Testing Achievements - Revision history

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 ==== with [[Collections]] ====
-[[Grind]], [[Grind Achievements]]
+[[Grind Achievements]],
 === Can Modulate ===

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 ==== with [[Collections]] ====
-[[Grind Achievements]]
+[[Grind]], [[Grind Achievements]]
 === Can Modulate ===

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 Like other types of [[Achievements]], [[Testing Achievements]] can be seen as a type of [[Rewards|Reward]] and a basis for [[Meta Games]]. [[Testing Achievements]] can, unlike other types of [[Achievements]], support [[Smooth Learning Curves]] since they can provide motivation to players during the start of engaging in some type activity when players are learning and [[Experimenting]].
-For games with [[Varied Gameplay]], [[Testing Achievements]] can be used to make players at least test the different ways of playing for a short while. This may promote [[Replayability]], but is probably more likely to do so when combined with [[Goal Achievements]] to provide [[Rewards]] both for beginning to play a certain way and for successfully completing the game or [[Quests|Quest]] in a game by playing a certain way.
+For games with [[Varied Gameplay]], [[Testing Achievements]] can be used to make players at least test the different ways of playing for a short while. This may promote [[Replayability]] and can work against [[Grinding]], but is probably more likely to do so when combined with [[Goal Achievements]] to provide [[Rewards]] both for beginning to play a certain way and for successfully completing the game or [[Quests|Quest]] in a game by playing a certain way.
 == Relations ==

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 === Potentially Conflicting With ===
-[[Grind Achievements]]
+[[Grind Achievements]],
 == History ==

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 [[Testing Achievements]] are typically designed through selecting some of the optional activities supported by the game, one that might otherwise be overlooked if players are focused on one strategy of completing or winning the game. However, for games with [[Varied Gameplay]] one can construct [[Testing Achievements]] to make players test other ways of playing the game, so these types of [[Achievements]] can also be used to encouraged [[Varied Gameplay]] if the difference in gameplay is under  players' choice (rather than the game varying the gameplay between different parts). Even if the required actions by players often are trivially easy in [[Testing Achievements]], they can be made even easier by awarding them simply for trying - actions do not have to be successfully performed for the achievement to be given.
-What differs [[Testing Achievements]] from [[Goal Achievements]] is simply that even if performing the activity could be seen as a goal, it is a trivial goal to succeed with and the main requirement is that the player is willing to try the activity (and does not need to successfully complete it). However, [[Testing Achievements]] and [[Goal Achievements]] can be used in pair - the first for trying to perform some activity and the second for showing that one has mastered that specific activity through reaching a non-trivial goal. An example of this is the achievements ''Ol' Buddy Ol' Pal'' and ''The Whole Gang's Here'' in [[Fallout: New Vegas]] which are given for having recruited any [[Companions|Companion]] and having recruited all respectively. [[Grind Achievements]] may be constructed from requiring players to perform the same activity as the same used in [[Testing Achievements]], but repeatedly performing an activity is directly opposite to testing it.
+What differs [[Testing Achievements]] from [[Goal Achievements]] is simply that even if performing the activity could be seen as a goal, it is a trivial goal to succeed with and the main requirement is that the player is willing to try the activity (and does not need to successfully complete it). However, [[Testing Achievements]] and [[Goal Achievements]] can be used in pair - the first for trying to perform some activity and the second for showing that one has mastered that specific activity through reaching a non-trivial goal. An example of this is the achievements ''Ol' Buddy Ol' Pal'' and ''The Whole Gang's Here'' in [[Fallout: New Vegas]] which are given for having recruited any [[Companions|Companion]] and having recruited all respectively. [[Grind Achievements]] may be constructed from requiring players to perform the same activity as one used in a [[Testing Achievement|Testing Achievements]] but repeatedly performing it (in practice combining the [[Testing Achievement|Testing Achievements]] with a [[Collection|Collections]]).
 All types of [[Achievements]] can be used to create [[Meta Games]] based on [[Collections]] goals. [[Testing Achievements]] are in this respect low hanging fruits that can be used to increase the number of [[Achievements]] without demanding an especially high increase in effort needed to complete [[Collections]].
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 == Relations ==
 === Can Instantiate ===
-[[Achievements]], [[Experimenting]], [[Grind Achievements]], [[Meta Games]], [[Replayability]], [[Rewards]]
+[[Achievements]], [[Experimenting]], [[Meta Games]], [[Replayability]], [[Rewards]]
 === Can Modulate ===

