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The [[Damage]] and [[Health]] patterns often influence each other heavily, but [[Health]] modifies [[Damage]] since the latter one can exist without the former. While [[Damage]] causes reductions in [[Health]], there are many ways of modifying this. [[Armor]] can reduce the amount of [[Damage]] taken and acquiring them, or choosing which one to use, can become gameplay elements. [[Difficulty Levels]] and [[Handicap Systems]] can be applied before or during game instances to shift gameplay between [[Casual Gameplay|Casual]] and [[Challenging Gameplay|Challenging]] and to try and find [[Player Balance|Player]] and [[Team Balance]]. | The [[Damage]] and [[Health]] patterns often influence each other heavily, but [[Health]] modifies [[Damage]] since the latter one can exist without the former. While [[Damage]] causes reductions in [[Health]], there are many ways of modifying this. [[Armor]] can reduce the amount of [[Damage]] taken and acquiring them, or choosing which one to use, can become gameplay elements. [[Difficulty Levels]] and [[Handicap Systems]] can be applied before or during game instances to shift gameplay between [[Casual Gameplay|Casual]] and [[Challenging Gameplay|Challenging]] and to try and find [[Player Balance|Player]] and [[Team Balance]]. | ||
| − | If [[Health]] can be healed or repaired, it becomes a [[Renewable Resources]]. [[Chargers]] are [[Environmental Effects]] that can provide this effect, and together with healing [[Pick-Ups]] show how restoring [[Health]] can be linked to moving in [[Game Worlds]]. | + | If [[Health]] can be healed or repaired, it becomes a [[Renewable Resources]]. [[Chargers]] are [[Environmental Effects]] that can provide this effect, and together with healing [[Pick-Ups]] show how restoring [[Health]] can be linked to moving in [[Game Worlds]]. Being able to perform healing actions is a way for players to actively affect [[Health]], and can be made possible through [[Tools]] or [[Powers]]; how well they can do this can be modulated through [[Skills]]. Such abilities make candidates for being [[Privileged Abilities]]. |
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Revision as of 10:14, 19 July 2011
A measure of how much damage or other negative consequences avatars, characters, or units can take before they suffer serious penalties.
This pattern is a still a stub.
Contents
Examples
Using the pattern
Health is basically an Attribute which sometimes can be used as a Resource, so designing games to make use of Health to a large extent consist of considering the design options of these two other patterns. However, sometimes Health is split into several different Attributes. Quake, for example, has both health and armor Attributes which have very similar properties.
The Damage and Health patterns often influence each other heavily, but Health modifies Damage since the latter one can exist without the former. While Damage causes reductions in Health, there are many ways of modifying this. Armor can reduce the amount of Damage taken and acquiring them, or choosing which one to use, can become gameplay elements. Difficulty Levels and Handicap Systems can be applied before or during game instances to shift gameplay between Casual and Challenging and to try and find Player and Team Balance.
If Health can be healed or repaired, it becomes a Renewable Resources. Chargers are Environmental Effects that can provide this effect, and together with healing Pick-Ups show how restoring Health can be linked to moving in Game Worlds. Being able to perform healing actions is a way for players to actively affect Health, and can be made possible through Tools or Powers; how well they can do this can be modulated through Skills. Such abilities make candidates for being Privileged Abilities.
Interface Aspects
Given the importance of Health values for overall gameplay development, they are usually displayed as Game State Indicators so they are easily noticable by players. For their own Avatars or Characters this may be through HUD Interfaces since these Focus Loci may not be visible themselves to players. Geospatial Game Widgets - for example hovering health bars - are often used for players' own Units, encountered Enemies, or the Avatars and Characters of Team members.
Consequences
Can Instantiate
Attributes, Renewable Resources, Resources
Can Modulate
Characters, Combat, Damage, Destructible Objects, Lives, Units
Relations
Can Instantiate
Attributes, Renewable Resources, Resources
Can Modulate
Characters, Combat, Damage, Destructible Objects, Lives, Units
Can Be Instantiated By
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Can Be Modulated By
Armor, Chargers, Difficulty Levels, Game State Indicators, Geospatial Game Widgets, Handicap Systems, HUD Interfaces, Pick-Ups, Powers, Privileged Abilities, Skills, Tools, Traps
Possible Closure Effects
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Potentially Conflicting With
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History
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