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Revision as of 14:30, 28 January 2015
The case when a player cannot be certain on the reliability of information he or she has.
This pattern is a still a stub.
Contents
Examples
Anti-Examples
optional
Using the pattern
Diegetic Aspects
Interface Aspects
Narration Aspects
Consequences
Relations
--- old Instantiates: Secret Alliances, Secret Resources, Limited Planning Ability
Modulates: Unknown Goals, Outcome Indicators
Instantiated by: Indirect Information, Exploration, Imperfect Information, Gain Information
Modulated by: Randomness
Potentially conflicting with: Conflicts, Direct Information, Game State Indicators, Interferable Goals, Perfect Information, Goal Indicators, Progress Indicators, Outcome Indicators
--- new
Detective Structures Information Passing Non-Player Help Delayed Effects Public Player Statistics Enforced Player Anonymity Anonymous Actions Predictable Consequences
Can Instantiate
Game World Exploration, Player Unpredictability, Solution Uncertainty, Tension
with Enemies
Can Modulate
Can Be Instantiated By
Ambiguous Responses, Communication Channels, Drawing Stacks, Feigned Die Rolls, Fog of War
Enemies together with Randomness
Can Be Modulated By
Possible Closure Effects
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Potentially Conflicting With
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History
An updated version of the pattern Uncertainty of Information that was part of the original collection in the book Patterns in Game Design[1].
References
- ↑ Björk, S. & Holopainen, J. (2004) Patterns in Game Design. Charles River Media. ISBN1-58450-354-8.
Acknowledgements
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