Flanking Routes

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This pattern is a still a stub.

Using the pattern

Flanking Routes is primarily a way to modulate how other features of Game Worlds or Levels work, e.g. Arenas, Choke Points, Galleries, or Sniper Locations. Designing them consist of providing additional ways of reaching locations in the Game Worlds. Although all accesses to a location may similar and thereby make what is perceived as Flanking Routes depend on what the current game state is, accesses that are intended to always be perceived as Flanking Routes should either be

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Choke Points

payload maps in Team Fortress 2

An option for Flanking Routes is to make them One-Way Travel, e.g. by being down an unscalable cliff side.

When players can create Warp Zones (which engineers in Team Fortress 2 can) or Spawn Points (which North Vietnamese engineers in Battlefield Vietnam can), this opens up for these to be used as Flanking Routes.

Consequences

Can Instantiate

Selectable Set of Goals, Attention Demanding, Attention Swapping, Stealth, Strategic Locations, Surprises, Tactical Planning

Can Modulate

Arenas, Camping, Choke Points, Combat, Galleries, Game Worlds, Guard, Levels, Sniper Locations, Stealth

Potentially Conflicting With

Camping, Choke Points

Relations

Can Instantiate

Attention Demanding, Attention Swapping, Choke Points, Selectable Set of Goals, Stealth, Strategic Locations, Surprises, Tactical Planning

Can Modulate

Arenas, Camping, Choke Points, Combat, Galleries, Game Worlds, Guard, Levels, Sniper Locations, Stealth

Can Be Instantiated By

Spawn Points, Warp Zones

Can Be Modulated By

One-Way Travel

Possible Closure Effects

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Potentially Conflicting With

Camping, Choke Points

History

New pattern created in this wiki. However, it was first introduced using another template by Hullett and Whitehead, and a more detailed description in this template is available.

Acknowledgements

Kennart Hullett, Jim Whitehead