Synchronous Gameplay - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 11:59, 17 July 2015

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Staffan Björk at 11:55, 17 July 2015

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Staffan Björk at 11:40, 17 July 2015

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Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

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‎Using the pattern

Staffan Björk at 11:19, 17 July 2015

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Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

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‎Using the pattern

Staffan Björk: /* Consequences */

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Staffan Björk at 09:07, 17 July 2015

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Staffan Björk: /* Relations */

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 ''Games in which all players' game and play sessions overlap with each other in time.''

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 ''Games in which all players' game and play sessions overlap with each other in time.''
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+Many games are designed to have several players playing them together. When they are designed so the time spent playing takes places simultaneously, they have [[Synchronous Gameplay]]. Since planning what to do can be considered playing, this can be subjective to how interested players are in planning and predicting future actions while not being able to actually perform actions in a game.
-This pattern is a still a stub.
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 === Examples ===
+[[:Category:Team-based Games|Team-based Games]] such as [[Counter-Strike]] and [[Defense of the Ancients]] are designed around [[Synchronous Gameplay]] but in a weaker form where players can be eliminated or quit before game instances are finished. [[:Category:Sports|Sports]] with teams, e.g. such as [[Soccer]] or [[Volleyball]], also have [[Synchronous Gameplay]] except when using reserves which excludes practically all matches played professionally.
 [[Chess]] and [[Go]] are ''typically'' played so they have a weak form of [[Synchronous Gameplay]]. That is, players are typically both engaged with the game at the same time but since only one person can perform actions they only have [[Synchronous Gameplay]] as long as the other player perceives him- or herself as engaged in the game through planning future moves.

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 ''Games in which all players' game and play sessions overlap with each other in time.''
 This pattern is a still a stub.
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 How play and game sessions are handled for [[Synchronous Gameplay]] is important since players may need to have pauses between them. This makes the decision of having [[Real-Time Games]], [[Tick-Based Games]], or [[Turn-Based Games]] important when having [[Synchronous Gameplay]]. As one example of how these may influence the gameplay, [[Real-Time Games]] don't in themselves provide natural points for breaks while [[Turn-Based Games]] do.
-[[Synchronous Gameplay]] is incompatible with [[Turn Taking]] when turns do not support the players not having one from having gameplay.
+[[Synchronous Gameplay]] is incompatible with [[Turn Taking]] when turns do not support the players not having one from having gameplay. While [[Player Elimination]] strictly is against the definition of [[Synchronous Gameplay]] given above, a weaker form of [[Synchronous Gameplay]] can be said to be that all non-eliminated players have simultaneous play and game sessions.
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
 [[Communication Channels]],
 [[Real-Time Games]],
 [[Tick-Based Games]],

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-[[Synchronous Gameplay]] is typically either part of a game design to support [[Togetherness]] or simply a practical consequence of handling [[Excise]] in [[Self-Facilitated Games]] while at the same time letting players observe each other to mitigate risks of errors or cheating. While quite obviously [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] are not needed in the latter case, in the former it may be necessary if only to postpone the start of gameplay until everyone is present and to synchronize eventual [[Game Pauses]].
+[[Synchronous Gameplay]] is typically either part of a game design to support [[Togetherness]] or simply a practical consequence of handling [[Excise]] in [[Self-Facilitated Games]] while at the same time letting players observe each other to mitigate risks of errors or cheating. While quite obviously [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] are not needed in the latter case, in the former it may be necessary if only to postpone the start of gameplay until everyone is present and to synchronize eventual [[Game Pauses]]. Since [[Synchronous Gameplay]] ensures that all players are present at the same time, providing [[Communication Channels]] to them often make sense if [[Social Interaction]] between them is encouraged.
-=== Can Be Modulated By ===
+How play and game sessions are handled for [[Synchronous Gameplay]] is important since players may need to have pauses between them. This makes the decision of having [[Real-Time Games]], [[Tick-Based Games]], or [[Turn-Based Games]] important when having [[Synchronous Gameplay]]. As one example of how these may influence the gameplay, [[Real-Time Games]] don't in themselves provide natural points for breaks while [[Turn-Based Games]] do.
-[[Communication Channels]],
 [[Real-Time Games]],
 [[Tick-Based Games]],
 [[Turn-Based Games]]
 [[Synchronous Gameplay]] is incompatible with [[Turn Taking]] when turns do not support the players not having one from having gameplay.

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Synchronous Gameplay]] makes games become [[Multiplayer Games]] and one sense of judging how much of [[Multiplayer Games]] they are can be how much of the gameplay is synchronous.
+Having players having play session are the same time allows them to have real-time conversations, so [[Synchronous Gameplay]] affect the [[Social Interaction]] they can have during gameplay.
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-[[Downtime]]
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-[[Social Interaction]]
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+[[Dedicated Game Facilitators]]
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 === Potentially Conflicting With ===
+[[Turn Taking]]
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