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	Games aiming at [[FUBAR Enjoyment]] by having a player need to deal with many simultaneous challenges can increase the likelihood of that experience by adding the need of fulfilling [[Survive]] goals.		Games aiming at [[FUBAR Enjoyment]] by having a player need to deal with many simultaneous challenges can increase the likelihood of that experience by adding the need of fulfilling [[Survive]] goals.
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		+	[[Survive]] goals are often used to create [[Unwinnable Games]] by simply having no winning condition and having gameplay end when the [[Survive]] goal fails.

	=== Diegetic Aspects ===		=== Diegetic Aspects ===

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 [[Continuous Goals]],
 [[Preventing Goals]],
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 === Can Modulate ===

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 ''The goal of trying to avoid having game elements being eliminated, killed, or otherwise removed from gameplay.''
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 === Examples ===
-[[Survive]] goals typically manifest in two different ways in games. One is a hostile environment, primarily through enemies or monsters, threaten to kill players' characters. Example of this can be found in [[Asteroids]], [[Chess]], [[Go]], [[Space Alert]], [[Space Invaders]], and the [[Left 4 Dead series]]. Another is that players have to negotiate continuously depleting resources, as for example in [[Oxygen Not Included]]. [[:Category:Roguelikes|Roguelikes]], e.g., [[Unexplored]], and more generally [[:Category:Survival Games|Survival Games]] typically provide both types of challenges with varying ratios. Examples of [[:Category:Survival Games|Survival Games]] include [[Dead of Winter]], [[Minecraft]], [[No Man's Sky]], [[Project Zomboid]], [[Slaves to Armok II: Dwarf Fortress]], [[Terraria]], and [[Valheim]].
+[[Survive]] goals typically manifest in two different ways in games. One is a hostile environment, primarily through enemies or monsters, threaten to kill players' characters. Example of this can be found in [[Asteroids]], [[Chess]], [[Go]], [[Space Alert]], [[Space Invaders]], and the [[Left 4 Dead series]]. Another is that players must handle continuously depleting resources, as for example in [[Oxygen Not Included]]. [[:Category:Roguelikes|Roguelikes]], e.g., [[Unexplored]], and more generally [[:Category:Survival Games|Survival Games]] typically provide both types of challenges with varying ratios. Examples of [[:Category:Survival Games|Survival Games]] include [[Dead of Winter]], [[Minecraft]], [[No Man's Sky]], [[Project Zomboid]], [[Slaves to Armok II: Dwarf Fortress]], [[Terraria]], and [[Valheim]].
 == Using the pattern ==
 The two primary aspects of consider when designing for [[Survive]] goals in a game is what is to [[Survive]] and what threatens it.
-[[Survive]] goals tied to game elements directly tied to players' agency, e.g., [[Avatars]], [[Characters]], and [[Units]] are typically most natural to consider in games. The use of [[Lives]] allow [[Survive]] goals to not remove game elements permanently or end gameplay when a [[Survive]] goal is failed the first time. However, [[Survive]] goals do not need to be focus on players' [[Focus Loci]]. [[Guard]], [[Guide and Protect]], and [[Herd]] can be modulated with the [[Survive]] goal by making it possible for the targets of those goals to "die" and thereby failing the goals. [[Survive]] goals can also be introduced to the rivals in games with [[Internal Rivalry]] to removing elimination of those rivals as a solution to the rivalry.
