Point of Interest Indicators
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This pattern is a still a stub.
See Linderoth (2010)[1] for details on how Point of Interest Indications affect how players learn to play games.
Contents
Examples
Using the pattern
Point of Interest Indications can be used with all different types of ways of presenting Game Worlds, i.e. First-Person, Third-Person, and God Views.
Can Be Instantiated By
Diegetic Aspects
Interface Aspects
Narrative Aspects
Consequences
Besides pointing out what can be interacted with in Game Worlds, Point of Interest Indications can draw players' attention to Clues. More generally, Point of Interest Indications can be used to augmented already Diegetically Outstanding Features so that players are extremely unlikely to miss them.
Since Point of Interest Indications can represent perceptual abilities of Characters in games with First-Person Views, the pattern can imply such as well as Player/Character Skill Composites.
Relations
Can Instantiate
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with First-Person Views
Characters, Player/Character Skill Composites
Can Modulate
Clues, Diegetically Outstanding Features, First-Person Views, Game Worlds, God Views, Third-Person Views
Can Be Instantiated By
Can Be Modulated By
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Possible Closure Effects
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Potentially Conflicting With
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History
New pattern created in this wiki. However, it was first reported as a design feature in games by Linderoth (2010)[1].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Linderoth, J. (2010). Why gamers donʼt learn more - An ecological approach to games as learning environment, in Nordic DiGRA 2010.
Acknowledgements
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