Point of Interest Indicators - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 09:35, 15 July 2016

2016-07-15T09:35:25Z

Staffan Björk: Staffan Björk moved page Point of Interest Indications to Point of Interest Indicators

2016-07-15T09:34:12Z

Staffan Björk moved page Point of Interest Indications to Point of Interest Indicators

Staffan Björk at 09:22, 15 July 2016

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Staffan Björk at 09:18, 13 July 2016

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Staffan Björk at 21:15, 4 July 2015

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Staffan Björk at 07:34, 15 October 2012

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Staffan Björk at 16:16, 16 August 2011

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Staffan Björk at 07:12, 16 August 2011

2011-08-16T07:12:15Z

Staffan Björk at 16:33, 9 August 2011

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Staffan Björk at 16:27, 9 August 2011

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 ''Game actions that point players towards important aspects of game worlds, or entities within them.''
-Navigating in game world can be difficult depending on their complexity and the skills of the players. [[Point of Interest Indications]] is a way of supporting players by letting them easily know which direction they should be moving or directing their attention.
+Navigating in game world can be difficult depending on their complexity and the skills of the players. [[Point of Interest Indicators]] is a way of supporting players by letting them easily know which direction they should be moving or directing their attention.
 === Examples ===
 Players of [[Mirror's Edge]] can by a simple button press know which direction to move since this gameplay action turns their avatar in the direction of the level exit. Crafting a compass in [[Minecraft]] allows players to know the direction to their spawn points, which can help navigation in the immense game worlds generated by the game.
-Letting players aim correctly of enemies by a single button press is a form of [[Point of Interest Indications|Point of Interest Indication]]. Examples of games with this include [[Batman: Arkham Asylum]], the [[Mass Effect series]], and the [[Tomb Raider series]].
+Letting players aim correctly of enemies by a single button press is a form of [[Point of Interest Indicators|Point of Interest Indicator]]. Examples of games with this include [[Batman: Arkham Asylum]], the [[Mass Effect series]], and the [[Tomb Raider series]].
 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Point of Interest Indications]] can be used with all different types of ways of presenting [[Game Worlds]], i.e. [[First-Person Views|First-Person]], [[Third-Person Views|Third-Person]], and [[God Views]]. They are either provided by game systems simply by moving the perspective of players to the interesting point, typically by manipulating [[Cameras]], or by presenting it through some part of the game interface, e.g. through [[Mini-maps]] or compasses. [[Cutscenes]] are sometimes used to do [[Point of Interest Indications]], e.g. pointing out [[Boss Monsters]] when players are about to enter [[Combat]] with them.
+[[Point of Interest Indicators]] can be used with all different types of ways of presenting [[Game Worlds]], i.e. [[First-Person Views|First-Person]], [[Third-Person Views|Third-Person]], and [[God Views]]. They are either provided by game systems simply by moving the perspective of players to the interesting point, typically by manipulating [[Cameras]], or by presenting it through some part of the game interface, e.g. through [[Mini-maps]] or compasses. [[Cutscenes]] are sometimes used to do [[Point of Interest Indicators]], e.g. pointing out [[Boss Monsters]] when players are about to enter [[Combat]] with them.
-Many places in [[Game Worlds]] may qualify to have [[Point of Interest Indications]], [[Check Points]] are specific ones related to goals (or sequences of goals). Although they may change view points, [[Killcams]] are specific [[Point of Interest Indications]] for spots where kills have just occurred while [[Picture-in-Picture Views]] can be used to point out any game world place or event without removing the current view. [[Auto-Aim]] support is a way of providing [[Point of Interest Indications]] on [[Enemies]] while [[Automated Responses]] more generally can trigger on gameplay context to give players' [[Point of Interest Indications]].
+Many places in [[Game Worlds]] may qualify to have [[Point of Interest Indicators]], [[Check Points]] are specific ones related to goals (or sequences of goals). Although they may change view points, [[Killcams]] are specific [[Point of Interest Indicators]] for spots where kills have just occurred while [[Picture-in-Picture Views]] can be used to point out any game world place or event without removing the current view. [[Auto-Aim]] support is a way of providing [[Point of Interest Indicators]] on [[Enemies]] while [[Automated Responses]] more generally can trigger on gameplay context to give players' [[Point of Interest Indicators]].
 === Interface Aspects ===
-[[Point of Interest Indications]] is both an [[:Category:Information Patterns|Information]] and [[:Category:Interface Patterns|Interface Pattern]].
+[[Point of Interest Indicators]] is both an [[:Category:Information Patterns|Information]] and [[:Category:Interface Patterns|Interface Pattern]].
 == Consequences ==
-Besides helping in [[Game World Navigation]], [[Point of Interest Indications]] can draw players' attention to [[Clues]] and [[Diegetically Outstanding Features]]. While this can make games more [[Casual Gameplay|Casual]], it can also be detrimental to player learning (see Linderoth 2010<ref name="Linderoth"/>) because it makes players not need to engage in  [[Experimenting]].
+Besides helping in [[Game World Navigation]], [[Point of Interest Indicators]] can draw players' attention to [[Clues]] and [[Diegetically Outstanding Features]]. While this can make games more [[Casual Gameplay|Casual]], it can also be detrimental to player learning (see Linderoth 2010<ref name="Linderoth"/>) because it makes players not need to engage in  [[Experimenting]].
-Since [[Point of Interest Indications]] can represent perceptual abilities of [[Characters]] in games with [[First-Person Views]], the pattern can imply such as well as [[Player/Character Skill Composites]]. [[Point of Interest Indications]] that are initiated by game systems rather than players are likely to cause [[Disruption of Focused Attention]].
+Since [[Point of Interest Indicators]] can represent perceptual abilities of [[Characters]] in games with [[First-Person Views]], the pattern can imply such as well as [[Player/Character Skill Composites]]. [[Point of Interest Indicators]] that are initiated by game systems rather than players are likely to cause [[Disruption of Focused Attention]].
 == Relations ==

