Unlocking - Revision history

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 Many games withhold abilities or content from players until they have met certain requirements, which may be as simple as reaching a certain level of completing the game or proving a certain level of game mastery. When players have been aware of these abilities or content before they are revealed the act of [[Unlocking]] them becomes significant in itself.
-See the Gamasutra article ''Aesthetics of Social Games''<ref name="aki"/> for more details.
+Note: ''This pattern does not look at the opening up of new spatial areas in [[Game Worlds]], see [[Access Rewards]] for discussions on that (and the type of access to game content discussed here(.
 === Examples ===
 Players of [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]] such as [[Dungeons & Dragons]] could unlock new powers and skills by gaining character levels. This is also found in [[:Category:Computer-based Roleplaying Games|Computer-based Roleplaying Games]] but may here take the form of development trees, as for example in the [[Dragon Age series]]. Similar trees exist in [[:Category:FPS Games|First-Person Shooters]] such as [[Borderlands]] and [[Dead Island]]. [[Unlocking]] new weapons in the [[Battlefield series]] does not give access to better weapons but rather ones that are more specialized.
-While some new abilities are unlocked in the [[Super Mario series]], the games also show that [[Unlocking]] levels that players can choose between is another way of providing more game content for players as they play. The [[Hexen series]] introduce this idea of [[Unlocking]] levels to [[:Category:FPS Games|First-Person Shooters]]. Games on social network platforms such as Facebook, e.g. [[CityVille]] and [[Empires & Allies]], also make use of [[Unlocking]] but here this is typically tied to being able to finish constructions and players can pay money to do this instead of having to get the help from a certain amount of friends.
+Games on social network platforms such as Facebook, e.g. [[CityVille]] and [[Empires & Allies]], also make use of [[Unlocking]] but here this is typically tied to being able to finish constructions and players can pay money to do this instead of having to get the help from a certain amount of friends.
 == Using the pattern ==
-Designing for players to be able to perform [[Unlocking]] in games rely on deciding what [[Abilities]] or game-related content can be unlocked and announcing this to the players. [[Unlocking]] is often applied to control how [[Privileged Abilities]], [[Vehicles]], and [[Weapons]] are introduced into gameplay. They can also be used to open up [[Levels]] to players, of which the [[Super Mario series]] gives evidence. [[Sidegrades]] is a specific type of game content acquired by [[Unlocking]] that instead of directly improving players' abilities give them a greater [[Freedom of Choice]].
+Designing for players to be able to perform [[Unlocking]] in games rely on deciding what [[Abilities]] or game-related content can be unlocked and announcing this to the players. [[Unlocking]] is often applied to control how [[Privileged Abilities]], [[Vehicles]], and [[Weapons]] are introduced into gameplay. [[Sidegrades]] is a specific type of game content acquired by [[Unlocking]] that instead of directly improving players' abilities give them a greater [[Freedom of Choice]].
 [[Achievements]] and [[Development Trees]], the latter linked for example to [[Powers]], [[Skills]], or [[Technologies]], are examples of patterns that by their nature provide [[Unlocking]] so implementing these in a game also create the [[Unlocking]] pattern. [[Abstract Player Construct Development]] or [[Character Development]] can also provide [[Unlocking]] through the use of [[Character Levels]], the already mentioned [[Development Trees]], or more specialized solutions. For games with explicit [[Endgame]] phases, e.g. [[World of Warcraft]], reaching theses can result in the [[Unlocking]] of new gameplay content. [[Endgame Quests]] are specifically packaged gameplay content used for this purpose.
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 [[Abilities]],
 [[Endgame]],
 [[Privileged Abilities]],
 [[Vehicles]],

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 == Consequences ==
-Since [[Unlocking]] is the act of gaining access to something preordained, this can easily be felt as a [[Rewards|Reward]] than gives [[Value of Effort]] to the actions leading up to the [[Unlocking]]; an exception to this if the [[Unlocking]] is a result of an [[Purchasable Game Advantages]]. Knowing about the possibility of [[Unlocking]] something makes it possible to have [[Anticipation]] about this and can motivate both [[Grinding]] and [[Player-Planned Development]]. It however ruins the possibilities that the effects of the [[Unlocking]] actions are [[Surprises]].
+Since [[Unlocking]] is the act of gaining access to something preordained, this can easily be felt as a [[Rewards|Reward]], or more precisely an [[Access Rewards|Access Reward]] than gives [[Value of Effort]] to the actions leading up to the [[Unlocking]]; an exception to this if the [[Unlocking]] is a result of an [[Purchasable Game Advantages]]. Knowing about the possibility of [[Unlocking]] something makes it possible to have [[Anticipation]] about this and can motivate both [[Grinding]] and [[Player-Planned Development]]. It however ruins the possibilities that the effects of the [[Unlocking]] actions are [[Surprises]].
 == Relations ==
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 [[Anticipation]],
 [[Grinding]],

