Bookkeeping Tokens

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Game elements that do not represent diegetic objects in the game world but instead uphold abstract parts of the game state.

This pattern is a still a stub.

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History

An updated version of the pattern Book-Keeping Tokens that was part of the original collection in the book Patterns in Game Design[1].

References

  1. Björk, S. & Holopainen, J. (2004) Patterns in Game Design. Charles River Media. ISBN1-58450-354-8.

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