Positive Feedback Loops - Revision history

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 When the [[Positive Feedback Loops]] are focused upon the challenges players met (rather than players' [[Abilities]], [[Gameplay Engines]], [[Scores]], etc. that lead to a [[Runaway Leader]]), the pattern can create
-[[Ever Increasing Difficulty]] in a game. Using [[Geometric Progression]] to create [[Positive Feedback Loops]] often makes [[Combos]] exist in games as well as offering players [[Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses]] and [[Value of Effort]] when that effort is connected to making the [[Positive Feedback Loops]] occur. When the [[Geometric Progression]] occurs through [[Investments]], the [[Positve Feedback Loops]] that occur can also give rise to [[Tension]] (if they can be lost) and [[Timing]] (in that one may need to know when to collect on one's [[Investments]]).
+[[Ever Increasing Difficulty]] in a game. Using [[Geometric Progression]] to create [[Positive Feedback Loops]] often makes [[Combos]] exist in games as well as offering players [[Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses]] and [[Value of Effort]] when that effort is connected to making the [[Positive Feedback Loops]] occur. When the [[Geometric Progression]] occurs through [[Investments]], the [[Positive Feedback Loops]] that occur can also give rise to [[Tension]] (if they can be lost) and [[Timing]] (in that one may need to know when to collect on one's [[Investments]]).
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 Players that perform well in a game typically receive some form of reward. When the reward makes performing the same action again easier, this creates a [[Positive Feedback Loops|Positive Feedback Loop]]. However, the "positive" aspect simply denotes an increase and not a positive effect for the player; another type of [[Positive Feedback Loops|Positive Feedback Loop]] in a game is to provide harder challenges to players that succeed with the existing ones.

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+Players that perform well in a game typically receive some form of reward. When the reward makes performing the same action again easier, this creates a [[Positive Feedback Loops|Positive Feedback Loop]]. However, the "positive" aspect simply denotes an increase and not a positive effect for the player; another type of [[Positive Feedback Loops|Positive Feedback Loop]] in a game is to provide harder challenges to players that succeed with the existing ones.
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 Wikipedia has a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_feedback page] on [[Positive Feedback Loops]]. The chapter ''Games as Cybernetic Systems'' in Rules of Play<ref name="rop"/> look extensively at positive and negative feedback loops and their use in games.

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 Wikipedia has a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_feedback page] on [[Positive Feedback Loops]]. The chapter ''Games as Cybernetic Systems'' in Rules of Play<ref name="rop"/> look extensively at positive and negative feedback loops and their use in games.
 === Examples ===
-[[Chess]] and [[Monopoly]] both exhibit [[Positive Feedback Loops]] in that players that have a lead in number of pieces or money (respectively) tend to expand that lead more and more until they have won the games.
+[[Chess]] and [[Monopoly]] both exhibit [[Positive Feedback Loops]] in that players that have a lead in number of pieces or money (respectively) tend to expand that lead more and more until they have won the games. Managing to build effective decks in [[Dominion]], [[Mystic Vale]] or [[Thunderstone]] lets players get better cards that further improves the effectiveness of those decks.
-Games that are built very strictly around one [[Positive Feedback Loops|Positive Feedback Loop]] include [[Cookie Clicker]], [[Cow Clicker]], and [[Progress Quest]].
+Games that are built very strictly around one [[Positive Feedback Loops|Positive Feedback Loop]] include [[FarmVille]], [[Cookie Clicker]], [[Cow Clicker]], and [[Progress Quest]].
 == Using the pattern ==

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		+	[[Chess]] and [[Monopoly]] both exhibit [[Positive Feedback Loops]] in that players that have a lead in number of pieces or money (respectively) tend to expand that lead more and more until they have won the games.

	Games that are built very strictly around one [[Positive Feedback Loops\|Positive Feedback Loop]] include [[Cookie Clicker]], [[Cow Clicker]], and [[Progress Quest]].		Games that are built very strictly around one [[Positive Feedback Loops\|Positive Feedback Loop]] include [[Cookie Clicker]], [[Cow Clicker]], and [[Progress Quest]].

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 Several different [[Positive Feedback Loops]] can exist in a game. For example, in [[Dominion]] players can have [[Positive Feedback Loops]] related to gaining [[Cards]] with actions or purchase ability or those related to gaining [[Cards]] that increase their [[Scores]]. Knowing when to start focusing on the latter due to the game being about to end is a skill in this game, and shows how the presence of the [[Construction/Scoring Phase Shift]]
 pattern can affect [[Positive Feedback Loops]].
 == Consequences ==
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 When the [[Positive Feedback Loops]] are focused upon the challenges players met (rather than players' [[Abilities]], [[Gameplay Engines]], [[Scores]], etc. that lead to a [[Runaway Leader]]), the pattern can create
-[[Ever Increasing Difficulty]] in a game. Using [[Geometric Progression]] to create [[Positive Feedback Loops]] often makes [[Combos]] exist in games as well as offering players [[Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses]] and [[Value of Effort]] when that effort is connected to making the [[Positive Feedback Loops]] occur.
+[[Ever Increasing Difficulty]] in a game. Using [[Geometric Progression]] to create [[Positive Feedback Loops]] often makes [[Combos]] exist in games as well as offering players [[Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses]] and [[Value of Effort]] when that effort is connected to making the [[Positive Feedback Loops]] occur. When the [[Geometric Progression]] occurs through [[Investments]], the [[Positve Feedback Loops]] that occur can also give rise to [[Tension]] (if they can be lost) and [[Timing]] (in that one may need to know when to collect on one's [[Investments]]).
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