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 Designing for players to be able to perform [[Unlocking]] in games rely on deciding what [[Abilities]] or game-related content can be unlocked and announcing this to the players. [[Unlocking]] is often applied to control how [[Privileged Abilities]], [[Vehicles]], and [[Weapons]] are introduced into gameplay. They can also be used to open up [[Levels]] to players, of which the [[Super Mario series]] gives evidence. [[Sidegrades]] is a specific type of game content acquired by [[Unlocking]] that instead of directly improving players' abilities give them a greater [[Freedom of Choice]].
-[[Achievements]] and [[Development Trees]], the latter linked for example to [[Powers]], [[Skills]], or [[Technologies]], are examples of patterns that by their nature provide [[Unlocking]] so implementing these in a game also create the [[Unlocking]] pattern. [[Abstract Player Construct Development]] or [[Character Development]] can also provide [[Unlocking]] through the use of [[Character Levels]], the already mentioned [[Development Trees]], or more specialized solutions. For games with explicit [[Endgame]] phases, e.g. [[World of Warcraft]], reaching theses can result in the [[Unlocking]] of new gameplay content.
+[[Achievements]] and [[Development Trees]], the latter linked for example to [[Powers]], [[Skills]], or [[Technologies]], are examples of patterns that by their nature provide [[Unlocking]] so implementing these in a game also create the [[Unlocking]] pattern. [[Abstract Player Construct Development]] or [[Character Development]] can also provide [[Unlocking]] through the use of [[Character Levels]], the already mentioned [[Development Trees]], or more specialized solutions. For games with explicit [[Endgame]] phases, e.g. [[World of Warcraft]], reaching theses can result in the [[Unlocking]] of new gameplay content. [[Endgame Quests]] are specifically packaged gameplay content used for this purpose.
 Having sufficient numbers of [[Neighbors]], or getting help from them, is a way of implementing [[Unlocking]] in [[CityVille]] and other games on social network platforms; for these games [[Unlocking]] is typically also [[Purchasable Game Advantages]].
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 [[Character Levels]],
 [[Development Trees]],
 [[Neighbors]],
 [[Purchasable Game Advantages]]

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 === Can Modulate ===
 [[Abilities]],
 [[Levels]],
 [[Privileged Abilities]],
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 [[Character Levels]],
 [[Development Trees]],
 [[Neighbors]],
 [[Purchasable Game Advantages]]

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 Designing for players to be able to perform [[Unlocking]] in games rely on deciding what [[Abilities]] or game-related content can be unlocked and announcing this to the players. [[Unlocking]] is often applied to control how [[Privileged Abilities]], [[Vehicles]], and [[Weapons]] are introduced into gameplay. They can also be used to open up [[Levels]] to players, of which the [[Super Mario series]] gives evidence. [[Sidegrades]] is a specific type of game content acquired by [[Unlocking]] that instead of directly improving players' abilities give them a greater [[Freedom of Choice]].
-[[Achievements]] and [[Development Trees]], the latter linked for example to [[Powers]], [[Skills]], or [[Technologies]], are examples of patterns that by their nature provide [[Unlocking]] so implementing these in a game also create the [[Unlocking]] pattern. [[Abstract Player Construct Development]] or [[Character Development]] can also provide [[Unlocking]] through the use of [[Character Levels]], the already mentioned [[Development Trees]], or more specialized solutions. For games with explicit [[Endgame]] phases, e.g. [[World of Warcraft]], reaching theses can result in [[Unlocking]] new gameplay content.
+[[Achievements]] and [[Development Trees]], the latter linked for example to [[Powers]], [[Skills]], or [[Technologies]], are examples of patterns that by their nature provide [[Unlocking]] so implementing these in a game also create the [[Unlocking]] pattern. [[Abstract Player Construct Development]] or [[Character Development]] can also provide [[Unlocking]] through the use of [[Character Levels]], the already mentioned [[Development Trees]], or more specialized solutions. For games with explicit [[Endgame]] phases, e.g. [[World of Warcraft]], reaching theses can result in the [[Unlocking]] of new gameplay content.
 Having sufficient numbers of [[Neighbors]], or getting help from them, is a way of implementing [[Unlocking]] in [[CityVille]] and other games on social network platforms; for these games [[Unlocking]] is typically also [[Purchasable Game Advantages]].

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