Transferable Items
Game Items that can be equipped.
This pattern is a still a stub.
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Examples
The Left 4 Dead series series allows players to hand over health pills, pipe bombs, and other secondary items to each other to ensure that the group as a whole is most adequately equipped.
Using the pattern
Enforced Ownership may at first seem to be fully incompatible with Transferable Items. This is however not the case since the enforcement may only hinder transferral to certain other Characters - World of Warcraft for example lets "soulbound" Game Items be sold to Non-Player Characters or Self-Service Kiosks. This still makes it impossible for other players to access the Game Items since they cannot be sold, and the design solution is effectively a case of Game Element Removal to create a Faucet/Sink system.
Characters Non-Player Characters Player Characters Enemies Game Items
Enabling Transferable Items is most easily done through letting Agents drop Game Items, possibly as Pick-Ups
Diegetic Aspects
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Can Instantiate
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Can Modulate
Can Be Instantiated By
Can Be Modulated By
Possible Closure Effects
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Potentially Conflicting With
History
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