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Staffan Björk: /* Brief */

2018-03-18T12:52:25Z

‎Brief

Staffan Björk: /* Brief */

2018-03-18T12:51:58Z

‎Brief

Staffan Björk at 09:24, 21 September 2016

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Staffan Björk at 09:08, 21 September 2016

2016-09-21T09:08:10Z

Staffan Björk at 08:59, 21 September 2016

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Staffan Björk at 08:29, 21 September 2016

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Staffan Björk at 08:18, 21 September 2016

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Staffan Björk at 11:21, 7 September 2015

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Staffan Björk: /* Main Gameplay Design Patterns */

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‎Main Gameplay Design Patterns

Staffan Björk at 09:06, 10 December 2014

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 [[Algorithmic Agents]]
-[[Shared Goals]], [[Limited Set of Actions]], [[Difficulty Levels]], (rewarded) [[Simultaneity]], [[Time Limits]]
+[[Mutual Goals]], [[Limited Set of Actions]], [[Difficulty Levels]], (rewarded) [[Simultaneity]], [[Time Limits]]
 [[Cooperation]], [[Synergy]], [[Communication Channels]], [[Time Pressure]]

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 [[Algorithmic Agents]]
-[[Common Goals]], [[Limited Set of Actions]], [[Difficulty Levels]], (rewarded) [[Simultaneity]], [[Time Limits]]
+[[Shared Goals]], [[Limited Set of Actions]], [[Difficulty Levels]], (rewarded) [[Simultaneity]], [[Time Limits]]
 [[Cooperation]], [[Synergy]], [[Communication Channels]], [[Time Pressure]]

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 [[Cooperation]], [[Synergy]], [[Communication Channels]], [[Time Pressure]]
-[[Lack of cooperation frustration]], [[Team Strategy Identification]], [[FUBAR Enjoyment]], [[Spectacular Failure Enjoyment]], [[Team Accomplishments]], tension enjoyment(?)
+[[Team Strategy Identification]], [[FUBAR Enjoyment]], [[Spectacular Failure Enjoyment]], [[Team Accomplishments]], tension enjoyment(?)
 === Platforms ===

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 [[Cooperation]], [[Synergy]], [[Communication Channels]], [[Time Pressure]]
-[[Lack of cooperation frustration]], [[Team Strategy Identification]], [[FUBAR Enjoyment]], [[Spectacular Failure Enjoyment]], [[Group fulfillment]], tension enjoyment(?)
+[[Lack of cooperation frustration]], [[Team Strategy Identification]], [[FUBAR Enjoyment]], [[Spectacular Failure Enjoyment]], [[Team Accomplishments]], tension enjoyment(?)
 === Platforms ===

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 The diegesis of the game dictates that the players are the crew onboard a space ship, their main goal being to [[Survive]] for 12 turns despite all the [[Enemies]] and [[Obstacles]] that try to destroy the ship. The overarching structure of the game consists of a planning phase, where players in [[Real-Time Games|real-time]] try to coordinate what they should do by placing action [[Cards]] while being updated about future threats, and a [[Turn-Based Games|turn-based]] resolution phase, where the players perform their actions and notice if they have succeeded in cooperating against the threats.
-Each game consists of trying to fulfill a mission, which can be compared to a [[Levels|Level]] since there is a tendency towards higher difficulty on later missions. The missions are structured to provide a [[Smooth Learning Curves|Smooth Learning Curve]] but players can also influence the [[Difficulty Levels]] of a mission through selecting which [[Cards]] describing [[Enemies]] and [[Challenges]] should be in the [[Drawing Stacks]].
+Each game consists of trying to fulfill a mission, which can be compared to a [[Levels|Level]] since there is a tendency towards higher difficulty on later missions. The missions are structured to provide a [[Smooth Learning Curves|Smooth Learning Curve]] but players can also influence the [[Difficulty Levels]] of a mission through selecting which [[Cards]] describing [[Enemies]] and [[Mutual Goals]] should be in the [[Drawing Stacks]].
 === Real Time Action Planning Phase ===

