Team Balance

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Examples

Anti-Examples

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Consequences

Left 4 Dead series

Relations

Instantiates: Perceived Chance to Succeed

Modulates: Competence Areas, Collaborative Actions

Instantiated by: Symmetry, Player Balance, Handicaps

Modulated by: Team Development, Player Killing, Spawning, Orthogonal Differentiation

Potentially conflicting with: Competence Areas, Player Decided Results, Empowerment, Team Development

Handicap Systems Evolving Rule Sets Invites Galleries New Abilities Player Killing Death Consequences Damage Health Invulnerabilities

Can Instantiate

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Can Modulate

Teams, TvT

Can Be Instantiated By

Self-Facilitated Games

Multiplayer Games with TvT and either Balancing Effects or Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment

Can Be Modulated By

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Possible Closure Effects

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Potentially Conflicting With

AI Players, Drop-In/Drop-Out, Late Arriving Players, Multiplayer Games, Privileged Abilities

History

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

Acknowledgements

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