Ultra-Powerful Events

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Examples

Anti-Examples

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Consequences

Left 4 Dead series

Relations

Free Game Element Manipulation, Fudged Results, Game Masters, Game Worlds, Ghosts, Helplessness, Hovering Closures, Irreversible Events, Levels, Location-Fixed Abilities, Loyalty, Maneuvering, Movement, One-Way Travel, Predetermined Story Structures, Predictable Consequences, Quests, Quick Returns, Quick Travel, Scripted Information Sequences, Self-Facilitated Games, Shrinking Game Worlds, Single-Player Games, Spectators, Stimulated Planning, Storytelling, Surprise Attacks, Switches, Time Limits, Traps, Turn Taking, Warp Zones

Can Instantiate

Companions, Delayed Effects, Downtime, Strategic Knowledge,

with Moveable Tiles

Strategic Knowledge, Rhythm-Based Actions, Timing

Can Modulate

Ability Losses, Freedom of Choice,

Can Be Instantiated By

Alien Space Bats, Character Defining Actions, Controllers, Cutscenes, Dedicated Game Facilitators,

Damage together with Moveable Tiles

Can Be Modulated By

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Possible Closure Effects

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Potentially Conflicting With

Determinable Chance to Succeed, Exaggerated Perception of Influence,

History

An updated version of the pattern Ultra-Powerful Events that was part of the original collection in the book Patterns in Game Design.

Acknowledgements

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