http://virt10.itu.chalmers.se/index.php?title=Cameras&feed=atom&action=historyCameras - Revision history2024-03-29T08:47:05ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.26.2http://virt10.itu.chalmers.se/index.php?title=Cameras&diff=25529&oldid=prevStaffan Björk at 08:20, 21 September 20162016-09-21T08:20:05Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Cameras]] provide players with views of [[Game Worlds]], and ones that can be manipulated by players to allow them a [[Freedom of Choice]] in what parts of the [[Game Worlds]] they want to focus their attention on at the cost of having to perform [[Extra-Game Actions]]. By doing so, [[Cameras]] offers a way of controlling how [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mediate </del>Gameplay]] occurs in a game.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Cameras]] provide players with views of [[Game Worlds]], and ones that can be manipulated by players to allow them a [[Freedom of Choice]] in what parts of the [[Game Worlds]] they want to focus their attention on at the cost of having to perform [[Extra-Game Actions]]. By doing so, [[Cameras]] offers a way of controlling how [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mediated </ins>Gameplay]] occurs in a game.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Game State Overviews]] are supported by [[Cameras]] both when they are used for [[God Views]] and [[Third-Person Views]] since in both cases players can observe [[Game Worlds]] with better views than any specific game element (for [[Third-Person Views]] a large part of this can be simply to see the entity tracked). The ease of using [[Cameras]], decides in a great extent how much games help players perform [[Attention Swapping]] - if controlling [[Cameras]] is non-trivial during gameplay this adds requirements to perform [[Dexterity-Based Actions]] during gameplay.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Game State Overviews]] are supported by [[Cameras]] both when they are used for [[God Views]] and [[Third-Person Views]] since in both cases players can observe [[Game Worlds]] with better views than any specific game element (for [[Third-Person Views]] a large part of this can be simply to see the entity tracked). The ease of using [[Cameras]], decides in a great extent how much games help players perform [[Attention Swapping]] - if controlling [[Cameras]] is non-trivial during gameplay this adds requirements to perform [[Dexterity-Based Actions]] during gameplay.</div></td></tr>
</table>Staffan Björkhttp://virt10.itu.chalmers.se/index.php?title=Cameras&diff=24627&oldid=prevStaffan Björk at 09:29, 15 July 20162016-07-15T09:29:30Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Cameras]] are used in games to create both [[Third-Person Views]] and [[God Views]], and which of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">these </del>should be supported is a fundamental choice for using the pattern. Depending on which is supported, [[Cameras]] can be differently good at providing [[Surprises]], [[Tension]], and [[Detective Structures]]. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] are needed in both cases to generate the presentation from positions containing no game entities (although players of [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]] or [[:Category:Miniature Games|Miniature Games]] can partly get the same results simply by positioning themselves). In the following, the pattern assumes that visual presentations will be created but [[Game Masters]] can provide [[Cameras|Camera]] functionality through oral descriptions and text-based [[:Category:Adventure Games|Adventure Games]] through textual descriptions.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Cameras]] are used in games to create both [[Third-Person Views]] and [[God Views]], and which of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">this </ins>should be supported is a fundamental choice for using the pattern<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. They can also be used in the [[Third-Person Views]] possible in [[First-Person Views]] through [[Picture-in-Picture Views]]</ins>. Depending on which is supported, [[Cameras]] can be differently good at providing [[Surprises]], [[Tension]], and [[Detective Structures]]. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] are needed in both cases to generate the presentation from positions containing no game entities (although players of [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]] or [[:Category:Miniature Games|Miniature Games]] can partly get the same results simply by positioning themselves). In the following, the pattern assumes that visual presentations will be created but [[Game Masters]] can provide [[Cameras|Camera]] functionality through oral descriptions and text-based [[:Category:Adventure Games|Adventure Games]] through textual descriptions.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Staffan Björkhttp://virt10.itu.chalmers.se/index.php?title=Cameras&diff=16647&oldid=prevStaffan Björk at 12:41, 24 August 20122012-08-24T12:41:33Z<p></p>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Game State Overviews]] are supported by [[Cameras]] both when they are used for [[God Views]] and [[Third-Person Views]] since in both cases players can observe [[Game Worlds]] with better views than any specific game element (for [[Third-Person Views]] a large part of this can be simply to see the entity tracked). The ease of using [[Cameras]], decides in a great extent how much games help players perform [[Attention Swapping]] - if controlling [[Cameras]] is non-trivial during gameplay this adds requirements to perform [[Dexterity-Based Actions]] during gameplay.