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 What differs [[Testing Achievements]] from [[Goal Achievements]] is simply that even if performing the activity could be seen as a goal, it is a trivial goal to succeed with and the main requirement is that the player is willing to try the activity (and does not need to successfully complete it). However, [[Testing Achievements]] and [[Goal Achievements]] can be used in pair - the first for trying to perform some activity and the second for showing that one has mastered that specific activity through reaching a non-trivial goal. An example of this is the achievements ''Ol' Buddy Ol' Pal'' and ''The Whole Gang's Here'' in [[Fallout: New Vegas]] which are given for having recruited any [[Companions|Companion]] and having recruited all respectively. [[Grind Achievements]] may be constructed from requiring players to perform the same activity as the same used in [[Testing Achievements]], but repeatedly performing an activity is directly opposite to testing it.
-All types of [[Achievements]] can be used to create [[Meta Games]] based on [[Collection]] goals. [[Testing Achievements]] are in this respect low hanging fruits that can be used to increase the number of [[Achievements]] without demanding an especially high increase in effort needed to complete the [[Collection]].
+All types of [[Achievements]] can be used to create [[Meta Games]] based on [[Collections]] goals. [[Testing Achievements]] are in this respect low hanging fruits that can be used to increase the number of [[Achievements]] without demanding an especially high increase in effort needed to complete [[Collections]].
 == Consequences ==

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 === Can Modulate ===
-[[Companions]], [[Smooth Learning Curves]], [[Varied Gameplay]]
+[[Companions]], [[Quests]], [[Smooth Learning Curves]], [[Varied Gameplay]]
 === Can Be Instantiated By ===

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 Although having aspects of grinding, the achievement ''Head of the Class'' in [[Team Fortress 2]] forces players to test all classes available in the game and thereby experience the different abilities available<ref name="TF2"/>. Although constructing building can be difficult to to enemy interference, helping a team mate construct one to get the ''Land Grab'' achievement qualifies as a [[Testing Achievements]] as well since it is not to difficulty to succeed with in well-chosen locations.
-[[Fallout:New Vegas]] of the [[Fallout series]] encourages players to get a companion through rewarding them with the ''Ol' Buddy Ol' Pal'' achievements. It also has an achievement each for playing 10 round of Roulette, Blackjack, and Slots: ''Little Wheel'', ''Double Down'', and ''One Armed Bandit''<ref name="F:NV"/>.
+[[Fallout: New Vegas]] of the [[Fallout series]] encourages players to get a companion through rewarding them with the ''Ol' Buddy Ol' Pal'' achievements. It also has an achievement each for playing 10 round of Roulette, Blackjack, and Slots: ''Little Wheel'', ''Double Down'', and ''One Armed Bandit''<ref name="F:NV"/>.
 == Using the pattern ==
 [[Testing Achievements]] are typically designed through selecting some of the optional activities supported by the game, one that might otherwise be overlooked if players are focused on one strategy of completing or winning the game. However, for games with [[Varied Gameplay]] one can construct [[Testing Achievements]] to make players test other ways of playing the game, so these types of [[Achievements]] can also be used to encouraged [[Varied Gameplay]] if the difference in gameplay is under  players' choice (rather than the game varying the gameplay between different parts). Even if the required actions by players often are trivially easy in [[Testing Achievements]], they can be made even easier by awarding them simply for trying - actions do not have to be successfully performed for the achievement to be given.
-What differs [[Testing Achievements]] from [[Goal Achievements]] is simply that even if performing the activity could be seen as a goal, it is a trivial goal to succeed with and the main requirement is that the player is willing to try the activity (and does not need to successfully complete it). However, [[Testing Achievements]] and [[Goal Achievements]] can be used in pair - the first for trying to perform some activity and the second for showing that one has mastered that specific activity through reaching a non-trivial goal. An example of this is the achievements ''Ol' Buddy Ol' Pal'' and ''The Whole Gang's Here'' in [[Fallout:New Vegas]] which are given for having recruited any [[Companions|Companion]] and having recruited all respectively. [[Grind Achievements]] may be constructed from requiring players to perform the same activity as the same used in [[Testing Achievements]], but repeatedly performing an activity is directly opposite to testing it.
+What differs [[Testing Achievements]] from [[Goal Achievements]] is simply that even if performing the activity could be seen as a goal, it is a trivial goal to succeed with and the main requirement is that the player is willing to try the activity (and does not need to successfully complete it). However, [[Testing Achievements]] and [[Goal Achievements]] can be used in pair - the first for trying to perform some activity and the second for showing that one has mastered that specific activity through reaching a non-trivial goal. An example of this is the achievements ''Ol' Buddy Ol' Pal'' and ''The Whole Gang's Here'' in [[Fallout: New Vegas]] which are given for having recruited any [[Companions|Companion]] and having recruited all respectively. [[Grind Achievements]] may be constructed from requiring players to perform the same activity as the same used in [[Testing Achievements]], but repeatedly performing an activity is directly opposite to testing it.
 All types of [[Achievements]] can be used to create [[Meta Games]] based on [[Collection]] goals. [[Testing Achievements]] are in this respect low hanging fruits that can be used to increase the number of [[Achievements]] without demanding an especially high increase in effort needed to complete the [[Collection]].