Ultra-Powerful Events - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 09:47, 21 September 2016

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Staffan Björk at 08:38, 3 September 2016

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Staffan Björk at 17:21, 30 July 2016

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Staffan Björk at 17:12, 30 July 2016

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Staffan Björk at 17:07, 30 July 2016

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Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

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 [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] are either used to make some events always take place, make [[Extended Actions]] uninterruptible, or guarantee [[Delayed Effects]] or [[Time Limits]]. They are one way of ensured that [[The Show Must Go On]]. While players cannot stop [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] from occurring their effects may not be since other events can counter the changes to the game state the first events caused. Thus, [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] may be a good starting point for creating [[Irreversible Events]] but designing for this has to take into account [[Reversibility]] that can occur from other actions and events. Of course, [[Reversibility]] of [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] may be desired.
-[[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] and [[Game Masters]] can make any event into an [[Ultra-Powerful Events|Ultra-Powerful Event]], for example through [[Fudged Results]] or by making players [[Helplessness|Helpless]]. Examples of design features whose events are often made into [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] include [[Controllers]], [[Deadly Traps]], [[Location-Fixed Abilities]], [[Movement]], [[One-Way Travel]], [[Quick Returns]], [[Quick Travel]], [[Shrinking Game Worlds]], [[Switches]], [[Traps]], and [[Damage]] done due to [[Moveable Tiles]]. When used together with [[Moveable Tiles]], [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] can require [[Timing]] and [[Rhythm-Based Actions]] (and knowing about these can be [[Strategic Knowledge]]). [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] can also affect  [[Maneuvering]] by requiring players to move due to the events. By necessity, the actions of [[Ghosts]] need to be [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] because being able to interrupt one of their events would very likely invalidated all their future actions. When [[Quick Travel]] isn't an [[Ultra-Powerful Events|Ultra-Powerful Event]] triggered by other cause, the action of doing [[Quick]] travel can be made into one, so [[Quick Travel]] can be both modulated and instantiated by [[Ultra-Powerful Events]].
+[[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] and [[Game Masters]] can make any event into an [[Ultra-Powerful Events|Ultra-Powerful Event]], for example through [[Fudged Results]] or by making players [[Helplessness|Helpless]]. Examples of design features whose events are often made into [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] include [[Controllers]], [[Location-Fixed Abilities]], [[Movement]], [[One-Way Travel]], [[Quick Returns]], [[Quick Travel]], [[Shrinking Game Worlds]], [[Switches]], [[Traps]], and [[Damage]] done due to [[Moveable Tiles]]. When used together with [[Moveable Tiles]], [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] can require [[Timing]] and [[Rhythm-Based Actions]] (and knowing about these can be [[Strategic Knowledge]]). [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] can also affect  [[Maneuvering]] by requiring players to move due to the events. By necessity, the actions of [[Ghosts]] need to be [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] because being able to interrupt one of their events would very likely invalidated all their future actions. When [[Quick Travel]] isn't an [[Ultra-Powerful Events|Ultra-Powerful Event]] triggered by other cause, the action of doing [[Quick]] travel can be made into one, so [[Quick Travel]] can be both modulated and instantiated by [[Ultra-Powerful Events]].
 [[Character Defining Actions]] are typically [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] (and [[Irreversible Events]]) since they wouldn't really be defining characters otherwise.
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 [[Controllers]],
 [[Cutscenes]],
 [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]],
 [[Fudged Results]],
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 [[Shrinking Game Worlds]],
 [[Switches]],
-[[Traps]],
+[[Traps]]
 [[Damage]] together with [[Moveable Tiles]]

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 [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] are either used to make some events always take place, make [[Extended Actions]] uninterruptible, or guarantee [[Delayed Effects]] or [[Time Limits]]. They are one way of ensured that [[The Show Must Go On]]. While players cannot stop [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] from occurring their effects may not be since other events can counter the changes to the game state the first events caused. Thus, [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] may be a good starting point for creating [[Irreversible Events]] but designing for this has to take into account [[Reversibility]] that can occur from other actions and events. Of course, [[Reversibility]] of [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] may be desired.
-[[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] and [[Game Masters]] can make any event into an [[Ultra-Powerful Events|Ultra-Powerful Event]], for example through [[Fudged Results]] or by making players [[Helplessness|Helpless]]. Examples of design features whose events are often made into [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] include [[Controllers]], [[Deadly Traps]], [[Location-Fixed Abilities]], [[Movement]], [[One-Way Travel]], [[Quick Returns]], [[Quick Travel]], [[Shrinking Game Worlds]], [[Switches]], [[Traps]], and [[Damage]] done due to [[Moveable Tiles]]. When used together with [[Moveable Tiles]], [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] can require [[Timing]] and [[Rhythm-Based Actions]] (and knowing about these can be [[Strategic Knowledge]]). [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] can also affect  [[Maneuvering]] by requiring players to move due to the events. By necessity, the actions of [[Ghosts]] need to be [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] because being able to interrupt one of their events would very likely invalidated all their future actions. When [[Quick Travel]] isn't an [[Ultra-Powerful Events|Ultra-Powerful Event]] triggered by other cause, the action of doing [[Quick]] travel can be made into one, so [[Quick Travels]] can be both modulated and instantiated by [[Ultra-Powerful Events]].
+[[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] and [[Game Masters]] can make any event into an [[Ultra-Powerful Events|Ultra-Powerful Event]], for example through [[Fudged Results]] or by making players [[Helplessness|Helpless]]. Examples of design features whose events are often made into [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] include [[Controllers]], [[Deadly Traps]], [[Location-Fixed Abilities]], [[Movement]], [[One-Way Travel]], [[Quick Returns]], [[Quick Travel]], [[Shrinking Game Worlds]], [[Switches]], [[Traps]], and [[Damage]] done due to [[Moveable Tiles]]. When used together with [[Moveable Tiles]], [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] can require [[Timing]] and [[Rhythm-Based Actions]] (and knowing about these can be [[Strategic Knowledge]]). [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] can also affect  [[Maneuvering]] by requiring players to move due to the events. By necessity, the actions of [[Ghosts]] need to be [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] because being able to interrupt one of their events would very likely invalidated all their future actions. When [[Quick Travel]] isn't an [[Ultra-Powerful Events|Ultra-Powerful Event]] triggered by other cause, the action of doing [[Quick]] travel can be made into one, so [[Quick Travel]] can be both modulated and instantiated by [[Ultra-Powerful Events]].
 [[Character Defining Actions]] are typically [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] (and [[Irreversible Events]]) since they wouldn't really be defining characters otherwise.

