Secret Areas - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 13:51, 26 March 2018

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Secret Areas]] are ways to hide parts of [[Game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], and [[Levels]] to players, and may be intentional [[Easter Eggs]]. Finding them may provide [[Surprises]] for players while if they know or suspect that the exist they may instead give rise to [[Game World Exploration]] activities.
+[[Secret Areas]] are ways to hide parts of [[Game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], and [[Levels]] to players, and may be intentional [[Easter Eggs]]. Finding them may provide [[Surprises]] for players while if they know or suspect that the exist they may instead give rise to [[Game World Exploration]] activities. [[Secret Areas]] can often function as [[Hiding Places]] since the [[Secret Areas]] may be unknown both to other players and to [[Enemies]] in a game.
-Knowing about [[Secret Areas]] are examples of [[Strategic Locations]], and these may even more likely be conveyed to others players as [[Trans-Game Information]].
+Knowing about [[Secret Areas]] are examples of [[Strategic Locations]], and these may even more likely be conveyed to others players as [[Trans-Game Information]]. This is especially true when they are [[Hiding Places]] and these are not common.
 == Relations ==
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 [[Easter Eggs]],
 [[Game World Exploration]],
 [[Optional Goals]],
 [[Rewards]],

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 [[Category:Level Design Patterns]]
 [[Category:Mechanical Patterns]]
 [[Category:Needs work]]
 [[Category:Needs revision]]

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 == Using the pattern ==
-There are two main ways of creating [[Secret Areas]] in games. One is making areas difficult to notice due to the presence of [[Obstacles]] and the other is to have areas completely hidden until unknown [[Conditional Passageways]] are activated. In both cases [[Clues]] can be used to make it easier to notice the [[Secret Areas]] or at least hinting that something is unusual.
+There are two main ways of creating [[Secret Areas]] in games. One is making areas difficult to notice due to the presence of [[Obstacles]] and the other is to have areas completely hidden until unknown [[Conditional Passageways]] are activated. In both cases [[Clues]] and [[Vision Modes]] can be used to make it easier to notice the [[Secret Areas]] or at least hinting that something is unusual.
 While [[Game World Exploration]] goals and [[Quests]] may require players to find [[Secret Areas]], it is also quite common to provide them in order to offer players [[Optional Goals]] where they can earn [[Resources]] as  [[Rewards]].
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
 [[Clues]],
-[[Resources]]
+[[Resources]],
 === Possible Closure Effects ===

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Secret Areas]] are ways to hide parts of [[Game Worlds]] and [[Levels]] to players, and may be intentional [[Easter Eggs]]. Finding them may provide [[Surprises]] for players while if they know or suspect that the exist they may instead give rise to [[Game World Exploration]] activities.
+[[Secret Areas]] are ways to hide parts of [[Game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], and [[Levels]] to players, and may be intentional [[Easter Eggs]]. Finding them may provide [[Surprises]] for players while if they know or suspect that the exist they may instead give rise to [[Game World Exploration]] activities.
 Knowing about [[Secret Areas]] are examples of [[Strategic Locations]], and these may even more likely be conveyed to others players as [[Trans-Game Information]].
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 === Can Modulate ===
 [[Game Worlds]],
 [[Levels]],

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 [[Game World Exploration]],
 [[Optional Goals]],
 [[Surprises]],
 [[Strategic Locations]],
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
 [[Clues]],
-[[Resources]],
+[[Resources]]
-[[Rewards]]
 === Possible Closure Effects ===

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	== Acknowledgements ==		== Acknowledgements ==
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 == Using the pattern ==
-There are two main ways of creating [[Secret Areas]] in games. One is making areas difficult to notice due to the presence of [[Obstacles]] and the other is to have areas completely hidden until activating [[Switches]] reveal them. In both cases [[Clues]] can be used to make it easier to notice the [[Secret Areas]] or at least hinting that something is unusual.
+There are two main ways of creating [[Secret Areas]] in games. One is making areas difficult to notice due to the presence of [[Obstacles]] and the other is to have areas completely hidden until unknown [[Conditional Passageways]] are activated. In both cases [[Clues]] can be used to make it easier to notice the [[Secret Areas]] or at least hinting that something is unusual.
 While [[Exploration]] goals and [[Quests]] may require players to find [[Secret Areas]], it is also quite common to provide them in order to offer players [[Optional Goals]] where they can earn [[Resources]] as  [[Rewards]].
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 === Can Be Instantiated By ===
-[[Obstacles]],
+[[Conditional Passageways]],
-[[Switches]]
+[[Obstacles]]
 === Can Be Modulated By ===

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