+[[Survive]] goals tied to game elements directly tied to players' agency, e.g., [[Avatars]], [[Characters]], and [[Units]] are typically most natural to consider in games. The use of [[Lives]] allows [[Survive]] goals to not remove game elements permanently or end gameplay when a [[Survive]] goal is failed the first time. However, [[Survive]] goals do not need to be focus on players' [[Focus Loci]]. [[Guard]], [[Guide and Protect]], and [[Herd]] can be modulated with the [[Survive]] goal by making it possible for the targets of those goals to "die" and thereby failing the goals. [[Survive]] goals can also be introduced to the rivals in games with [[Internal Rivalry]] to removing elimination of those rivals as a solution to the rivalry.
-Survival threats can either be passive or active. Passive one are typically based on [[Maintenance Costs]] of thematically suitable [[Resources]] (e.g., [[Health]]) and many different [[Resources]] can be used simultaneously or more complex or difficult gameplay (e.g., food, water, air, heat, etc.). [[Steadily Decreasing Resources]] can be used to make passive threats to [[Survive]] goals be guaranteed to at some point succeed in making players fail with the goal and thereby create [[Unwinnable Games]]. Active threats can broadly be divided into [[Enemies]] and [[Environmental Effects]]. An alterative to game-controlled [[Enemies]] are players with [[Eliminate]] goals focused on the owner of the [[Survive]] goal ([[Enemies]] can also be given [[Eliminate]] goals to nuance whom they are [[Enemies]] to). A special case of this is [[Last Man Standing]]; where players all have [[Survive]] goals and [[Symmetric Goals]] of [[Eliminate|Eliminating]] each other. Introducing [[Eliminate]] goals is one way to modify the [[Survive]] goal with a [[Preventing Goals|Preventing Goal]]. However, [[Preventing Goals]] to [[Survive]] goals can also be possible for passive threats if for example players can deny each other access to needed [[Resources]].
+Survival threats can either be passive or active. Passive threats are typically based on [[Maintenance Costs]] of thematically suitable [[Resources]] (e.g., [[Health]]) and many different [[Resources]] can be used simultaneously or more complex or difficult gameplay (e.g., food, water, air, heat, etc.). [[Steadily Decreasing Resources]] can be used to make passive threats to [[Survive]] goals be guaranteed to at some point succeed in making players fail with the goal and thereby create [[Unwinnable Games]]. Active threats can broadly be divided into [[Enemies]] and [[Environmental Effects]]. An alterative to game-controlled [[Enemies]] are players with [[Eliminate]] goals focused on the owner of the [[Survive]] goal ([[Enemies]] can also be given [[Eliminate]] goals to nuance whom they are [[Enemies]] to). A special case of this is [[Last Man Standing]]; where players all have [[Survive]] goals and [[Symmetric Goals]] of [[Eliminate|Eliminating]] each other. Introducing [[Eliminate]] goals is one way to modify the [[Survive]] goal with a [[Preventing Goals|Preventing Goal]]. However, [[Preventing Goals]] to [[Survive]] goals can also be possible for passive threats if for example players can deny each other access to needed [[Resources]].
 [[Survive]] goals in themselves are [[Preventing Goals]]. However, players can be offered more active ways of succeeding with [[Survive]] goals by allowing them to [[Conceal]] the targets of the goals or by [[Eliminate|Eliminating]] the threats that exist.
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 == Consequences ==
-[[Survive]] is an example of a [[Continuous Goals|Continuous Goal]] in that succeeding with it requires maintaining a state (i.e., being ''alive'') over time. It often functions as a [[Preventing Goals|Preventing Goal]] also; this as long as there is some player of [[Agents|Agent]] that has a relevant [[Eliminate]] goal. That is, [[Survive]] and [[Eliminate]] often function as [[Preventing Goals]] to each other.
+[[Survive]] is an example of a [[Continuous Goals|Continuous Goal]] in that succeeding with it requires maintaining a state (i.e., being ''alive'') over time. It often functions as a [[Preventing Goals|Preventing Goal]] also whenever there is some player of [[Agents|Agent]] that has a relevant [[Eliminate]] goal. That is, [[Survive]] and [[Eliminate]] often function as [[Preventing Goals]] to each other.
 == Relations ==

