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Staffan Björk: /* Relations */

2018-03-19T12:17:02Z

‎Relations

Staffan Björk at 11:09, 26 July 2016

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Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

2015-11-19T14:07:49Z

‎Using the pattern

Staffan Björk: /* Potentially Conflicting With */

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‎Potentially Conflicting With

Staffan Björk: /* Consequences */

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‎Consequences

Staffan Björk at 13:29, 10 November 2015

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Staffan Björk: /* Relations */

2015-11-10T13:25:30Z

‎Relations

Staffan Björk at 13:25, 10 November 2015

2015-11-10T13:25:16Z

Staffan Björk: /* Acknowledgements */

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‎Acknowledgements

Staffan Björk: /* Examples */

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‎Examples

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 === Can Be Instantiated By ===
 [[Password Save Files]],
 [[Save Points]]

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 == Using the pattern ==
-Supporting [[Save Files]] in games consist creating the technical infrastructure that stores the game states and allows the game to take previously created [[Save Files]] and load these game states into games. From considering players' experiences, creating [[Save Files]] mainly consist of if they are created through [[Extra-Game Actions]], [[Save Points]], automatic saving, or all three. Care also needs to be taken supporting the [[Extra-Game Actions]] related to destroy and loading [[Save Files]]. [[Resource Caps]] can be put on [[Save Files]] to limit either the number of simultaneous files that can be used, making them into a form of [[Resources|Resource]] (and working against [[Save Scumming]] when the limit is one [[Save Files|Save File]]).
+Supporting [[Save Files]] in games consist creating the technical infrastructure that stores the game states and allows the game to take previously created [[Save Files]] and load these game states into games. Handling them are typically support through [[Secondary Interface Screens]].
 While there is typically a need or wish to have [[Save Files]] store complete game states, these can sometimes be quite small due to gameplay being partitioned into [[Levels]] or other smaller units. A special case of this is when the only information that needs to be saved is how long players have progressed and in this case [[Password Save Files]] can be sufficient.
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
 [[Resource Caps]],
 [[Unwinnable Game States]]

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 == Using the pattern ==
-Supporting [[Save Files]] in games consist creating the technical infrastructure that stores the game states and allows the game to take previously created [[Save Files]] and load these game states into games. From considering players' experiences, creating [[Save Files]] mainly consist of if they are created through [[Extra-Game Actions]], [[Save Points]], automatic saving, or all three. Care also needs to be taken supporting the [[Extra-Game Actions]] related to destroy and loading [[Save Files]]. [[Resource Caps]] can be put on [[Save Files]] to limit either the number of simultaneous files that can be used, making them into a form of [[Resources|Resource]].
+Supporting [[Save Files]] in games consist creating the technical infrastructure that stores the game states and allows the game to take previously created [[Save Files]] and load these game states into games. From considering players' experiences, creating [[Save Files]] mainly consist of if they are created through [[Extra-Game Actions]], [[Save Points]], automatic saving, or all three. Care also needs to be taken supporting the [[Extra-Game Actions]] related to destroy and loading [[Save Files]]. [[Resource Caps]] can be put on [[Save Files]] to limit either the number of simultaneous files that can be used, making them into a form of [[Resources|Resource]] (and working against [[Save Scumming]] when the limit is one [[Save Files|Save File]]).
 While there is typically a need or wish to have [[Save Files]] store complete game states, these can sometimes be quite small due to gameplay being partitioned into [[Levels]] or other smaller units. A special case of this is when the only information that needs to be saved is how long players have progressed and in this case [[Password Save Files]] can be sufficient.

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 === Potentially Conflicting With ===
 [[Surprises]]
 == History ==

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 While [[Category:Computer Games|Computer Games]] can have built in support for [[Game Pauses]], players can really only take extensive pauses lasting days or months if [[Save Files]] help them recreate the game states later.
-When players know that they can return to stored game states, [[Save Files]] can encourage them to engage in [[Experimenting]] with gameplay actions they would otherwise not do. Move negatively, the possibility of creating [[Save Files]] can lead to [[Save-Load Cycles]] and [[Save Scumming]], which both lead to gameplay when intended [[Surprises]] no longer work. While creating and loading [[Save Files]] are [[Extra-Game Actions]], the presence of [[Save Files]] can give rise to additional [[Extra-Game Actions]] in the form of [[Game Element Trading]] and [[Game State Editing]].
+When players know that they can return to stored game states, [[Save Files]] can encourage them to engage in [[Experimenting]] with gameplay actions they would otherwise not do. More negatively, the possibility of creating [[Save Files]] can lead to [[Save-Load Cycles]] and [[Save Scumming]], which both lead to gameplay when intended [[Surprises]] no longer work. While creating and loading [[Save Files]] are [[Extra-Game Actions]], the presence of [[Save Files]] can give rise to additional [[Extra-Game Actions]] in the form of [[Game Element Trading]] and [[Game State Editing]].
 When the number of [[Save Files]] are limited, i.e. when [[Resource Caps]] are applied on them, they become [[Resources]] that players need to consider for gameplay reasons.

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 [[Category:Mechanical Patterns]]
 [[Category:Patterns]]
 [[Category:Needs revision]]
 [[Category:Needs examples]]
 [[Category:Needs references]]
 [[Category:Patterns created on the Wiki]]
 [[Category:To be Published]]
 ''Files that contain information to recreate game states.''

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 == Relations ==
 === Can Instantiate ===
 [[Extra-Game Actions]],

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 [[Category:To be Published]]
 [[Category:Staffan's current workpage]]
-''The one-sentence "definition" that should be in italics.''
+''Files that contain information to recreate game states.''
-This pattern is a still a stub.
+For various reasons, players may wish to take extended breaks from computer games and during this time turn off the computer. This causes a problem of how to recreate the game state at a later point in time which having [[Save Files]] containing a game state can solve. A consequence of this is that players may return to that game state after failing instead of restarting a game, and this can in itself become a reason for creating [[Save Files]] if the possibility exists. Likewise, if [[Save Files]] are possible, players may create ones to have a freedom of testing things they would otherwise not test.
 Wikipedia has an entry ''Saved Game''<ref name="wiki"/> that related to [[Save Files]].
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 == Consequences ==
-The possibility of creating [[Save Files]] can lead to [[Save-Load Cycles]] and [[Save Scumming]], which both lead to gameplay when intended [[Surprises]] no longer work. While creating and loading [[Save Files]] are [[Extra-Game Actions]], the presence of [[Save Files]] can give rise to additional [[Extra-Game Actions]] in the form of [[Game Element Trading]] and [[Game State Editing]].
+While [[Category:Computer Games|Computer Games]] can have built in support for [[Game Pauses]], players can really only take extensive pauses lasting days or months if [[Save Files]] help them recreate the game states later.
 When the number of [[Save Files]] are limited, i.e. when [[Resource Caps]] are applied on them, they become [[Resources]] that players need to consider for gameplay reasons.
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 == Relations ==
 [[Game Pauses]]
 === Can Instantiate ===
 [[Extra-Game Actions]],
 [[Game Element Trading]],
 [[Game State Editing]],

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		+	<ref name="wiki">Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saved_game entry] for ''Saved Game''.</ref>
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	This pattern is a still a stub.		This pattern is a still a stub.
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		+	Wikipedia has an entry ''Saved Game''<ref name="wiki"/> that related to [[Save Files]].

	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===