Difference between revisions of "Asymmetric Gameplay"

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Examples

Many Roleplaying Games, e.g. Dungeons & Dragons and World of Warcraft, provide Asymmetric Gameplay through letting players create characters to control that each have different abilities and roles depending on choices such as profession and race.

The board game Vast: The Crystal Caverns provides each player with very different goals and actions, one being that of a dragon, another being that of knight, and a third being that of the cave in which the others move about.

Using the pattern

Asymmetric Gameplay is typically used in a game design to provide Varied Gameplay. It is typically designed as part of a game through a more specific pattern, e.g. Asymmetric Abilities, Asymmetric Goals, Asymmetric Information, Asymmetric Resource Distribution, Asymmetric Roles, or Asymmetric Starting Conditions

Naturally, Asymmetric Gameplay is in conflict with having Symmetry on the same level in a game.

Consequences

As stated above, Asymmetric Gameplay creates Varied Gameplay. It typically through this also provides Replayability as long as not all types of gameplay are guaranteed to be exhausted within a game instance.

Relations

Can Instantiate

Replayability, Varied Gameplay

Can Modulate

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Can Be Instantiated By

Asymmetric Abilities, Asymmetric Goals, Asymmetric Information, Asymmetric Resource Distribution, Asymmetric Roles, Asymmetric Starting Conditions

Can Be Modulated By

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Possible Closure Effects

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Potentially Conflicting With

Symmetry

History

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References

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