Reconfigurable Game Worlds - Revision history

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Staffan Björk at 12:36, 4 September 2011

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Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

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 While many games have game worlds, only some of them allow changes to their structures. These changes can be between game instances to provide players with new gameplay experiences or occur during gameplay as the effect of player actions. Games that have either one of these two types of changes - or both - have [[Reconfigurable Game Worlds]].
-''Note:'' this pattern describes changes in [[Game Worlds]] related to gameplay functionality rather than those related to narratives (for this see [[Narration Structures]]). Further, although their difference can sometimes be blurry, this pattern looks at changes to [[Game Worlds]] rather that the contents in them. For patterns dealing more with changes in the contents of [[Game Worlds]], see for example [[Avatars]], [[Controllers]], [[Destructible Objects]], [[Environmental Effects]], and [[Obstacles]].
+''Note:'' this pattern describes changes in [[Game Worlds]] related to gameplay functionality rather than those related to narratives (for this see [[Narration Structures]] or [[Predetermined Story Structures]]). Further, although their difference can sometimes be blurry, this pattern looks at changes to [[Game Worlds]] rather that the contents in them. For patterns dealing more with changes in the contents of [[Game Worlds]], see for example [[Avatars]], [[Controllers]], [[Destructible Objects]], [[Environmental Effects]], and [[Obstacles]].
 === Examples ===

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 [[Reconfigurable Game Worlds]] quite naturally require the presence of a [[Game Worlds|Game World]] to configure. Beyond this, the primary design choice for using the pattern is to decide whether the [[Game Worlds|Game World]] will be reconfigurable between or within game instances, or in a combination of both. [[Configurable Gameplay Areas]] details the special case of reconfiguring [[Game Worlds]] before gameplay begins.
-Reconfiguration of the [[Game Worlds|Game World]] itself is often done by having it consist of [[Tiles]], and then either use [[Randomness]] to create the world (as in e.g. [[NetHack]] and [[Settlers of Catan]]) or by letting players do [[Tile-Laying]] as part of their actions (as in e.g. [[Carcassonne]] or [[Dominant Species]]). Variations of this include having [[Moveable Tiles]] (which can represent the changeable environment in [[Portal 2]]) or [[Shrinking Game Worlds]] (as in [[Hey! That's My Fish!]]). [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] can also be used for these solutions to having [[Reconfigurable Game Worlds]] but can handle less mechanically defined [[Game Worlds]] as well, e.g. those used in [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]] such as [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. [[Expansions]], e.g. those available as downloadable content for the [[Elder Scrolls series]] and the [[Fallout series]], show one such way that [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] can change [[Game Worlds]]. [[Mods]] can in this perspective be seen as the player equivalent.
+Reconfiguration of the [[Game Worlds|Game World]] itself is often done by having it consist of [[Tiles]], and then either use [[Randomness]] to create the world (as in e.g. [[NetHack]] and [[Settlers of Catan]]) or by letting players do [[Tile-Laying]] as part of their actions (as in e.g. [[Carcassonne]] or [[Dominant Species]]). Variations of this include having [[Moveable Tiles]] (which can represent the changeable environment in [[Portal 2]]) or [[Shrinking Game Worlds]] (as in [[Hey! That's My Fish!]]). [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] can also be used for these solutions to having [[Reconfigurable Game Worlds]] but can handle less mechanically defined [[Game Worlds]] as well, e.g. those used in [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]] such as [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. [[Expansions]], e.g. those available as downloadable content for the [[Elder Scrolls series]] and the [[Fallout series]], show one such way that [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] can change [[Game Worlds]]. [[Mods]] can in this perspective be seen as the player equivalent. [[Kingdoms]] and [[DragonMud]] show that players can also perform more complex expansions and reconfigurations of [[Game Worlds]] if the game systems provided the appropriate tools.
-[[Kingdoms]] and [[DragonMud]] show that players can also perform more complex expansions and reconfigurations of [[Game Worlds]] if the game systems provided the appropriate tools.
+[[Scenes]] provide a way of having [[Reconfigurable Game Worlds]] without having to specify more details than are necessary for gameplay actually taking place.
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 [[Mods]],
 [[Moveable Tiles]],
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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Reconfigurable Game Worlds]] quite naturally require the presence of a [[Game Worlds|Game World]] to configure. Beyond this, the primary design choice for using the pattern is to decide whether the [[Game Worlds|Game World]] will be reconfigurable between or within game instances, or in a combination of both.
+[[Reconfigurable Game Worlds]] quite naturally require the presence of a [[Game Worlds|Game World]] to configure. Beyond this, the primary design choice for using the pattern is to decide whether the [[Game Worlds|Game World]] will be reconfigurable between or within game instances, or in a combination of both. [[Configurable Gameplay Areas]] details the special case of reconfiguring [[Game Worlds]] before gameplay begins.
 Reconfiguration of the [[Game Worlds|Game World]] itself is often done by having it consist of [[Tiles]], and then either use [[Randomness]] to create the world (as in e.g. [[NetHack]] and [[Settlers of Catan]]) or by letting players do [[Tile-Laying]] as part of their actions (as in e.g. [[Carcassonne]] or [[Dominant Species]]). Variations of this include having [[Moveable Tiles]] (which can represent the changeable environment in [[Portal 2]]) or [[Shrinking Game Worlds]] (as in [[Hey! That's My Fish!]]). [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] can also be used for these solutions to having [[Reconfigurable Game Worlds]] but can handle less mechanically defined [[Game Worlds]] as well, e.g. those used in [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]] such as [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. [[Expansions]], e.g. those available as downloadable content for the [[Elder Scrolls series]] and the [[Fallout series]], show one such way that [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] can change [[Game Worlds]]. [[Mods]] can in this perspective be seen as the player equivalent.

