Downtime

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Examples

Anti-Examples

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Relations

Instantiates: Individual Penalties, Anticipation, Penalties, Tension

Modulates: Damage, Unknown Goals, Multiplayer Games, Closure Points, Consistent Reality Logic, Single-Player Games

Instantiated by: Early Elimination, Spectators, Extended Actions, Cognitive Immersion, Movement Limitations, Multiplayer Games, Turn-Based Games, Synchronous Games, Asynchronous Games, Analysis Paralysis, Ultra-Powerful Events, Save-Load Cycles, Cut Scenes, Ability Losses, Spawning, Turn Taking, Player Killing, Player Elimination, Game Pauses

Modulated by: Tick-Based Games, Dedicated Game Facilitators, Right Level of Complexity, Limited Resources, Game Masters

Potentially conflicting with: Time Limits, Ephemeral Goals, Real-Time Games, Negotiation, Tension, Freedom of Choice, Game Masters, Dedicated Game Facilitators, Limited Planning Ability, Immersion

Interruptible Actions, Analysis Paralysis, Real-Time Games, Time Limits, Extended Actions, Tension, Dedicated Game Facilitators, Avatars, Combos, Characters, Stimulated Planning, Strategic Planning, Tactical Planning, Predetermined Story Structures, Action Programming, Late Arriving Players, Gossip, Cutscenes, Ephemeral Goals, Self-Facilitated Games, Game Masters, No-Ops, Development Time, Memorizing, Helplessness, Cooldown, Weapons, Ammunition, Temporal Consistency, Predictable Consequences, Movement Limitations, Ability Losses,

Lives, Player Killing, Death Consequences, Spawning, Camping, Early Elimination, Damage, Loading Hints, Hotseating, Ubiquitous Gameplay, Rescue, Interruptibility, Social Roles, Minimalized Social Weight, Tiered Participation,

Can Instantiate

Spectators,

Can Modulate

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Can Be Instantiated By

Asynchronous Gameplay, Game Over, Resources,

Meta Games together with Unsynchronized Game Sessions

Multiplayer Games together with Summary Updates

Multiplayer Games together with Permadeath or Player Elimination

Multiplayer Games together with Turn-Based Games or Turn Taking

Can Be Modulated By

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Possible Closure Effects

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Potentially Conflicting With

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History

An updated version of the pattern Downtime that was part of the original collection in the book Patterns in Game Design.

Acknowledgements

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