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In games with [[Avatars]], [[Cameras]] are typically limited in such a way that they are always in the center of players' views (but see the [[Sims series]] for an exception). This maintains the symmetry between what [[Avatars]] and players sees so that [[Tension]] and [[Surprises]] can be achieved and also to strengthen [[Spatial Engrossment]]. In games with [[Units]], [[Cameras|Camera]] movement is often completely free to allow the players to move between different game elements and to force them to make [[Trade-Offs]] between which parts of [[Game Worlds]] to focus their attention on.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In games with [[Avatars]], [[Cameras]] are typically limited in such a way that they are always in the center of players' views (but see the [[Sims series]] for an exception). This maintains the symmetry between what [[Avatars]] and players sees so that [[Tension]] and [[Surprises]] can be achieved and also to strengthen [[Spatial Engrossment]]. In games with [[Units]], [[Cameras|Camera]] movement is often completely free to allow the players to move between different game elements and to force them to make [[Trade-Offs]] between which parts of [[Game Worlds]] to focus their attention on.  </div></td></tr>
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</table>Staffan Björkhttp://virt10.itu.chalmers.se/index.php?title=Cameras&diff=13402&oldid=prevStaffan Björk at 08:44, 12 August 20112011-08-12T08:44:17Z<p></p>
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</table>Staffan Björkhttp://virt10.itu.chalmers.se/index.php?title=Cameras&diff=13286&oldid=prevStaffan Björk at 16:22, 9 August 20112011-08-09T16:22:50Z<p></p>
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</table>Staffan Björkhttp://virt10.itu.chalmers.se/index.php?title=Cameras&diff=13236&oldid=prevStaffan Björk: /* Interface Aspects */2011-08-08T14:22:59Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Interface Aspects</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Cameras]] is an [[:Category:Interface Patterns|Interface Pattern]]. The choices related to [[Cameras]] are usually linked to the choice of [[Focus Loci]] in a games; those with [[Avatars]] mainly use [[Third-Person Views]], while games with [[God Fingers]] or [[Units]] mainly use [[God Views]]. Exceptions are however quite common, especially to temporarily provide a different view to highlight events or make certain activities easier.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Cameras]] is an [[:Category:Interface Patterns|Interface Pattern]]. The choices related to [[Cameras]] are usually linked to the choice of [[Focus Loci]] in a games; those with [[Avatars]] mainly use [[Third-Person Views]], while games with [[God Fingers]] or [[Units]] mainly use [[God Views]]. Exceptions are however quite common, especially to temporarily provide a different view to highlight events or make certain activities easier<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. While designing [[Cameras]], it may be feasible to consider if [[Vision Modes]] are to be used in a game or not</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Staffan Björkhttp://virt10.itu.chalmers.se/index.php?title=Cameras&diff=13175&oldid=prevStaffan Björk at 08:42, 7 August 20112011-08-07T08:42:37Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Cameras]] are used in games to create both [[Third-Person Views]] and [[God Views]], and which of these should be supported is a fundamental choice for using the pattern. Depending on which is supported, [[Cameras]] can be differently good at providing [[Surprises]], [[Tension]], and [[Detective Structures]]. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] are needed in both cases to generate the presentation from positions containing no game entities (although players of [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]] or [[Category:Miniature Games|Miniature Games]] can partly get the same results simply by positioning themselves). In the following, the pattern assumes that visual presentations will be created but [[Game Masters]] can provide [[Cameras|Camera]] functionality through oral descriptions and text-based [[:Category:Adventure Games|Adventure Games]] through textual descriptions.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Cameras]] are used in games to create both [[Third-Person Views]] and [[God Views]], and which of these should be supported is a fundamental choice for using the pattern. Depending on which is supported, [[Cameras]] can be differently good at providing [[Surprises]], [[Tension]], and [[Detective Structures]]. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] are needed in both cases to generate the presentation from positions containing no game entities (although players of [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]] or [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">:</ins>Category:Miniature Games|Miniature Games]] can partly get the same results simply by positioning themselves). In the following, the pattern assumes that visual presentations will be created but [[Game Masters]] can provide [[Cameras|Camera]] functionality through oral descriptions and text-based [[:Category:Adventure Games|Adventure Games]] through textual descriptions.