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=== Can Instantiate === | === Can Instantiate === | ||
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=== Can Modulate === | === Can Modulate === | ||
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| + | [[Collaborative Actions]], | ||
| + | [[Game World Exploration]], | ||
| + | [[Memorizing]], | ||
| + | [[Movement]], | ||
| + | [[Multiplayer Games]], | ||
| + | [[Levels]], | ||
| + | [[Sniper Locations]], | ||
| + | [[Tactical Planning]], | ||
| + | [[Units]] | ||
=== Can Be Instantiated By === | === Can Be Instantiated By === | ||
| + | [[Cameras]], | ||
| + | [[Cutscenes]], | ||
| + | [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]], | ||
| + | [[Game State Indicators]], | ||
[[Goal Indicators]], | [[Goal Indicators]], | ||
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| + | [[Mini-maps]], | ||
| + | [[Privileged Movement]], | ||
| + | [[Score Tracks]], | ||
| + | [[Third-Person Views]] | ||
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| + | [[Bookkeeping Tokens]] together with [[Public Information]] | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
Revision as of 10:20, 16 July 2016
Information provided to players that extends beyond the observational abilities provided by simply observing game elements.
This pattern is a still a stub.
Contents
- 1 Examples
- 2 Using the pattern
- 3 Consequences
- 4 Relations
- 5 History
- 6 References
- 7 Acknowledgements
Examples
Example: Most racing games, e. g., Mario Kart Double Dash!! and the Monkey Race party games in the Super Monkey Ball series, provide a small overhead map that shows the location of other players on the track.
Anti-Examples
optional
Using the pattern
Diegetic Aspects
Interface Aspects
Game State Overviews is an Interface Pattern.
Narration Aspects
Consequences
Relations
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with Game Worlds
with Multiplayer Games and Turn-Based Games
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Game World Navigation
Races
Traverse
Split-Screen Views
Auxiliary Game Screens
Picture-in-Picture Views
Speedending
Near Miss Indicators
Outcome Indicators
Progress Indicators
Instantiates: Cognitive Engrossment, Disruption of Focused Attention
Modulates: Attention Swapping, Perceivable Margins, Reconnaissance, Puzzle Solving, Negotiation, Player Defined Goals, Preventing Goals, Public Information, Identification, Narrative Structures
Instantiated by: Disruption of Focused Attention, Score
Modulated by: Spectators, Status Indicators, Fog of War, Perfect Information, Area Control, Extra-Game Actions
Potentially conflicting with: Attention Swapping, Surprises, Limited Foresight, Leaps of Faith, Reconnaissance
Can Instantiate
with Multiplayer Games and either Player Decided Results or Player-Decided Distributions
Can Modulate
Camping, Collaborative Actions, Game World Exploration, Memorizing, Movement, Multiplayer Games, Levels, Sniper Locations, Tactical Planning, Units
Can Be Instantiated By
Cameras, Cutscenes, Dedicated Game Facilitators, Game State Indicators, Goal Indicators, God Views, Mini-maps, Privileged Movement, Score Tracks, Third-Person Views
Bookkeeping Tokens together with Public Information
Game Worlds with God Views or Third-Person Views
Can Be Modulated By
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Possible Closure Effects
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Potentially Conflicting With
History
An updated version of the pattern Game State Overview 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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