Difference between revisions of "Heterogeneous Game Element Ownership"

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Game designs that require players to contribute with the game elements anew for each game instance.

This pattern is a still a stub.

Examples

LARPs

Warhammer 40K

Magic the Gathering

Using the pattern

By definition, Heterogeneous Game Element Ownership is meaningful for Multiplayer Games.

No Direct Player Influence

Units

Cards

Game designers need to consider the possible Combos when designing Heterogeneous Game Element Ownership. This since players will look for them as part of achieving Game Mastery but unless the types of combos are balanced this may make various elements unbalance and as an effect easily destroy Player Balance. This may be mitigated partly through Expansions that can introduce new rules with the new game elements that balance the game using a Evolving Rule Set, although this may also require that old elements are passed out as well.

Strategic Planning and setting up for , and leads to Game Element Trading and that players share Strategic Knowledge as a form of Trans-Game Information.

Diegetic Aspects

Interface Aspects

Narrative Aspects

Consequences

Heterogeneous Game Element Ownership lets players have Freedom of Choice to construct their parts of the game. This also creates a Meta Game consisting of Construction where the game elements are Resources.

Relations

Can Instantiate

Construction, Freedom of Choice, Meta Games, Resources

Can Modulate

Multiplayer Games

Can Be Instantiated By

Can Be Modulated By

Possible Closure Effects

Potentially Conflicting With

History

New pattern created in this wiki.

References

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