Predetermined Story Structures

Narration Structures of a game that exist before game instances begin.

This pattern is a still a stub.

Examples

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamebook

Relations

Companions Character Defining Actions Detective Structures Factions Melodramatic Structures Information Passing Cutscenes Renamed Patterns Game Worlds Ephemeral Goals Self-Facilitated Games Game Masters Persistent Game Worlds MacGuffins Alien Space Bats Big Dumb Objects Quests Character Development Traps, Inaccessible Areas Switches, Controllers Clues, Boss Monsters Thematic Consistency Temporal Consistency Player Characters Predictable Consequences, Privileged Movement, One-Way Travel,

Can Instantiate

Luck, Tension

Can Modulate

Characters, Freedom of Choice, Gain Competence,

Can Be Instantiated By

Conditional Passageways, Helpers, Levels, Main Quests, Persistent Game World Changes, Scenes, Scripted Information Sequences, Sidequests, Traverse,

Invulnerabilities together with NPCs

Can Be Modulated By

Dedicated Game Facilitators, Feigned Die Rolls, Freedom of Choice, Helpers, Loading Hints, New Abilities, Quick Time Events, Red Herrings, Spawning, Summary Updates

Possible Closure Effects

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Potentially Conflicting With

Freedom of Choice, Player Elimination, Procedurally Generated Game Worlds, Unwinnable Games

Death Consequences when these can apply to Characters important to the narrative

History

New pattern created in this wiki.

References

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