjust their [[Roleplaying]] so it diegetically fits the planned development. Further, [[Player-Planned Development]]] modifies how [[Team Development]] functions when they pattern affects members of [[Teams]].
 Having [[Player-Planned Development]] may cause [[Enforced Agent Behavior]] in order to achieve the planned development, but the presence of [[Enforced Agent Behavior]] unrelated to such planning works against it. It can also cause [[Internal Conflicts]] since gameplay options provide may set different parts of the planned development against each other or may work against what is best from a short-term perspective or one related to winning a game.
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 == History ==
-New pattern created in this wiki.
+An updated version of the pattern ''Planned Character Development'' that was part of the original collection in the book ''Patterns in Game Design''<ref name="Bjork & Holopainen 2004"/>.
 == References ==
+<references>

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 ''The possibility for players to plan how game state values and entities should be able to develop.''
-This pattern is a still a stub.
+The game elements that are under players control in many games develop over time. Some games let players influence this development through explicit choices and planning besides the direct short-term consequences of their gameplay actions. These games have [[Player-Planned Development]].
 === Examples ===
 == Using the pattern ==

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 More concretely, [[Player-Planned Development]] requires players to be given control over the development of some part of the game state overtime. This makes [[Freedom of Choice]] an important supporting pattern for [[Player-Planned Development]] to be possible. The development can in its simplest form relate just to [[Gain Competence]] goals or how players can get [[Improved Abilities|Improved]] or [[New Abilities]]. However, richer planning can be allowed by supporting [[Abstract Player Construct Development]] or [[Character Development]] (which naturally require the presence of [[Abstract Player Constructs]] or [[Characters]] also). A less common alternative is to allow players to plan the development of [[Factions]]. The actual development typically takes place as effects of [[Rewards]] or [[Unlocking]] or [[Abilities]]. The actual gameplay actions resulting of these depend on the type of game and the type of development, but [[Character Defining Actions]] are a class of actions that can signify [[Player-Planned Development]]. As omnipotent controllers of games, [[Game Masters]] can make all these options possible in games but can also be the ones that cause gameplay events that directly cause [[Player-Planned Development]].
-A number of patterns can modify how [[Player-Planned Development]] can occur given it is possible. [[Persistent Game Worlds]] typically lets the scale for [[Player-Planned Development]] be larger than otherwise and can more clearly make work regarding this into [[Investments]].
+A number of patterns can modify how [[Player-Planned Development]] can occur given it is possible. [[Persistent Game Worlds]] typically lets the scale for [[Player-Planned Development]] be larger than otherwise and can more clearly make work regarding this into [[Investments]]. [[Predefined Goals]] removes the freedom from players to choose what goals to plan for but not necessarily their ability to plan for it. [[Dynamic Goal Characteristics]] can require players to change their plans as the game context changes and [[Unknown Goals]] make it a challenge simply to figure out what the goals are so one can start the planning. Linking particular developments to goals that are [[Incompatible Goals]] in relation to each other forces players to choose between these.
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-=== Can Be Modulated By ===
-[[Dynamic Goal Characteristics]],
-[[Incompatible Goals]],
-[[Predefined Goals]],
-[[Unknown Goals]]
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-Player-Planned Development
 === Interface Aspects ===