Fake Game Overs

The one-sentence "definition" that should be in italics.

This pattern is a still a stub.

Examples

Eternal Darkness, Arkham Asylum;

Using the pattern

check Fission Mailed on tvtropes.org, link to dark play paper?

Fake Game Overs are used to make player believe they are experiencing a Game Over event when they in reality are not.

Consequences

Fake Game Overs and incompatible with Game Termination Penalties just as they are in reality incompatible with Game Over events,

Can Instantiate

Fake Game Cancellations, Non-Diegetic Features

Can Modulate

Alternate Reality Gameplay

Relations

Tension

Can Instantiate

Fake Game Cancellations, Non-Diegetic Features

Can Modulate

Alternate Reality Gameplay

Can Be Instantiated By

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Can Be Modulated By

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Possible Closure Effects

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Potentially Conflicting With

Game Over, Game Termination Penalties

History

New pattern created in this wiki.

References

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Acknowledgements

Jonas Linderoth, Orvar Säfström,