Save Points - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 09:57, 30 October 2015

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Staffan Björk at 09:57, 30 October 2015

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Staffan Björk at 09:54, 30 October 2015

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Staffan Björk: /* Examples */

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Staffan Björk at 09:51, 30 October 2015

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Staffan Björk at 09:50, 30 October 2015

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Staffan Björk: /* Examples */

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Staffan Björk at 09:41, 30 October 2015

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Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

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‎Using the pattern

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 ''Specific points in game worlds, or between levels, where players can save the game state.''

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 Many computer games allow players to save the game state to be able to continue gameplay from that point at a late point in time. [[Save Points]] are location in game worlds or possibilities between levels where players are allowed to perform such saving of game states (in contrast to being able to do it at any time or any place).
-TV Tropes has an entry for [[Save Points]]<ref name="tvtropes"/>.
+TV Tropes has an entry for [[Save Points]]<ref name="tvtropes"/>. GiantBomb has an entry for "Save Point"<ref name="gbsp"/>(but calls automatic [[Save Points]] for "Checkpoints"<ref name="gbcp"/>.
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-GiantBomb has an entry for [http://www.giantbomb.com/save-point/3015-51/ Save Point] (but calls automatic [[Save Points]] for [http://www.giantbomb.com/checkpoints/3015-292/ Checkpoints]).
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 Another aspect of creating [[Save Points]] is deciding if players can choose to save when encountering them or if this is done automatically.
-[[Save Points]] need to make use of [[Save Files]] in some sense. A general question for [[Save Points]] used in a game is it they simply save that a player has reached that point, only a part of the overall game state, or the complete game state. In the first case, the [[Save Files]] may simply only be [[Password Save Files]] but in both latter cases they need to be more fully-fledged [[Save Files]], storing part or whole of the game state. Like in any game with [[Save Files]], [[Save-Load Cycles]] are possible in games with [[Save Points]] but when using [[Save Points]] designers have control over where the starting points are of these, and can discourage [[Save-Load Cycles]] by making the distance between [[Save Points]] long and thereby raising the cost threshold for retrying something.
+[[Save Points]] need to make use of [[Save Files]] in some sense. A general question for [[Save Points]] used in a game is it they simply save that a player has reached that point, only a part of the overall game state, or the complete game state. In the first case, the [[Save Files]] may simply only be [[Password Save Files]] but in both latter cases they need to be more fully-fledged [[Save Files]], storing part or whole of the game state. Like in any game with [[Save Files]], [[Save-Load Cycles]] are possible in games with [[Save Points]] but when using [[Save Points]],  designers have control over where the starting points are of these and can discourage [[Save-Load Cycles]] by making the distance between [[Save Points]] long and thereby raising the cost threshold for retrying something.
 While being able to go back to previous game states work against the idea of [[Permadeath]], [[Save Points]] can be combined with [[Permadeath]] to require players to restart from the last [[Save Points]] whenever their [[Characters]] or [[Avatars]] die.
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 <ref name="tvtropes">[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SavePoint Entry] for [[Save Points]] at the TV Tropes wiki.</ref>
 <ref name="Bjork & Holopainen 2004">Björk, S. & Holopainen, J. (2004) ''Patterns in Game Design''. Charles River Media. ISBN1-58450-354-8.</ref>
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 == Acknowledgements ==
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-''The one-sentence "definition" that should be in italics.''
+''Specific points in game worlds, or between levels, where players can save the game state.''
-This pattern is a still a stub.
+Many computer games allow players to save the game state to be able to continue gameplay from that point at a late point in time. [[Save Points]] are location in game worlds or possibilities between levels where players are allowed to perform such saving of game states (in contrast to being able to do it at any time or any place).
 TV Tropes has an entry for [[Save Points]]<ref name="tvtropes"/>.
 GiantBomb has an entry for [http://www.giantbomb.com/save-point/3015-51/ Save Point] (but calls automatic [[Save Points]] for [http://www.giantbomb.com/checkpoints/3015-292/ Checkpoints]).

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 === Examples ===
-Examples of games using [[Save Points]] include the [[Assassin's Creed series|Assassin's Creed]] and [[Tomb Raider series]]. In the first installment of the [[Dead Rising series]], [[Save Points]] exist only in restrooms. The [[Left 4 Dead series]] makes use
+Examples of games using [[Save Points]] include the [[Assassin's Creed series|Assassin's Creed]] and [[Tomb Raider series]]. In the first installment of the [[Dead Rising series]], [[Save Points]] exist only in restrooms.
 == Using the pattern ==

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 === Examples ===
-Examples of games using [[Save Points]] include the [[Assassin's Creed series|Assassin's Creed]] and [[Tomb Raider series]].
+Examples of games using [[Save Points]] include the [[Assassin's Creed series|Assassin's Creed]] and [[Tomb Raider series]]. In the first installment of the [[Dead Rising series]], [[Save Points]] exist only in restrooms. The [[Left 4 Dead series]] makes use
 [[Dead Rising series]]
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 [[Left 4 Dead series]]
 == Using the pattern ==

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 While being able to go back to previous game states work against the idea of [[Permadeath]], [[Save Points]] can be combined with [[Permadeath]] to require players to restart from the last [[Save Points]] whenever their [[Characters]] or [[Avatars]] die.
 [[Save Points]] changes or makes [[Scores]] represent something different since players can go back to earlier game states and try to maximize [[Scores]] in a way not possible in games without [[Save Points]] (or [[Save Files]]). They are also difficult to combine with [[Multiplayer Games]] that do not have [[Cooperation]] since what constitutes a good [[Save Points|Save Point]] can be difficult to judge.
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 == Consequences ==
 Reaching [[Save Points]] can count as reaching ([[Traverse]]) closures, so the use of them can be seen as already creating [[Closure Points]]. Since the purpose of [[Save Points]] is to provide players with points from which they can restart later if need be, they also allow players to have [[Extra Chances]].
 == Relations ==
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 === Can Modulate ===
 [[Check Points]],
-[[Collections]],
+[[Goal Hierarchies]],
 [[Levels]],
 [[Permadeath]],
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
-[[Goal Hierarchies]]
 === Possible Closure Effects ===