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''Games where the time duration of the entire game instance is negotiable.'' | ''Games where the time duration of the entire game instance is negotiable.'' | ||
| − | + | One of the characteristics that affect is people are willing to play a game is how long time they will have to commit to for its gameplay. Games where the players can decide upon the time limits for the entire game instance have [[Negotiable Game Instance Duration]]. | |
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=== Examples === | === Examples === | ||
| + | Games of [[Blackjack]] or [[Poker]] among friends can easily have [[Negotiable Game Instance Duration]] since each round does not take too much time and the game can be stopped with problems after each round. | ||
== Using the pattern == | == Using the pattern == | ||
Revision as of 11:43, 5 October 2012
Games where the time duration of the entire game instance is negotiable.
One of the characteristics that affect is people are willing to play a game is how long time they will have to commit to for its gameplay. Games where the players can decide upon the time limits for the entire game instance have Negotiable Game Instance Duration.
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Examples
Games of Blackjack or Poker among friends can easily have Negotiable Game Instance Duration since each round does not take too much time and the game can be stopped with problems after each round.
Using the pattern
Negotiable Play Sessions
Negotiable Game Sessions
Negotiable Game Instance Duration can be supported by letting players set Time Limits for the game instances. This may be time measured by clocks (as in some variants of Chess) and may also be number of numbers of turns in Turn-Based Games (the Civilization computer game series supports this for example).
A concrete but more specific way of creating Negotiable Game Instance Duration is to have Self-Facilitated Meta Games that consist of games with Time Limited Game Instances. If the reason for considering Negotiable Game Instance Duration is primarily to let individual players have control over how much time their game sessions should take, Drop-In/Drop-Out gameplay is an alternative. This does however work against a feeling of Togetherness.
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Can Be Instantiated By
Configurable Gameplay Areas, Negotiable Game Sessions, Negotiable Play Sessions, Time Limits
Meta Games together with Self-Facilitated Games and Time Limited Game Instances
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Possible Closure Effects
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Potentially Conflicting With
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History
New pattern created in this wiki.
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