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[[Companions]] | [[Companions]] | ||
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[[Ephemeral Goals]] | [[Ephemeral Goals]] | ||
[[Self-Facilitated Games]] | [[Self-Facilitated Games]] | ||
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=== Can Instantiate === | === Can Instantiate === | ||
[[Luck]], | [[Luck]], | ||
[[Predictable Consequences]], | [[Predictable Consequences]], | ||
| + | [[PvE]], | ||
[[Tension]] | [[Tension]] | ||
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=== Can Modulate === | === Can Modulate === | ||
| + | [[Alternate Reality Gameplay]], | ||
[[Boss Monsters]], | [[Boss Monsters]], | ||
[[Characters]], | [[Characters]], | ||
| + | [[Character Development]], | ||
[[Freedom of Choice]], | [[Freedom of Choice]], | ||
[[Gain Competence]], | [[Gain Competence]], | ||
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=== Can Be Instantiated By === | === Can Be Instantiated By === | ||
| + | [[Ability Losses]], | ||
[[Conditional Passageways]], | [[Conditional Passageways]], | ||
[[Controllers]] | [[Controllers]] | ||
[[Helpers]], | [[Helpers]], | ||
| + | [[Inaccessible Areas]], | ||
[[Levels]], | [[Levels]], | ||
| + | [[MacGuffins]], | ||
[[Main Quests]], | [[Main Quests]], | ||
[[One-Way Travel]], | [[One-Way Travel]], | ||
[[Persistent Game World Changes]], | [[Persistent Game World Changes]], | ||
| + | [[Quests]], | ||
| + | [[Reconnaissance]], | ||
| + | [[Rescue]], | ||
[[Scenes]], | [[Scenes]], | ||
[[Scripted Information Sequences]], | [[Scripted Information Sequences]], | ||
[[Sidequests]], | [[Sidequests]], | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[Traces]], |
| + | [[Traverse]] | ||
[[Clues]] together with [[Thematic Consistency]] | [[Clues]] together with [[Thematic Consistency]] | ||
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=== Can Be Modulated By === | === Can Be Modulated By === | ||
| + | [[Big Dumb Objects]], | ||
[[Dedicated Game Facilitators]], | [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]], | ||
[[Feigned Die Rolls]], | [[Feigned Die Rolls]], | ||
[[Freedom of Choice]], | [[Freedom of Choice]], | ||
| + | [[Game Masters]], | ||
[[Helpers]], | [[Helpers]], | ||
[[Loading Hints]], | [[Loading Hints]], | ||
[[New Abilities]], | [[New Abilities]], | ||
| + | [[Persistent Game Worlds]], | ||
[[Quick Time Events]], | [[Quick Time Events]], | ||
[[Red Herrings]], | [[Red Herrings]], | ||
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[[Summary Updates]], | [[Summary Updates]], | ||
[[Switches]], | [[Switches]], | ||
| − | [[Temporal Consistency]] | + | [[Temporal Consistency]], |
| + | [[Traps]] | ||
=== Possible Closure Effects === | === Possible Closure Effects === | ||
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=== Potentially Conflicting With === | === Potentially Conflicting With === | ||
[[Freedom of Choice]], | [[Freedom of Choice]], | ||
| + | [[Persistent Game Worlds]], | ||
[[Player Elimination]], | [[Player Elimination]], | ||
[[Procedurally Generated Game Worlds]], | [[Procedurally Generated Game Worlds]], | ||
Revision as of 11:08, 9 July 2014
Narration Structures of a game that exist before game instances begin.
This pattern is a still a stub.
Examples
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamebook
Using the pattern
Diegetic Aspects
Interface Aspects
Narrative Aspects
Consequences
Relations
PSS is when the design has already decided how the narration structures should be used.
-- existing patterns to find relations from --- Companions Character Defining Actions Detective Structures Factions Melodramatic Structures Information Passing Cutscenes Renamed Patterns Game Worlds Ephemeral Goals Self-Facilitated Games
Can Instantiate
Luck, Predictable Consequences, PvE, Tension
with Clues
Gain Information, Gain Ownership
Can Modulate
Alternate Reality Gameplay, Boss Monsters, Characters, Character Development, Freedom of Choice, Gain Competence, Player Characters
Can Be Instantiated By
Ability Losses, Conditional Passageways, Controllers Helpers, Inaccessible Areas, Levels, MacGuffins, Main Quests, One-Way Travel, Persistent Game World Changes, Quests, Reconnaissance, Rescue, Scenes, Scripted Information Sequences, Sidequests, Traces, Traverse
Clues together with Thematic Consistency Invulnerabilities together with NPCs
Can Be Modulated By
Big Dumb Objects, Dedicated Game Facilitators, Feigned Die Rolls, Freedom of Choice, Game Masters, Helpers, Loading Hints, New Abilities, Persistent Game Worlds, Quick Time Events, Red Herrings, Spawning, Summary Updates, Switches, Temporal Consistency, Traps
Possible Closure Effects
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Potentially Conflicting With
Freedom of Choice, Persistent Game Worlds, Player Elimination, Procedurally Generated Game Worlds, Unwinnable Games
Death Consequences when these can apply to Characters important to the narrative
History
New pattern created in this wiki.
References
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