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Mario Kart series|Mario Kart]], [[Super Mario series|Super Mario]], [[Tomb Raider series|Tomb Raider]], and [[Uncharted series]] games all make use of [[Cameras]] to provide third-person views during gameplay. [[Super Mario 64]] provides an exception to the rule that [[Cameras]] are abstract objects that are not explained within the game world: although not affected by events in the game world, the [[Cameras|Camera]], and the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cameraman</del>, can be seen in mirrors. Another minor exception is the [[Cameras|Camera]] in the party game ''Monkey Boxing'' in [[Super Monkey Ball 2]]. This [[Cameras|Camera]] can be hit during the celebration scene when one of the monkeys has won the game.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Mario Kart series|Mario Kart]], [[Super Mario series|Super Mario]], [[Tomb Raider series|Tomb Raider]], and [[Uncharted series]] games all make use of [[Cameras]] to provide third-person views during gameplay. [[Super Mario 64]] provides an exception to the rule that [[Cameras]] are abstract objects that are not explained within the game world: although not affected by events in the game world, the [[Cameras|Camera]], and the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Lakitu character carrying it</ins>, can be seen in mirrors. Another minor exception is the [[Cameras|Camera]] in the party game ''Monkey Boxing'' in [[Super Monkey Ball 2]]. This [[Cameras|Camera]] can be hit during the celebration scene when one of the monkeys has won the game.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[:Category:FPS Games|First-Person Shooters]] do not use [[Cameras]] as the main way of presenting gameplay to players, but can do so for spectators and [[Battlefield series]] and later installments of the [[Fallout series]] use ''Killcams'' to present third-person views of noteworthy kills.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[:Category:FPS Games|First-Person Shooters]] do not use [[Cameras]] as the main way of presenting gameplay to players, but can do so for spectators<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">; </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </ins>[[Battlefield series]] and later installments of the [[Fallout series]] use ''Killcams'' to present third-person views of noteworthy kills.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Using the pattern ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Using the pattern ==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Cameras]] are used in games to create both [[Third-Person Views]] and [[God Views]], and which of these should be supported is a fundamental choice for using the pattern. Depending on which is supported, [[Cameras]] can be differently good at providing [[Surprises]], [[Tension]], and [[Detective Structures]]. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] are needed in both cases to generate the presentation from positions containing no game entities (although players of [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]] or [[Category:Miniature Games|Miniature Games]] can partly get the same results simply by positioning themselves). In the following the pattern assumes that visual presentations will be created but [[Game Masters]] can provide [[Cameras|Camera]] functionality through oral descriptions and text-based [[:Category:Adventure Games|Adventure Games]] through textual descriptions.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Cameras]] are used in games to create both [[Third-Person Views]] and [[God Views]], and which of these should be supported is a fundamental choice for using the pattern. Depending on which is supported, [[Cameras]] can be differently good at providing [[Surprises]], [[Tension]], and [[Detective Structures]]. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] are needed in both cases to generate the presentation from positions containing no game entities (although players of [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]] or [[Category:Miniature Games|Miniature Games]] can partly get the same results simply by positioning themselves). In the following<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>the pattern assumes that visual presentations will be created but [[Game Masters]] can provide [[Cameras|Camera]] functionality through oral descriptions and text-based [[:Category:Adventure Games|Adventure Games]] through textual descriptions.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There are a number of different types of views [[Cameras]] can support. Two generic examples are ''over the shoulder'' views, which <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">shows </del>game entities from above slightly to the side, and ''overhead'' views, which  provide excellent relations to the surroundings but which offers little information about focused game entities since they look direct down on them. Both these can be modified by either linking the movement of the [[Cameras|Camera]] to the movement of game entities or locking the [[Cameras|Camera]] to a position relative to the environment (in effect choosing between a [[Third-Person Views|Third Person View]] and a [[God Views|God View]]). Some [[Cameras|Camera]] views are specific to [[Third-Person Views]]. ''Chase-cams'' follows behind game entities as they move to convey the sense of movement while ''fly-by views'' lock [[Cameras|Camera]] positions while tracing the movement of a moving game <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">entities </del>(this view can also be provided by [[First-Person Views]]). [[Killcams]], which shows [[Replays]] of deaths in games, can make use of either of these two options.