Loot
Random items found in game worlds that function as rewards.
This pattern is a still a stub.
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Examples
Dungeons & Dragons Dragon Age series
Drakborgen should an inverse example of the pattern; players try to get into a dragon's lair and get as much Loot as possible before it awakens.
Using the pattern
The two primary considerations for designing Loot is when players should receive them and what they should consist of.
The most common source for Loot is Enemies that drop them when they are killed, as for example found in Dungeons & Dragons, Borderlands and the Dragon Age series. Other sources include Non-Player Characters but any type of Inhabitants that can be the target for Eliminate goals can work.
Randomness is a core part of Loot; if what Loot is acquired is completely known in advance the design instead becomes the more general Resources instead.
This does not mean that Loot needs to be completely random among all possible game elements, the exact composition of any given Loot may be bounded to maintain Diegetic Consistency and to maintain Red Queen Dilemma.
Negotiation Betrayal Relayed Reciprocity
Diegetic Aspects
Interface Aspects
Narrative Aspects
Consequences
Loot is a type of Reward for completing Eliminate goals. By providing this, they give a motivation for players to engage in Combat (besides any other that may already exist). Since letting Enemies, Inhabitants, or Non-Player Characters provide Loot makes them a possible way to gain Resources, this pairing makes the former into Resource Sources.
When players know about the potential for Loot, and especially if they know something about the distribution between different types of Loot, the pattern gives rise to Anticipation and Stimulated Planning on how to gain it.
"ninja looting"
scavenging
Relations
Can Instantiate
Anticipation, Red Queen Dilemma, Rewards, Stimulated Planning
with Enemies, Inhabitants, or Non-Player Characters
Can Modulate
Combat, Eliminate, Enemies, Inhabitants, Non-Player Characters
Can Be Instantiated By
Can Be Modulated By
Possible Closure Effects
Potentially Conflicting With
History
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