Player-Location Proximity

Game rules that depend on players being physically close to places.

While many games make the position of players' tokens and characters in the game worlds into important part of the gameplay, few make the actual position of the players themselves part of the game with the except of sports.

This pattern is a still a stub.

Relations

Can Instantiate

Activity Blending, Encouraged Return Visits, Pervasive Gameplay, Physical Navigation, Real World Knowledge Advantages

Can Modulate

Real World Gameplay Spaces

Can Be Instantiated By

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Can Be Modulated By

Self-Reported Positioning

Possible Closure Effects

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Potentially Conflicting With

Decontextability

History

First full description of the pattern Player-Location Proximity first identified in the paper Understanding Pervasive Games through Gameplay Design Patterns.

Acknowledgements

Johan Peitz