Unpredictable Behavior - Revision history

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‎Relations

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‎Consequences

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‎Potentially Conflicting With

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 == Consequences ==
-The use of [[Unpredictable Behavior]] can give the illusion of [[Agents]] having [[Own Agenda|Own Agendas]] which indirectly can support [[Thematic Consistency]] in [[Game Worlds]]. Rather obvious, [[Unpredictable Behavior]] can create [[Surprises]] and can work against a game having [[Predictable Consequences]].
+The use of [[Unpredictable Behavior]] can give the illusion of [[Agents]] having [[Own Agenda|Own Agendas]] which indirectly can support [[Thematic Consistency]] in [[Game Worlds]]. Rather obvious, [[Unpredictable Behavior]] can create [[Uncertainty of Outcome]] and [[Surprises]], and thereby work against a game having [[Predictable Consequences]].
 When the [[Agents]] that have [[Unpredictable Behavior]] are players (e.g. through the use of [[AI Players]] or a [[Game System Player]]), this gives rise to both [[player Unpredictability]] and [[Performance Uncertainty]].
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 [[Own Agenda]],
 [[Surprises]],
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 The use of [[Unpredictable Behavior]] can give the illusion of [[Agents]] having [[Own Agenda|Own Agendas]] which indirectly can support [[Thematic Consistency]] in [[Game Worlds]]. Rather obvious, [[Unpredictable Behavior]] can create [[Surprises]] and can work against a game having [[Predictable Consequences]].
-When the [[Agents]] that have [[Unpredictable Behavior]] are players (e.g. through the use of [[AI players]] or a [[Game System Player]]), this gives rise to both [[player Unpredictability]] and [[Performance Uncertainty]].
+When the [[Agents]] that have [[Unpredictable Behavior]] are players (e.g. through the use of [[AI Players]] or a [[Game System Player]]), this gives rise to both [[player Unpredictability]] and [[Performance Uncertainty]].
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 == Consequences ==
 The use of [[Unpredictable Behavior]] can give the illusion of [[Agents]] having [[Own Agenda|Own Agendas]] which indirectly can support [[Thematic Consistency]] in [[Game Worlds]]. Rather obvious, [[Unpredictable Behavior]] can create [[Surprises]] and can work against a game having [[Predictable Consequences]].
 == Relations ==
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 [[Surprises]],
 [[Thematic Consistency]]
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 ''The ability of agents to make actions that are unexpected.''
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 == Relations ==
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 [[Own Agenda]],

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 == History ==

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 While displaying previously unknown [[Abilities]] or [[Powers]] can be a form of [[Unpredictable Behavior]], this is only the case for the first such events since after experiencing it players can assume that it might occur again.
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 [[Cut Scenes]] can be used to make [[Agents]] have [[Unpredictable Behavior]] for specific situations since the [[Agents]] do not need to abide to game rules during these events, but this is of course only unpredictable the first time players encounter the situation in which the [[Cut Scenes|Cut Scene]] took place.
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 == Consequences ==
 The use of [[Unpredictable Behavior]] can give the illusion of [[Agents]] having [[Own Agenda|Own Agendas]] which indirectly can support [[Thematic Consistency]] in [[Game Worlds]]. Rather obvious, [[Unpredictable Behavior]] can create [[Surprises]] and can work against a game having [[Predictable Consequences]].

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 ''The ability of agents to make actions that are unexpected.''
-This pattern is still a stub.
+The rules and goals of games often make it possible to predict the behavior of agents in the game world to a certain extent, and learning to do so is often part of the enjoyment and challenge of mastering a game. However, in some cases it may be desirable to have unpredictability in agent behavior, either to make the game more challenging or to create more suspense. Agents that at least sometimes are difficult to know what they will do next have [[Unpredictable Behavior]].
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 === Examples ===
 The [[ELIZA]] program can surprise people by seeming to follow human behavior in quickly changing subject or making strange connections. However, this is merely an artifact of a simple dialogue system that intentionally expresses itself vaguely so people need to read much into what it says for it to have any meaning.