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 [[Point of Interest Indications]] can be used with all different types of ways of presenting [[Game Worlds]], i.e. [[First-Person Views|First-Person]], [[Third-Person Views|Third-Person]], and [[God Views]]. They are either provided by game systems simply by moving the perspective of players to the interesting point, typically by manipulating [[Cameras]], or by presenting it through some part of the game interface, e.g. through [[Mini-maps]] or compasses. [[Cutscenes]] are sometimes used to do [[Point of Interest Indications]], e.g. pointing out [[Boss Monsters]] when players are about to enter [[Combat]] with them.
-Although many places in [[Game Worlds]] may qualify to have [[Point of Interest Indications]], [[Check Points]] are most often shown to players through these. Although they may change view points, [[Killcams]] are specific [[Point of Interest Indications]] for spots where kills have just occurred while [[Picture-in-Picture Views]] can be used to point out any game world place or event without removing the current view. [[Auto-Aim]] support is a way of providing [[Point of Interest Indications]] on [[Enemies]] while [[Automated Responses]] more generally can trigger on gameplay context to give players' [[Point of Interest Indications]].
+Many places in [[Game Worlds]] may qualify to have [[Point of Interest Indications]], [[Check Points]] are specific ones related to goals (or sequences of goals). Although they may change view points, [[Killcams]] are specific [[Point of Interest Indications]] for spots where kills have just occurred while [[Picture-in-Picture Views]] can be used to point out any game world place or event without removing the current view. [[Auto-Aim]] support is a way of providing [[Point of Interest Indications]] on [[Enemies]] while [[Automated Responses]] more generally can trigger on gameplay context to give players' [[Point of Interest Indications]].
 === Interface Aspects ===
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 [[First-Person Views]],
 [[Game World Navigation]],
 [[God Views]],
 [[Mini-maps]],
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 [[Auto-Aim]],
 [[Automated Responses]],
 [[Cutscenes]],
 [[Killcams]],

