Secondary Interface Screens - Revision history

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+''Screens that provide actions and information to players which complement the main interface in a game.''
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 Computer-based games nearly always make use of screens to present information and possible actions that players need to play the game. While this screen may contain everything needs to relatively uncomplicated games in terms of game elements and possible actions, others need to let players switch between several different screens depending on what they are doing. [[Secondary Interface Screens]] are the one that aren't the main interface and those that players either need to select to enter or which the game enters automatically due to specific events (such as losing the game).

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+Computer-based games nearly always make use of screens to present information and possible actions that players need to play the game. While this screen may contain everything needs to relatively uncomplicated games in terms of game elements and possible actions, others need to let players switch between several different screens depending on what they are doing. [[Secondary Interface Screens]] are the one that aren't the main interface and those that players either need to select to enter or which the game enters automatically due to specific events (such as losing the game).
 === Examples ===
 [[:Category:Computer-based Roleplaying Games|Computer-based Roleplaying Games]] make heavy use of [[Secondary Interface Screens]]. Examples include the [[Elder Scrolls series]] and the [[Fallout series]]. The [[Diablo series]] uses it for handling inventories and [[Pokémon Go]] uses it for both capturing and evolving Pokémons. The [[Battlefield series]] uses [[Secondary Interface Screens]] for leader functionality.

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 [[Character Sheets]],

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 [[Secondary Interface Screens]] are used to provide players access to information and actions that for one or another reason does not fit in the main interface. If there are many actions or much information there can of course be a need for many [[Secondary Interface Screens]] within one game. They can both change how players perceive [[Game Worlds]] and [[Public Player Statistics]]. They often are good candidates for providing [[Private Game Spaces]] since they do not present the same [[Game Worlds]] that the main interface presents to other players.
-Common examples of composite design elements that use their own [[Secondary Interface Screens]] include [[Character Sheets]], [[Dialogues]], and [[Inventories]]. The first of these allow players to handle [[Characters]] especially [[Character Development]] when [[Characteristics]] are changed or when [[Characters]] are given [[New Abilities|New]] or [[Improved Abilities]] due to [[Player-Planned Development]]. The last, [[Inventories]], quite naturally modify how one can interact with [[Equipment]] but can be more specifically applied to [[Equipment Slots]], [[Game Element Trading]], [[Sockets]], and [[Free Gift Inventories]]; some of these make game items into [[Transferable Items]].
+Common examples of composite design elements that use their own [[Secondary Interface Screens]] include [[Character Sheets]], [[Dialogues]], [[Inventories]], and [[Quests]] (including [[Sidequests]]). The first of these allow players to handle [[Characters]] especially [[Character Development]] when [[Characteristics]] are changed or when [[Characters]] are given [[New Abilities|New]] or [[Improved Abilities]] due to [[Player-Planned Development]]. [[Inventories]], quite naturally modify how one can interact with [[Equipment]] but can be more specifically applied to [[Equipment Slots]], [[Game Element Trading]], [[Sockets]], and [[Free Gift Inventories]]; some of these make game items into [[Transferable Items]].
 There are some [[Extra-Game Actions]] that [[Secondary Interface Screens]] commonly can support. Handling [[Save Files]] (and there by influencing [[Save-Load Cycles]]) is one. Another is changing [[Difficulty Levels]], and this can be done through being able to activate/deactivate [[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]] or access [[Handicap Systems]].
-Other design elements that may have their own [[Secondary Interface Screens]] are [[Action Programming]], [[Gameplay Statistics]], [[High Score Lists]] (including [[Global High Score Lists]]), [[Naming]], [[Neighbors]], [[Parties]], [[Player Created Game Elements]], [[Player Kicking]], [[Purchasable Game Advantages]], [[Spawning]], and [[Quick Travel]]. [[Parties]] in particular can provide access to actions regarding [[Companions]], [[Non-Player Characters]] and [[Player-Created Characters]].
+Other design elements that may have their own [[Secondary Interface Screens]] are [[Action Programming]] (and the handling of [[Mules]]), [[Gameplay Statistics]], [[High Score Lists]] (including [[Global High Score Lists]]), [[Naming]], [[Neighbors]], [[Parties]], [[Player Created Game Elements]], [[Player Kicking]], [[Purchasable Game Advantages]], [[Spawning]], and [[Quick Travel]]. [[Parties]] in particular can provide access to actions regarding [[Companions]], [[Non-Player Characters]] and [[Player-Created Characters]]. [[Clues]] can be both given in [[Secondary Interface Screens]] and activated to be shown in the main interface.
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 [[Character Sheets]],
 [[Clues]],
 [[Dialogues]],
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 [[Non-Diegetic Features]],
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 [[Non-Player Characters]],
 [[Parties]],
 [[Player Created Game Elements]],
 [[Player Kicking]],
 [[Private Game Spaces]],
 [[Public Player Statistics]],
 [[Purchasable Game Advantages]],
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 [[Save-Load Cycles]],
 [[Sidequests]],

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 [[Quests]]
 [[Save Files]]
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 == Consequences ==
-[[Secondary Interface Screens]] typically create [[Non-Diegetic Features]], if not for any other reason due to the actions they provide which are not diegetically presented. They often provide access to more information as well as cause [[Game Pauses]], as because of this typically makes possible [[Strategic Planning]] in games.
+[[Secondary Interface Screens]] typically create [[Non-Diegetic Features]], if not for any other reason due to the actions they provide which are not diegetically presented. They often provide access to more information as well as cause [[Game Pauses]], as because of this support [[Interruptibility]] and typically makes [[Strategic Planning]] possible in games containing them.
 When used to provide [[Quick Travel]], [[Secondary Interface Screens]] can produce the [[Illusion of Open Space]].