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 [[Common Goals]], [[Limited Set of Actions]], [[Difficulty Levels]], (rewarded) [[Simultaneity]], [[Time Limits]]
-[[Cooperation]], [[Synergy]], [[Communication]], [[Time Pressure]]
+[[Cooperation]], [[Synergy]], [[Communication Channels]], [[Time Pressure]]
 [[Lack of cooperation frustration]], [[Team Strategy Identification]], [[FUBAR Enjoyment]], [[Spectacular Failure Enjoyment]], [[Group fulfillment]], tension enjoyment(?)
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 === Real Time Action Planning Phase ===
-This phase is played out while listening to a sound track and ends when the recording ends. The sound track describing what happens, i.e. where and when [[Enemies]] and or obstacles will appear, but also when players may do or not do specific actions, specifically [[Trading]] of [[Cards]], drawing an extra card, or [[Communication|Communicating]] (Communication between the players can be banned for a short period of time).
+This phase is played out while listening to a sound track and ends when the recording ends. The sound track describing what happens, i.e. where and when [[Enemies]] and or obstacles will appear, but also when players may do or not do specific actions, specifically [[Trading]] of [[Cards]], drawing an extra card, or limiting [[Communication Channels]] (communication between the players can be banned for a short period of time).
 Although all events occur in the same sequence and at the same time each time a mission is played, the missions have [[Replayability]] since the exact nature of the enemy or obstacle is [[Randomness|random]] through being drawn from a [[Drawing Stacks|Drawing Stack]].
-Each player has twelve slots -- corresponding to rounds during the resolution phase of the game -- where [[Cards]] can be placed to show if the player does something that round. The players can [[Movement|Move]] around the ship using [[Cards]] that may also be used to carry out one of the following [[Limited Set of Actions|actions]]: use the computers, fire a weapon, distribute energy to shields or storages, or a "special action" depending on the players location, such as launching in a fighter or activating internal security. The ship's energy is a [[Non-Renewable Resources|Non-Renewable Resource]], and so is its missiles. Players place their cards upside down, but may tell the others what they plan to do, thus stimulating [[Communication]] within the [[Teams|Team]]. Being unable to destroy an [[Enemies|Enemy]] results in a [[Penalties|Penalty]] in the form of [[Ability Losses]] as the shields and eventually the ship is damaged.
+Each player has twelve slots -- corresponding to rounds during the resolution phase of the game -- where [[Cards]] can be placed to show if the player does something that round. The players can [[Movement|Move]] around the ship using [[Cards]] that may also be used to carry out one of the following [[Limited Set of Actions|actions]]: use the computers, fire a weapon, distribute energy to shields or storages, or a "special action" depending on the players location, such as launching in a fighter or activating internal security. The ship's energy is a [[Non-Renewable Resources|Non-Renewable Resource]], and so is its missiles. Players place their cards upside down, but may tell the others what they plan to do, thus stimulating use of [[Communication Channels]] within the [[Teams|Team]]. Being unable to destroy an [[Enemies|Enemy]] results in a [[Penalties|Penalty]] in the form of [[Ability Losses]] as the shields and eventually the ship is damaged.
-Since this phase is [[Time Limits|Time-limited]], it generates [[Time Pressure]] which in turn results in [[Tension]]. Very much information is known, e.g. how much damage an [[Enemies|Enemy]] can take, the firepower of the ship's weapon's etc. This [[Stimulated Planning|Stimulates Planning]] but to balance things out the game also requires a lot of [[Timing]]; [[Enemies]] can only be attacked once they have appeared, and it is [[Rewards|Rewarding]] to shoot at an [[Enemies|Enemy]] [[Simultaneity|Simultaneously]]. Thus, lots of [[Communication]] is required to succeed, but due to [[Time Pressure]] this does not always work out. The result is that players often ''feel'' that they have much more [[Imperfect Information]] than they actually do; for instance they may well communicate exactly what everyone does when but in practice this is not feasible given the time restraints.
+Since this phase is [[Time Limits|Time-limited]], it generates [[Time Pressure]] which in turn results in [[Tension]]. Very much information is known, e.g. how much damage an [[Enemies|Enemy]] can take, the firepower of the ship's weapon's etc. This [[Stimulated Planning|Stimulates Planning]] but to balance things out the game also requires a lot of [[Timing]]; [[Enemies]] can only be attacked once they have appeared, and it is [[Rewards|Rewarding]] to shoot at an [[Enemies|Enemy]] [[Simultaneity|Simultaneously]]. Thus, use of [[Communication Channels]] is required to succeed, but due to [[Time Pressure]] this does not always work out. The result is that players often ''feel'' that they have much more [[Imperfect Information]] than they actually do; for instance they may well communicate exactly what everyone does when but in practice this is not feasible given the time restraints.
 === Resolution Phase ===