Vehicles - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 13:52, 21 July 2016

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Staffan Björk at 17:24, 14 August 2015

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Staffan Björk at 08:23, 13 August 2015

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Staffan Björk at 08:04, 8 August 2015

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Staffan Björk at 18:27, 18 October 2011

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Staffan Björk at 06:51, 17 September 2011

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Staffan Björk at 12:27, 9 September 2011

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Staffan Björk at 12:21, 30 July 2011

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Staffan Björk at 10:07, 30 July 2011

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Staffan Björk at 09:53, 30 July 2011

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 == Using the pattern ==
-Designing [[Vehicles]] consist of deciding how they should provide [[Movement]] within [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]] for [[Avatars]] or [[Units]], and where the [[Vehicles]] should be available. It may also consist of thinking about creating dedicated [[Vehicle Sections]]. The simplest way of offering some other form of [[Movement]] through using [[Vehicles]] is to let players move their [[Avatars]] or [[Units]] quicker, in effect providing [[Improved Abilities]]; Moving slower is another option that can make sense if the [[Vehicles]] provide some other form [[Improved Abilities]], e.g. protection against attacks through being [[Armor]]. Another way of providing other [[Movement]] is to make otherwise impossible [[Movement]] possible, that is provide [[Privileged Movement]] such as for example flying or moving over water or lava.
+Designing [[Vehicles]] consist of deciding how they should provide [[Movement]] within [[Game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], or [[Levels]] for [[Avatars]] or [[Units]], and where the [[Vehicles]] should be available. It may also consist of thinking about creating dedicated [[Vehicle Sections]]. The simplest way of offering some other form of [[Movement]] through using [[Vehicles]] is to let players move their [[Avatars]] or [[Units]] quicker, in effect providing [[Improved Abilities]]; Moving slower is another option that can make sense if the [[Vehicles]] provide some other form [[Improved Abilities]], e.g. protection against attacks through being [[Armor]]. Another way of providing other [[Movement]] is to make otherwise impossible [[Movement]] possible, that is provide [[Privileged Movement]] such as for example flying or moving over water or lava.
 [[Vehicles]] can also be constructed to include [[Weapons]] in which case they can function as [[Installations]] independent of their ability to move, and the attacks provided by the [[Weapons]] can provide [[Privileged Abilities]]. In fact, [[Vehicles]] can in themselves be considered [[Weapons]] regardless of if they contain the actual functionality of [[Weapons]] as long as they can cause [[Damage]] through running into other game elements. A few games, e.g. [[Battlefield Vietnam]] uses some [[Vehicles]] as [[Spawn Points]].
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 == Consequences ==
-[[Vehicles]] are a form of [[Tools]] in that they modify how players can perform [[Movement]], and [[Maneuvering]] for [[Real-Times Games]], in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]]. This naturally also changes how easily [[Traverse]] goals can be completed and affects [[Races]]. When it allows players to more quickly move through the environment where no specific challenges exist, this counters the [[Excise]] this can also be seen as having created explicit [[Vehicle Sections]]. When they provide ways of travelling through otherwise impossible mediums, e.g. air or water, they give players a form of [[Privileged Abilities]] through [[Privileged Movement]] that can open up [[Inaccessible Areas]] - but if [[Vehicles]] allowing this are too easy to access the areas stop being treated as [[Inaccessible Areas]] and only ones cumbersome to enter. All these consequences are motives for [[Gain Ownership]] goals related to them and gaining access to them are [[Facilitating Rewards]]. Visiting these new areas can provide [[Varied Gameplay]] but so can the actual controlling of the [[Vehicles]] themselves be.
+[[Vehicles]] are a form of [[Tools]] in that they modify how players can perform [[Movement]], and [[Maneuvering]] for [[Real-Times Games]], in [[Game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], or [[Levels]]. This naturally also changes how easily [[Traverse]] goals can be completed and affects [[Races]]. When it allows players to more quickly move through the environment where no specific challenges exist, this counters the [[Excise]] this can also be seen as having created explicit [[Vehicle Sections]]. When they provide ways of travelling through otherwise impossible mediums, e.g. air or water, they give players a form of [[Privileged Abilities]] through [[Privileged Movement]] that can open up [[Inaccessible Areas]] - but if [[Vehicles]] allowing this are too easy to access the areas stop being treated as [[Inaccessible Areas]] and only ones cumbersome to enter. All these consequences are motives for [[Gain Ownership]] goals related to them and gaining access to them are [[Facilitating Rewards]]. Visiting these new areas can provide [[Varied Gameplay]] but so can the actual controlling of the [[Vehicles]] themselves be.
 Learning how to control [[Vehicles]], especially if they have different control schemes than ordinary [[Movement]], is one way in which players can develop [[Gameplay Mastery]]. As mentioned above, letting some players in [[Multiplayer Games]] have [[Vehicles]] and others not have them may upset [[Player Balance]].
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 [[Avatars]],
 [[Conditional Passageways]],
 [[Game Worlds]],
 [[Levels]],

