Difference between revisions of "Visits"

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Temporary being in a part of a game world that is controlled by another player.

This pattern is a still a stub.

Examples

FarmVille allows players to go to the farms of other players to whom they are neighbors, and while there they can help with harvesting crops.

Using the pattern

Visits are simply a form of Movement in games to other players' areas where they have a Limited Set of Actions compared to other parts of the Game World.

For Visits to be possible, a game must provide some sort of area that is the domain of another players, i.e. a Private Game Space. Making Visits possible is usually done to provide Social Interaction in a way that limits the risks of Conflicts simply because of the Limited Set of Actions possible. By doing so, they can add Social Interaction to Massively Single-Player Online Games while maintaining Casual Gameplay.

Diegetic Aspects

Interface Aspects

Narrative Aspects

Consequences

Visits are in themselves a form of social activity, and by being so they provide Social Interaction in games.

Relations

Can Instantiate

Limited Set of Actions, Movement, Social Interaction

Can Modulate

Game Worlds, Massively Single-Player Online Games, Private Game Spaces

Can Be Instantiated By

Can Be Modulated By

Possible Closure Effects

Potentially Conflicting With

History

New pattern created in this wiki.

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