Secondary Interface Screens
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Using the pattern
Secondary Interface Screens are used to provide players access to information and actions that for one or another reason does not fit in the main interface. If there are many actions or much information there can of course be a need for many Secondary Interface Screens within one game.
Common examples of composite design elements that use their own Secondary Interface Screens include Character Sheets, Dialogues, and Inventories. The first of these allow can allow players to handle Characters especially Character Development when Characteristics are changed or when Characters are given New or Improved Abilities.
Other design elements that may have their own Secondary Interface Screens are High Score Lists (including Global High Score Lists), Parties, and Quick Travel.
Equipment,
Equipment Slots,
Free Gift Inventories,
Can Instantiate
Clues, Difficulty Levels, Sockets, Strategic Planning Transferable Items,
Can Modulate
Action Programming, Clues, Companions, Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment, Gameplay Statistics, Game Element Trading, Game Worlds, Handicap Systems, Interruptibility, Mules, Naming, Neighbors, Non-Player Characters, Player-Created Characters, Player-Planned Development Player Created Game Elements, Player Kicking, Private Game Spaces, Public Player Statistics, Purchasable Game Advantages, Save-Load Cycles, Sidequests, Spawning,
Diegetic Aspects
Due to often creating Non-Diegetic Features, Secondary Interface Screens often have issues supporting Diegetic Consistency. This is especially true when accessing these screens cause Game Pauses.
Interface Aspects
Secondary Interface Screens is an Interface Pattern.
Consequences
Secondary Interface Screens typically create Non-Diegetic Features, if not for any other reason due to the actions they provide which are not diegetically presented.
When used to provide Quick Travel, Secondary Interface Screens can produce the Illusion of Open Space.
Relations
Can Instantiate
Character Sheets, Clues, Dialogues, Difficulty Levels, Inventories, Non-Diegetic Features, Sockets, Strategic Planning Transferable Items,
with Quick Travel
Can Modulate
Action Programming, Characters, Character Development, Characteristics, Clues, Companions, Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment, Equipment, Equipment Slots, Free Gift Inventories, Gameplay Statistics, Game Element Trading, Game Worlds, Global High Score Lists, Handicap Systems, High Score Lists, Interruptibility, Improved Abilities, New Abilities, Mules, Naming, Neighbors, Non-Player Characters, Parties, Player-Created Characters, Player-Planned Development Player Created Game Elements, Player Kicking, Private Game Spaces, Public Player Statistics, Purchasable Game Advantages, Quick Travel Save-Load Cycles, Sidequests, Spawning,
Can Be Instantiated By
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Can Be Modulated By
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Possible Closure Effects
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Potentially Conflicting With
Diegetic Consistency in games with Game Pauses
History
New pattern created in this wiki.
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