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 Survival threats can either be passive or active. Passive one are typically based on [[Maintenance Costs]] of thematically suitable [[Resources]] (e.g., [[Health]]) and many different [[Resources]] can be used simultaneously or more complex or difficult gameplay (e.g., food, water, air, heat, etc.). [[Steadily Decreasing Resources]] can be used to make passive threats to [[Survive]] goals be guaranteed to at some point succeed in making players fail with the goal and thereby create [[Unwinnable Games]]. Active threats can broadly be divided into [[Enemies]] and [[Environmental Effects]]. An alterative to game-controlled [[Enemies]] are players with [[Eliminate]] goals focused on the owner of the [[Survive]] goal ([[Enemies]] can also be given [[Eliminate]] goals to nuance whom they are [[Enemies]] to). A special case of this is [[Last Man Standing]]; where players all have [[Survive]] goals and [[Symmetric Goals]] of [[Eliminate|Eliminating]] each other. Introducing [[Eliminate]] goals is one way to modify the [[Survive]] goal with a [[Preventing Goals|Preventing Goal]]. However, [[Preventing Goals]] to [[Survive]] goals can also be possible for passive threats if for example players can deny each other access to needed [[Resources]].
-[[Eliminate]],
+[[Survive]] goals in themselves are [[Preventing Goals]]. However, players can be offered more active ways of succeeding with [[Survive]] goals by allowing them to [[Conceal]] the targets of the goals or by [[Eliminate|Eliminating]] the threats that exist.
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 Games aiming at [[FUBAR Enjoyment]] by having a player need to deal with many simultaneous challenges can increase the likelihood of that experience by adding the need of fulfilling [[Survive]] goals.

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Survive]] is an example of a [[Continuous Goals|Continuous Goal]] in that succeeding with it requires maintaining a state (i.e., being ''alive'') over time.
+[[Survive]] is an example of a [[Continuous Goals|Continuous Goal]] in that succeeding with it requires maintaining a state (i.e., being ''alive'') over time. It often functions as a [[Preventing Goals|Preventing Goal]] also; this as long as there is some player of [[Agents|Agent]] that has a relevant [[Eliminate]] goal. That is, [[Survive]] and [[Eliminate]] often function as [[Preventing Goals]] to each other.
 == Relations ==

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 Survival threats can either be passive or active. Passive one are typically based on [[Maintenance Costs]] of thematically suitable [[Resources]] (e.g., [[Health]]) and many different [[Resources]] can be used simultaneously or more complex or difficult gameplay (e.g., food, water, air, heat, etc.). [[Steadily Decreasing Resources]] can be used to make passive threats to [[Survive]] goals be guaranteed to at some point succeed in making players fail with the goal and thereby create [[Unwinnable Games]]. Active threats can broadly be divided into [[Enemies]] and [[Environmental Effects]]. An alterative to game-controlled [[Enemies]] are players with [[Eliminate]] goals focused on the owner of the [[Survive]] goal ([[Enemies]] can also be given [[Eliminate]] goals to nuance whom they are [[Enemies]] to). A special case of this is [[Last Man Standing]]; where players all have [[Survive]] goals and [[Symmetric Goals]] of [[Eliminate|Eliminating]] each other. Introducing [[Eliminate]] goals is one way to modify the [[Survive]] goal with a [[Preventing Goals|Preventing Goal]]. However, [[Preventing Goals]] to [[Survive]] goals can also be possible for passive threats if for example players can deny each other access to needed [[Resources]].
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 === Diegetic Aspects ===
 While [[Survive]] goals with active threats are typically presented as violence in some form, [[Rhythm-Based Actions]] show how [[Survive]] goals can be tied more abstractly to player performance in music-themed games such as the [[Guitar Hero series]].
 === Narration Aspects ===

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 [[FUBAR Enjoyment]],
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+=== Diegetic Aspects ===
+While [[Survive]] goals with active threats are typically presented as violence in some form, [[Rhythm-Based Actions]] show how [[Survive]] goals can be tied more abstractly to player performance in music-themed games such as the [[Guitar Hero series]].
-[[Rhythm-Based Actions]],
 === Can Be Modulated By ===