Transport Routes - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 12:20, 1 September 2016

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Staffan Björk at 13:52, 21 July 2016

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Staffan Björk at 08:09, 3 August 2015

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Staffan Björk at 08:01, 3 August 2015

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Staffan Björk at 07:46, 3 August 2015

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Transport Routes]] give rise to basic [[Traverse]] goals of moving from one end of it to the other. They can create [[Choke Points]] if opposing exists or the transport capacity is limited. [[Game World Navigation]] can be necessary when players have several [[Transport Routes]] to choose from and [[Lull Periods]] can occur if they are sufficiently long and do not require much attention from players.
+[[Transport Routes]] give rise to basic [[Traverse]] goals of moving from one end of it to the other. They can create [[Choke Points]] if opposing exists or the transport capacity is limited, and [[Laning]] if several different [[Transport Routes]] between the same start and end area exists. [[Game World Navigation]] can be necessary when players have several [[Transport Routes]] to choose from and [[Lull Periods]] can occur if they are sufficiently long and do not require much attention from players.
 == Relations ==

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 [[Diegetic Consistency]],
 [[Game World Navigation]],
 [[Lull Periods]],
 [[Traverse]]
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 === Potentially Conflicting With ===
 [[Quick Travel]],
 [[Warp Zones]]
 == History ==

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 == Using the pattern ==
-The basic purpose of [[Transport Routes]] is to require [[Movement]] between two points in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]]. Alternatives to using [[Transport Routes]] include [[Quick Travel]] and [[Warp Zones]]. One way of creating [[Transport Routes]] is "cutting" or "spanning" through otherwise impassable game world materials, and here [[Vehicle Sections]] is a special case which requires or strongly promotes the use of [[Vehicles]]. Another way it to limit [[Movement]] possibilities through [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Invisible Walls]], or [[Obstacles]] so that the remaining routes are the only [[Transport Routes]]. A third option is simply to use [[Cut Scenes]].
+The basic purpose of [[Transport Routes]] is to require [[Movement]] between two points in [[Game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], or [[Levels]]. Alternatives to using [[Transport Routes]] include [[Quick Travel]] and [[Warp Zones]]. One way of creating [[Transport Routes]] is "cutting" or "spanning" through otherwise impassable game world materials, and here [[Vehicle Sections]] is a special case which requires or strongly promotes the use of [[Vehicles]]. Another way it to limit [[Movement]] possibilities through [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Invisible Walls]], or [[Obstacles]] so that the remaining routes are the only [[Transport Routes]]. A third option is simply to use [[Cut Scenes]].
 As a pattern relating to connecting locations together, it has relations to many such patterns relating to connections. [[Conditional Passageways]] can be used to only make the [[Transport Routes]] accessible at some point during gameplay while [[One-Way Travel]] limits access to one direction. [[Quick Returns]] makes travelling in one direction optional while [[Backtracking Levels]] makes it a requirement.
 === Diegetic Aspects ===
-Unlike [[Warp Zones]], [[Transport Routes]] maintain [[Diegetic Consistency]] since the pattern make [[Movement]] possible between places in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]] that should or could be diegetically possible. [[Illusion of Open Space]] can be necessary to include in [[Transport Routes]] when striving for [[Diegetic Consistency]] if the diegesis implies that one would be able to perceive more of the [[Game Worlds|Game World]] from the [[Transport Routes|Transport Route]] than the route itself.
+Unlike [[Warp Zones]], [[Transport Routes]] maintain [[Diegetic Consistency]] since the pattern make [[Movement]] possible between places in [[Game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], or [[Levels]] that should or could be diegetically possible. [[Illusion of Open Space]] can be necessary to include in [[Transport Routes]] when striving for [[Diegetic Consistency]] if the diegesis implies that one would be able to perceive more of the [[Game Worlds|Game World]] from the [[Transport Routes|Transport Route]] than the route itself.
 === Narration Aspects ===
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 === Can Modulate ===
 [[Game Worlds]],
 [[Levels]],

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 [[Category:Level Design Patterns]]
 [[Category:Patterns]]
 [[Category:Needs revision]]
 [[Category:Needs references]]
 [[Category:Patterns created on the Wiki]]
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 ''A route in a game world that players need to traverse to get to certain locations.''

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 === Examples ===
 Both "old-school" [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]] such as [[Dungeons & Dragons]] and [[:Category:FPS Games|FPS Games]] such as the [[Doom series]] or the [[Quake series]] contain [[Transport Routes]] in the form of corridors. The [[Half-Life series]] have these also but also provide a section in [[Half-Life 2]] where one uses a car to move over longer distances.
 == Using the pattern ==

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 == Using the pattern ==
-The basic purpose of [[Transport Routes]] is to require [[Movement]] between two points in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]].
+The basic purpose of [[Transport Routes]] is to require [[Movement]] between two points in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]]. Alternatives to using [[Transport Routes]] include [[Quick Travel]] and [[Warp Zones]]. One way of creating [[Transport Routes]] is "cutting" or "spanning" through otherwise impassable game world materials, and here [[Vehicle Sections]] is a special case which requires or strongly promotes the use of [[Vehicles]]. Another way it to limit [[Movement]] possibilities through [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Invisible Walls]], or [[Obstacles]] so that the remaining routes are the only [[Transport Routes]]. A third option is simply to use [[Cut Scenes]].
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 As a pattern relating to connecting locations together, it has relations to many such patterns relating to connections. [[Conditional Passageways]] can be used to only make the [[Transport Routes]] accessible at some point during gameplay while [[One-Way Travel]] limits access to one direction (and [[Quick Returns]] makes travelling in on
 === Can Be Modulated By ===
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 [[Illusion of Open Space]],
-==== Diegetic Aspects ===
+=== Diegetic Aspects ===
 Unlike [[Warp Zones]], [[Transport Routes]] maintain [[Diegetic Consistency]] since the pattern make [[Movement]] possible between places in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]] that should or could be diegetically possible.