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 [[Point of Interest Indications]] can be used with all different types of ways of presenting [[Game Worlds]], i.e. [[First-Person Views|First-Person]], [[Third-Person Views|Third-Person]], and [[God Views]]. They are either provided by game systems simply by moving the perspective of players to the interesting point, typically by manipulating [[Cameras]], or by presenting it through some part of the game interface, e.g. through [[Mini-maps]] or compasses. [[Cutscenes]] are sometimes used to do [[Point of Interest Indications]], e.g. pointing out [[Boss Monsters]] when players are about to enter [[Combat]] with them.
-Although many places in [[Game Worlds]] may qualify to have [[Point of Interest Indications]], [[Goal Points]] are most often shown to players through these. Although they may change view points, [[Killcams]] are specific [[Point of Interest Indications]] for spots where kills have just occurred while [[Picture-in-Picture Views]] can be used to point out any game world place or event without removing the current view. [[Auto-Aim]] support is a way of providing [[Point of Interest Indications]] on [[Enemies]] while [[Automated Responses]] more generally can trigger on gameplay context to give players' [[Point of Interest Indications]].
+Although many places in [[Game Worlds]] may qualify to have [[Point of Interest Indications]], [[Check Points]] are most often shown to players through these. Although they may change view points, [[Killcams]] are specific [[Point of Interest Indications]] for spots where kills have just occurred while [[Picture-in-Picture Views]] can be used to point out any game world place or event without removing the current view. [[Auto-Aim]] support is a way of providing [[Point of Interest Indications]] on [[Enemies]] while [[Automated Responses]] more generally can trigger on gameplay context to give players' [[Point of Interest Indications]].
 === Interface Aspects ===
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 [[First-Person Views]],
 [[Game World Navigation]],
-[[Goal Points]],
+[[Check Points]],
 [[God Views]],
 [[Mini-maps]],

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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Point of Interest Indications]] can be used with all different types of ways of presenting [[Game Worlds]], i.e. [[First-Person Views|First-Person]], [[Third-Person Views|Third-Person]], and [[God Views]].
+[[Point of Interest Indications]] can be used with all different types of ways of presenting [[Game Worlds]], i.e. [[First-Person Views|First-Person]], [[Third-Person Views|Third-Person]], and [[God Views]]. They are either provided by game systems simply by moving the perspective of players to the interesting point, typically by manipulating [[Cameras]], or by presenting it through some part of the game interface, e.g. through [[Mini-maps]] or compasses. [[Cutscenes]] are sometimes used to do [[Point of Interest Indications]], e.g. pointing out [[Boss Monsters]] when players are about to enter [[Combat]] with them.
 They are either provided by game systems simply by moving the perspective of players to the interesting point, typically by manipulating [[Cameras]], or by presenting it through some part of the game interface, e.g. through [[Mini-maps]] or compasses. [[Cutscenes]] are sometimes used to do [[Point of Interest Indications]], e.g. pointing out [[Boss Monsters]] when players are about to enter [[Combat]] with them.
-Although many places in [[Game Worlds]] may qualify to have [[Point of Interest Indications]], [[Goal Points]] are most often shown to players through these. Although they may change view points, [[Killcams]] are specific [[Point of Interest Indications]] for spots where kills have just occurred while [[Picture-in-Picture Views]] can be used to point out any game world place or event without removing the current view. [[Auto-Aim]] support is a way of providing [[Point of Interest Indications]] on [[Enemies]].
+Although many places in [[Game Worlds]] may qualify to have [[Point of Interest Indications]], [[Goal Points]] are most often shown to players through these. Although they may change view points, [[Killcams]] are specific [[Point of Interest Indications]] for spots where kills have just occurred while [[Picture-in-Picture Views]] can be used to point out any game world place or event without removing the current view. [[Auto-Aim]] support is a way of providing [[Point of Interest Indications]] on [[Enemies]] while [[Automated Responses]] more generally can trigger on gameplay context to give players' [[Point of Interest Indications]].
 === Interface Aspects ===
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 === Can Be Instantiated By ===
 [[Auto-Aim]],
 [[Cutscenes]],
 [[Killcams]],

