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[[Asteroids]], [[Donkey Kong]], [[Outrun]], [[Pong]], and [[Pac-Man]] are all games where players experience [[Game Over]] when they run out of lives. However, in original [[:Category:Arcade Games|Arcade]] version it was possible to pay for more lives. [[Gauntlet]] is a latter example. | [[Asteroids]], [[Donkey Kong]], [[Outrun]], [[Pong]], and [[Pac-Man]] are all games where players experience [[Game Over]] when they run out of lives. However, in original [[:Category:Arcade Games|Arcade]] version it was possible to pay for more lives. [[Gauntlet]] is a latter example. | ||
| − | Getting killed in the [[Counter-Strike series]] or losing | + | Getting killed in the [[Counter-Strike series]] or losing one's last card in [[Coup]] results in players being thrown out of the game. However, since each game round is so short and one typically play many rounds back-to-back, the effects of [[Game Over]] are not too severe. |
== Using the pattern == | == Using the pattern == | ||
Revision as of 18:53, 25 January 2015
The event which makes a player no long able to participate in the gameplay of a game instance.
Most games are design to end at some point, and some are designed to make some players stop playing before all other do. A Game Over event is when a player is locked out from gameplay due to some rule in the game.
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Examples
Asteroids, Donkey Kong, Outrun, Pong, and Pac-Man are all games where players experience Game Over when they run out of lives. However, in original Arcade version it was possible to pay for more lives. Gauntlet is a latter example.
Getting killed in the Counter-Strike series or losing one's last card in Coup results in players being thrown out of the game. However, since each game round is so short and one typically play many rounds back-to-back, the effects of Game Over are not too severe.
Using the pattern
Designing Game Over events in a game consists of choosing what causes them. A typical cause is simple that it is Death Consequence, typically cause by losing all Lives or suffering from a Permadeath. However, Player Elimination or Player Kicking can also function as can Time Limits that create Time Limited Game Instances. Of course, winning a game also causes a Game Over but the pattern can also be applied to Unwinnable Games since Game Over events can be penalties.
End State Scoring is an option to add some Tension after gameplay has ended and can be used to support Winner determined after Gameplay Ends. Another, which adds a consequence and possible goal to want to reach a Game Over event, is to use Winning by Ending Gameplay. Pay to Play is an option to let players begin playing again if they are willing to play.
Consequences
Game Over causes players to not be able to play. In practice this becomes Downtime if another game instance will start soon, as is the structure of quick games such as Coup or The Resistance but otherwise can force the former players to start doing something else. Unless Game Over occurs to all players at the same time in Multiplayer Games, it can create Unsynchronized Game Sessions.
Relations
Can Instantiate
with Multiplayer Games
Can Modulate
Unwinnable Games, Winner determined after Gameplay Ends
Can Be Instantiated By
Death Consequences, Lives, Permadeath, Player Elimination, Player Kicking, Time Limited Game Instances, Time Limits, Winning by Ending Gameplay, Winning the game
Can Be Modulated By
End State Scoring, Pay to Play
Possible Closure Effects
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Potentially Conflicting With
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History
New pattern created in this wiki.
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