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 [[Vehicles]] can also be constructed to include [[Weapons]] in which case they can function as [[Installations]] independent of their ability to move, and the attacks provided by the [[Weapons]] can provide [[Privileged Abilities]]. In fact, [[Vehicles]] can in themselves be considered [[Weapons]] regardless of if they contain the actual functionality of [[Weapons]] as long as they can cause [[Damage]] through running into other game elements. A few games, e.g. [[Battlefield Vietnam]] uses some [[Vehicles]] as [[Spawn Points]].
-The places where [[Vehicles]] can be found in the [[Game Worlds]] will becomes [[Resource Locations]], and may spawn [[Races]] to get to them first. These places may simply contain the [[Vehicles]], or if they are created during gameplay by [[Spawning]], be [[Spawn Points]] for them. An alternative, exemplified by [[Minecraft]], is to let players create their own [[Vehicles]] through [[Construction]]. Another, found often in [[:Category:Racing Games|Racing Games]] is to make [[Vehicles]] available through [[Unlocking]] mechanisms.
+The places where [[Vehicles]] can be found in the [[Game Worlds]] will becomes [[Resource Locations]], and may spawn [[Races]] to get to them first. These places may simply contain the [[Vehicles]], or if they are created during gameplay by [[Spawning]], be [[Spawn Points]] for them. An alternative, exemplified by [[Minecraft]], is to let players create their own [[Vehicles]] through [[Construction]]. Another, found often in [[:Category:Racing Games|Racing Games]] is to make [[Vehicles]] available through [[Unlocking]] mechanisms. If players need [[Resources]] as fuel for their [[Vehicles]], providing players with such provide them with [[Sustenance Rewards]].
 [[Conditional Passageways]] can be linked to [[Vehicles]] in several ways. First, using certain [[Vehicles]] can be the requirement for using them. Second, those using [[Vehicles]] may be denied the use of [[Conditional Passageways]] as a way of providing [[Balancing Effects]] (through forcing the [[Vehicles]] to be abandoned if they wish to confront those on the other side of the passageways).
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 [[Option Interfaces]],
 [[Spawning]],
 [[Unlocking]],
 [[Vehicle Sections]],

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Vehicles]] are a form of [[Tools]] in that they modify how players can perform [[Movement]], and [[Maneuvering]] for [[Real-Times Games]], in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]]. This naturally also changes how easily [[Traverse]] goals can be completed and affects [[Races]]. When it allows players to more quickly move through the environment where no specific challenges exist, this counters the [[Excise]] this can also be seen as having created explicit [[Vehicle Sections]]. When they provide ways of travelling through otherwise impossible mediums, e.g. air or water, they give players a form of [[Privileged Abilities]] through [[Privileged Movement]] that can open up [[Inaccessible Areas]] - but if [[Vehicles]] allowing this are too easy to access the areas stop being treated as [[Inaccessible Areas]] and only ones cumbersome to enter. All these consequences are motives for [[Gain Ownership]] goals related to them. Visiting these new areas can provide [[Varied Gameplay]] but so can the actual controlling of the [[Vehicles]] themselves be.
+[[Vehicles]] are a form of [[Tools]] in that they modify how players can perform [[Movement]], and [[Maneuvering]] for [[Real-Times Games]], in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]]. This naturally also changes how easily [[Traverse]] goals can be completed and affects [[Races]]. When it allows players to more quickly move through the environment where no specific challenges exist, this counters the [[Excise]] this can also be seen as having created explicit [[Vehicle Sections]]. When they provide ways of travelling through otherwise impossible mediums, e.g. air or water, they give players a form of [[Privileged Abilities]] through [[Privileged Movement]] that can open up [[Inaccessible Areas]] - but if [[Vehicles]] allowing this are too easy to access the areas stop being treated as [[Inaccessible Areas]] and only ones cumbersome to enter. All these consequences are motives for [[Gain Ownership]] goals related to them and gaining access to them are [[Facilitating Rewards]]. Visiting these new areas can provide [[Varied Gameplay]] but so can the actual controlling of the [[Vehicles]] themselves be.
 Learning how to control [[Vehicles]], especially if they have different control schemes than ordinary [[Movement]], is one way in which players can develop [[Gameplay Mastery]]. As mentioned above, letting some players in [[Multiplayer Games]] have [[Vehicles]] and others not have them may upset [[Player Balance]].
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 [[Damage]],
 [[Diegetically Outstanding Features]],
 [[Gain Ownership]],
 [[Gameplay Mastery]],

