Difference between revisions of "Balancing Effects"

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[[Team Balance]]
 
[[Team Balance]]
  
[[Handicap Systems]]
 
 
[[Evolving Rule Sets]]
 
[[Evolving Rule Sets]]
 
[[Game Masters]]
 
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[[Armor]]
 
[[Armor]]
 
[[Character Development]]
 
[[Character Development]]
 
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[[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]],  
 
[[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]],  
 
[[Extended Actions]],  
 
[[Extended Actions]],  
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[[Handicap Systems]],
 
[[Randomness]]
 
[[Randomness]]
  
[[Randomness]]
 
  
 
[[Power-Ups]] together with [[Randomness]]
 
[[Power-Ups]] together with [[Randomness]]
  
 
=== Can Be Modulated By ===
 
=== Can Be Modulated By ===
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[[Randomness]]
  
 
=== Possible Closure Effects ===
 
=== Possible Closure Effects ===

Revision as of 19:20, 1 May 2011

Rules and effects in games that lessen the differences of value used to measure competition between players.

This pattern is a still a stub.

Examples

Using the pattern

Diegetic Aspects

Interface Aspects

Narrative Aspects

Consequences

Relations

Can Instantiate

Challenging Gameplay

with Multiplayer Games

Player Balance, Team Balance

Evolving Rule Sets Game Masters Collaborative Actions Resource Caps Delayed Effects Cooldown Asymmetric Starting Conditions Loot Armor Character Development

Can Modulate

Drop-In/Drop-Out, Late Arriving Players, Multiplayer Games

Can Be Instantiated By

Dedicated Game Facilitators, Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment, Extended Actions, Handicap Systems, Randomness


Power-Ups together with Randomness

Can Be Modulated By

Randomness

Possible Closure Effects

Potentially Conflicting With

Exaggerated Perception of Influence

History

An updated version of the pattern Balancing Effects that was part of the original collection in the book Patterns in Game Design[1].

References

  1. Björk, S. & Holopainen, J. (2004) Patterns in Game Design. Charles River Media. ISBN1-58450-354-8.

Acknowledgements

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