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 While changing the layout of [[Game Worlds]] between game instances supports [[Game World Exploration]], it can cause problems with having [[Player Balance]] since players may have [[Asymmetric Starting Conditions]].
-When players can reconfigure the [[Game Worlds]] and these events are [[Irreversible Events]], this makes [[Persistent Game World Changes]] present in that game.
+[[Persistent Game World Changes]] are possible in that game where reconfiguration last do not automatically revert after some time; this pattern is even more present if these events are [[Irreversible Events]].
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 ''Game worlds whose fundamental structures can change during gameplay or between game instances.''
-While many games have game worlds only some of them allow changes to their structures. These changes can be between game instances to provide players with new gameplay experiences or occur during gameplay as the effect of player actions. Games that have either of these two types of changes - or both - have [[Reconfigurable Game Worlds]].
+While many games have game worlds, only some of them allow changes to their structures. These changes can be between game instances to provide players with new gameplay experiences or occur during gameplay as the effect of player actions. Games that have either one of these two types of changes - or both - have [[Reconfigurable Game Worlds]].
-''Note:'' this pattern describes changes in [[Game Worlds]] related to gameplay functionality rather than those related to narratives (for this see [[Narration Structures]]). Further, although their difference can sometimes be blurry, this pattern looks at changes to [[Game Worlds]] rather that the contents in them. For pattern more dealing with changes in the contents of [[Game Worlds]], see patterns such as [[Avatars]], [[Controllers]], [[Destructible Objects]], [[Environmental Effects]], and [[Obstacles]].
+''Note:'' this pattern describes changes in [[Game Worlds]] related to gameplay functionality rather than those related to narratives (for this see [[Narration Structures]]). Further, although their difference can sometimes be blurry, this pattern looks at changes to [[Game Worlds]] rather that the contents in them. For patterns dealing more with changes in the contents of [[Game Worlds]], see for example [[Avatars]], [[Controllers]], [[Destructible Objects]], [[Environmental Effects]], and [[Obstacles]].
 === Examples ===
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 Reconfiguration of the [[Game Worlds|Game World]] itself is often done by having it consist of [[Tiles]], and then either use [[Randomness]] to create the world (as in e.g. [[NetHack]] and [[Settlers of Catan]]) or by letting players do [[Tile-Laying]] as part of their actions (as in e.g. [[Carcassonne]] or [[Dominant Species]]). Variations of this include having [[Moveable Tiles]] (which can represent the changeable environment in [[Portal 2]]) or [[Shrinking Game Worlds]] (as in [[Hey! That's My Fish!]]). [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] can also be used for these solutions to having [[Reconfigurable Game Worlds]] but can handle less mechanically defined [[Game Worlds]] as well, e.g. those used in [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]] such as [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. [[Expansions]], e.g. those available as downloadable content for the [[Elder Scrolls series]] and the [[Fallout series]], show one such way that [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] can change [[Game Worlds]]. [[Mods]] can in this perspective be seen as the player equivalent.
-[[Kingdoms]] and [[DragonMud]] show that players can also perform more complex expansion and reconfiguring of [[Game Worlds]] if the game systems provided the appropriate tools.
+[[Kingdoms]] and [[DragonMud]] show that players can also perform more complex expansions and reconfigurations of [[Game Worlds]] if the game systems provided the appropriate tools.
 === Diegetic Aspects ===

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	[[Reconfigurable Game Worlds]] quite naturally require the presence of a [[Game Worlds\|Game World]] to configure. Beyond this, the primary design choice for using the pattern is to decide whether the [[Game Worlds\|Game World]] will be reconfigurable between or within game instances, or in a combination of both.		[[Reconfigurable Game Worlds]] quite naturally require the presence of a [[Game Worlds\|Game World]] to configure. Beyond this, the primary design choice for using the pattern is to decide whether the [[Game Worlds\|Game World]] will be reconfigurable between or within game instances, or in a combination of both.

−	Reconfiguration of the [[Game Worlds\|Game World]] itself is often done by having it consist of [[Tiles]], and then either use [[Randomness]] to create the world (as in e.g. [[NetHack]] and [[Settlers of Catan]]) or by letting players do [[Tile-Laying]] as part of their actions (as in e.g. [[~~Carcarssonne~~]] or [[Dominant Species]]). Variations of this include having [[Moveable Tiles]] (which can represent the changeable environment in [[Portal 2]]) or [[Shrinking Game Worlds]] (as in [[Hey! ~~Where~~'s My Fish!]]).	+	Reconfiguration of the [[Game Worlds\|Game World]] itself is often done by having it consist of [[Tiles]], and then either use [[Randomness]] to create the world (as in e.g. [[NetHack]] and [[Settlers of Catan]]) or by letting players do [[Tile-Laying]] as part of their actions (as in e.g. [[Carcassonne]] or [[Dominant Species]]). Variations of this include having [[Moveable Tiles]] (which can represent the changeable environment in [[Portal 2]]) or [[Shrinking Game Worlds]] (as in [[Hey! That's My Fish!]]).