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 [[Vehicles]] are a form of [[Tools]] in that they modify how players can perform [[Movement]], and [[Maneuvering]] for [[Real-Times Games]], in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]]. This naturally also changes how easily [[Traverse]] goals can be completed and affects [[Races]]. When it allows players to more quickly move through the environment where no specific challenges exist, this counters the [[Excise]] this can also be seen as having created explicit [[Vehicle Sections]]. When they provide ways of travelling through otherwise impossible mediums, e.g. air or water, they give players a form of [[Privileged Abilities]] through [[Privileged Movement]] that can open up [[Inaccessible Areas]] - but if [[Vehicles]] allowing this are too easy to access the areas stop being treated as [[Inaccessible Areas]] and only ones cumbersome to enter. All these consequences are motives for [[Gain Ownership]] goals related to them. Visiting these new areas can provide [[Varied Gameplay]] but so can the actual controlling of the [[Vehicles]] themselves be.
-Learning how to control [[Vehicles]], especially if they have different control schemes than ordinary [[Movement]], is one way in which players can develop [[Game Mastery]]. As mentioned above, letting some players in [[Multiplayer Games]] have [[Vehicles]] and others not have them may upset [[Player Balance]].
+Learning how to control [[Vehicles]], especially if they have different control schemes than ordinary [[Movement]], is one way in which players can develop [[Gameplay Mastery]]. As mentioned above, letting some players in [[Multiplayer Games]] have [[Vehicles]] and others not have them may upset [[Player Balance]].
 == Relations ==
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 [[Diegetically Outstanding Features]],
 [[Gain Ownership]],
-[[Game Mastery]],
+[[Gameplay Mastery]],
 [[Improved Abilities]],
 [[Privileged Abilities]],

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 [[Vehicles]] can also be constructed to include [[Weapons]] in which case they can function as [[Installations]] independent of their ability to move, and the attacks provided by the [[Weapons]] can provide [[Privileged Abilities]]. In fact, [[Vehicles]] can in themselves be considered [[Weapons]] regardless of if they contain the actual functionality of [[Weapons]] as long as they can cause [[Damage]] through running into other game elements. A few games, e.g. [[Battlefield Vietnam]] uses some [[Vehicles]] as [[Spawn Points]].
-The places where [[Vehicles]] can be found in the [[Game Worlds]] will becomes [[Resource Locations]], and may spawn [[Races]] to get to them first. These places may simply contain the [[Vehicles]], or if they are created during gameplay by [[Spawning]], be [[Spawn Points]] for them. An alternative, exemplified by [[Minecraft]], is to let players create their own [[Vehicles]] through [[Construction]].
+The places where [[Vehicles]] can be found in the [[Game Worlds]] will becomes [[Resource Locations]], and may spawn [[Races]] to get to them first. These places may simply contain the [[Vehicles]], or if they are created during gameplay by [[Spawning]], be [[Spawn Points]] for them. An alternative, exemplified by [[Minecraft]], is to let players create their own [[Vehicles]] through [[Construction]]. Another, found often in [[:Category:Racing Games|Racing Games]] is to make [[Vehicles]] available through [[Unlocking]] mechanisms.
 [[Conditional Passageways]] can be linked to [[Vehicles]] in several ways. First, using certain [[Vehicles]] can be the requirement for using them. Second, those using [[Vehicles]] may be denied the use of [[Conditional Passageways]] as a way of providing [[Balancing Effects]] (through forcing the [[Vehicles]] to be abandoned if they wish to confront those on the other side of the passageways).
-If not all players are likely to be able to access [[Vehicles]] often, this may cause problems with [[Player Balance]] in [[Multiplayer Games]] such as the [[Battlefield series]]. This can be mitigated through making the [[Vehicles]] into [[Destructible Objects]], letting them have [[Limited Resources]] or [[Non-Renewable Resources]] regarding things such as fuel or ammunition, and providing possibilities for other players to gain [[Privileged Abilities]] specifically aimed at attacking the [[Vehicles]]. The destruction of the [[Vehicles]] can also be linked to the loss of [[Lives]] if these are used in games. Another way of balancing the effects of [[Vehicles]] in gameplay, which also can be used to promote [[Varied Gameplay]], is to construct [[Choke Points]] that only apply to [[Vehicles]] or [[Flanking Routes]] that can only be used when not using the [[Vehicles]].
+If not all players in [[Multiplayer Games]] such as the [[Battlefield series]] are likely to be able to access [[Vehicles]] often, this may cause problems with [[Player Balance]]. This can be mitigated through making the [[Vehicles]] into [[Destructible Objects]], letting them have [[Limited Resources]] or [[Non-Renewable Resources]] regarding things such as fuel or ammunition, and providing possibilities for other players to gain [[Privileged Abilities]] specifically aimed at attacking the [[Vehicles]]. The destruction of the [[Vehicles]] can also be linked to the loss of [[Lives]] if these are used in games. Another way of balancing the effects of [[Vehicles]] in gameplay, which also can be used to promote [[Varied Gameplay]], is to construct [[Choke Points]] that only apply to [[Vehicles]] or [[Flanking Routes]] that can only be used when not using the [[Vehicles]].
 === Diegetic Aspects ===
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 [[Option Interfaces]],
 [[Spawning]],
 [[Vehicle Sections]],
 [[Weapons]]