Memorabilia

Content or artifacts gained during gameplay that are accessible after game instances end.

Components used to play a game are typically kept together between games so that the game can be played again. However, some games have rules for letting players gain ownership of components before, during, or after gameplay. These components may be ones actually used for gameplay or additional ones for recording the gameplay planned or occurred, but can in both cases serve as Memorabilia of specific game instances.

Examples

Winning specific Marbles is a archetypical example of Memorabilia in games, and a similar case can be found in Magic: The Gathering when one plays for cards. To a lesser degree, Memorabilia exists in Warhammer 40K as players have to assemble and paint their miniatures before the can be used and this makes the introduction of each one a potentially memorable occurrence.

Games that provide possibilities to take screenshots of ongoing gameplay also allows players to create Memorabilia. Examples of games that do this are numerous and include the Doom, Europa Universalis, Left 4 Dead, Quake, and Sims series as well as World of Warcraft.

Trenne Byar

Relations

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Social Rewards, Trans-Game Information

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Can Be Instantiated By

Game Element Trading Gameplay Statistics, Heterogeneous Game Element Ownership

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Possible Closure Effects

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History

Updated version of the pattern Player-Player Proximity first described in the report Game Design Patterns for Mobile Games.

Acknowledgements

Johan Peitz