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 ''Events that cannot be affected by player actions.''
-This pattern is a still a stub.
+Some events in games cannot be affected by players. Some of these are parts of the game environment, for example the rising and setting of the sun, and can be well-known to the players and occur whether or not players try to cause them to occur. Others can be started by players, for example by tripping alarms, but once they have been started, players cannot influence how they develop. All such events are [[Ultra-Powerful Events]].
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 === Examples ===
 Some of the platforms in the [[Super Mario series]] start to dissolve after Mario has stood on them for a certain time. Although Mario can be moved from the platform to save him, the player cannot affect the disappearance of the platform.

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 === Examples ===
-Some events in games cannot be affected by players. Some of these are parts of the game environment, for example the rising and setting of the sun, and can be well-known to the players and occur whether or not players try to cause them to occur (examples of sun movement occurs in both [[Hearts of Iron]] and [[Zelda series|The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]). Others can be started by players, for example by tripping alarms, but once they have been started, players cannot influence how they develop (examples of this are found in the [[Left 4 Dead series]] and the [[Thief series]]).
+Some events in games cannot be affected by players. Some of these are parts of the game environment, for example the rising and setting of the sun, and can be well-known to the players and occur whether or not players try to cause them to occur (examples of sun movement occurs in both [[Hearts of Iron]] and [[Zelda Series|The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]). Others can be started by players, for example by tripping alarms, but once they have been started, players cannot influence how they develop (examples of this are found in the [[Left 4 Dead series]] and the [[Thief series]]).
 Some of the platforms in the [[Super Mario series]] start to dissolve after Mario has stood on them for a certain time. Although Mario can be moved from the platform to save him, the player cannot affect the disappearance of the platform.

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 === Examples ===
-[[Left 4 Dead series]]
+Some events in games cannot be affected by players. Some of these are parts of the game environment, for example the rising and setting of the sun, and can be well-known to the players and occur whether or not players try to cause them to occur (examples of sun movement occurs in both [[Hearts of Iron]] and [[Zelda series|The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]). Others can be started by players, for example by tripping alarms, but once they have been started, players cannot influence how they develop (examples of this are found in the [[Left 4 Dead series]] and the [[Thief series]]).
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-Some events in games cannot be affected by players. Some of these are parts of the game environment, for example the rising and setting of the sun, and can be well-known to the players and occur whether or not players try to cause them to occur (examples of sun movement occurs in both [[Hearts of Iron]] and [[Zelda seires|The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]). Others can be started by players, for example by tripping alarms, but once they have been started, players cannot influence how they develop (examples of this are fonud in the [[Thief series]]. These events may be used to unfold the game's story or simply represent greater forces, e.g. machinery.
 Some of the platforms in the [[Super Mario series]] start to dissolve after Mario has stood on them for a certain time. Although Mario can be moved from the platform to save him, the player cannot affect the disappearance of the platform.

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 Some of the platforms in the [[Super Mario series]] start to dissolve after Mario has stood on them for a certain time. Although Mario can be moved from the platform to save him, the player cannot affect the disappearance of the platform.
-Games that have cutscenes between levels or after completing goals, e.g. the [[Assassins Creed series]], the [[Dead Rising series]], and the [[Tomb Raider series]], are examples of games with [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] since players cannot affect the game while the cutscenes are being shown.
+Games that have cutscenes between levels or after completing goals, e.g. the [[Assassin's Creed series]], the [[Dead Rising series]], and the [[Tomb Raider series]], are examples of games with [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] since players cannot affect the game while the cutscenes are being shown.
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 [[Character Defining Actions]] are typically [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] (and [[Irreversible Events]]) since they wouldn't really be defining characters otherwise.
-Games with [[Turn Taking]] often have some bookkeeping events when everyone has made their turns. These events are [[Ultra-powerful Events]].
+Games with [[Turn Taking]] often have some bookkeeping events when everyone has made their turns. These events are [[Ultra-Powerful Events]].
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