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 They are either provided by game systems simply by moving the perspective of players to the interesting point, typically by manipulating [[Cameras]], or by presenting it through some part of the game interface, e.g. through [[Mini-maps]] or compasses. [[Cutscenes]] are sometimes used to do [[Point of Interest Indications]], e.g. pointing out [[Boss Monsters]] when players are about to enter [[Combat]] with them.
-Although many places in [[Game Worlds]] may qualify to have [[Point of Interest Indications]], [[Goal Points]] are most often shown to players through these. Although they may change view points, [[Killcams]] are specific [[Point of Interest Indications]] for spots where kills have just occurred and [[Auto-Aim]] support is a way of providing [[Point of Interest Indications]] for [[Enemies]].
+Although many places in [[Game Worlds]] may qualify to have [[Point of Interest Indications]], [[Goal Points]] are most often shown to players through these. Although they may change view points, [[Killcams]] are specific [[Point of Interest Indications]] for spots where kills have just occurred while [[Picture-in-Picture Views]] can be used to point out any game world place or event without removing the current view. [[Auto-Aim]] support is a way of providing [[Point of Interest Indications]] on [[Enemies]].
 === Interface Aspects ===
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 [[Auto-Aim]],
 [[Cutscenes]],
-[[Killcams]]
+[[Killcams]],
 === Can Be Modulated By ===

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 == Consequences ==
-Besides helping in [[Game World Navigation]], [[Point of Interest Indications]] can draw players' attention to [[Clues]] and [[Diegetically Outstanding Features]]. While this can make games more [[Casual Gameplay|Casual]], it can also be detrimental to player learning (see Linderoth 2010<ref name="Linderoth"/>).
+Besides helping in [[Game World Navigation]], [[Point of Interest Indications]] can draw players' attention to [[Clues]] and [[Diegetically Outstanding Features]]. While this can make games more [[Casual Gameplay|Casual]], it can also be detrimental to player learning (see Linderoth 2010<ref name="Linderoth"/>) because it makes players not need to engage in  [[Experimenting]].
 Since [[Point of Interest Indications]] can represent perceptual abilities of [[Characters]] in games with [[First-Person Views]], the pattern can imply such as well as [[Player/Character Skill Composites]]. [[Point of Interest Indications]] that are initiated by game systems rather than players are likely to cause [[Disruption of Focused Attention]].
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 === Potentially Conflicting With ===
+[[Experimenting]]
 == History ==

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 ''Game actions that point players towards important aspects of game worlds, or entities within them.''
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 They are either provided by game systems simply by moving the perspective of players to the interesting point, typically by manipulating [[Cameras]], or by presenting it through some part of the game interface, e.g. through [[Mini-maps]] or compasses. [[Cutscenes]] are sometimes used to do [[Point of Interest Indications]], e.g. pointing out [[Boss Monsters]] when players are about to enter [[Combat]] with them.
-Although a lot of places in [[Game Worlds]] may be qualify to have [[Point of Interest Indications]], [[Goal Points]] are most often shown to players through these. Although they may change view points, [[Killcams]] are specific [[Point of Interest Indications]] for spots where kills have just occurred and [[Auto-Aim]] support is a way of providing [[Point of Interest Indications]] for [[Enemies]].
+Although many places in [[Game Worlds]] may qualify to have [[Point of Interest Indications]], [[Goal Points]] are most often shown to players through these. Although they may change view points, [[Killcams]] are specific [[Point of Interest Indications]] for spots where kills have just occurred and [[Auto-Aim]] support is a way of providing [[Point of Interest Indications]] for [[Enemies]].
 === Interface Aspects ===