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There are a number of different types of views [[Cameras]] can support. Two generic examples are ''over the shoulder'' views, which <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">show </ins>game entities from above slightly to the side, and ''overhead'' views, which  provide excellent relations to the surroundings but which offers little information about focused game entities since they look direct down on them. Both these can be modified by either linking the movement of the [[Cameras|Camera]] to the movement of game entities or locking the [[Cameras|Camera]] to a position relative to the environment (in effect choosing between a [[Third-Person Views|Third Person View]] and a [[God Views|God View]]). Some [[Cameras|Camera]] views are specific to [[Third-Person Views]]. ''Chase-cams'' follows behind game entities as they move to convey the sense of movement while ''fly-by views'' lock [[Cameras|Camera]] positions while tracing the movement of a moving game <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">entity </ins>(this view can also be provided by [[First-Person Views]]). [[Killcams]], which shows [[Replays]] of deaths in games, can make use of either of these two options.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Interface Aspects ===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Interface Aspects ===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Cameras]] is an [[:Category:Interface Patterns|Interface Pattern]]. The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">choice </del>related to [[Cameras]] are usually linked to the choice of [[Focus Loci]] in a games; those with [[Avatars]] mainly use [[Third-Person Views]], while games with [[God Fingers]] or [[Units]] mainly use [[God Views]]. Exceptions are however quite common, especially to temporarily provide a different view to highlight events or make certain activities easier.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Cameras]] is an [[:Category:Interface Patterns|Interface Pattern]]. The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">choices </ins>related to [[Cameras]] are usually linked to the choice of [[Focus Loci]] in a games; those with [[Avatars]] mainly use [[Third-Person Views]], while games with [[God Fingers]] or [[Units]] mainly use [[God Views]]. Exceptions are however quite common, especially to temporarily provide a different view to highlight events or make certain activities easier.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Players can also be given a [[Freedom of Choice]] to manipulate [[Cameras|Camera]] in several ways: by modify them the positioning slightly, by being able to switch between different [[Cameras|Camera]] modes, or being able to move the [[Cameras|Camera]] freely with certain distances from the entities followed. Making the decision to allow players to control [[Cameras]] require additional decisions to be made concerning what [[Extra-Game Actions]] related to [[Cameras]] should be provided: commonly panning, rotating, and zooming for [[God Views]] and rotating and zooming for [[Third-Person Views]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Players can also be given a [[Freedom of Choice]] to manipulate [[Cameras|Camera]] in several ways: by modify them the positioning slightly, by being able to switch between different [[Cameras|Camera]] modes, or being able to move the [[Cameras|Camera]] freely with certain distances from the entities followed. Making the decision to allow players to control [[Cameras]] require additional decisions to be made concerning what [[Extra-Game Actions]] related to [[Cameras]] should be provided: commonly panning, rotating, and zooming for [[God Views]] and rotating and zooming for [[Third-Person Views]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Consequences ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Consequences ==</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In games with [[Avatars]], [[Cameras]] are typically limited in such a way that they are always in the center of players' views (but see the [[Sims series]] for an exception). This maintains the symmetry between what [[Avatars]] and players sees so that [[Tension]] and [[Surprises]] can be achieved and also to strengthen [[Spatial Engrossment]]. In games with [[Units]], [[Cameras|Camera]] movement is often completely free to allow the players to move between different game elements and to force them to make [[Trade-Offs]] between which parts of [[Game Worlds]] to focus their attention on.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In games with [[Avatars]], [[Cameras]] are typically limited in such a way that they are always in the center of players' views (but see the [[Sims series]] for an exception). This maintains the symmetry between what [[Avatars]] and players sees so that [[Tension]] and [[Surprises]] can be achieved and also to strengthen [[Spatial Engrossment]]. In games with [[Units]], [[Cameras|Camera]] movement is often completely free to allow the players to move between different game elements and to force them to make [[Trade-Offs]] between which parts of [[Game Worlds]] to focus their attention on.  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[:Category:Strategy Games|Strategy Games]] such as the [[Civilization (video game) series|Civilization series]] and the [[Starcraft series]] allow the players to move cameras across the whole game worlds but the position of the game elements, and in many cases not even the terrain, is typically not revealed. [[:Category:God <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">games</del>|God Games]], in contrast, allow players to have a complete view of the area that is being viewed. In real-time games, players may however set the [[Cameras]] to follow avatars or units as they move.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[:Category:Strategy Games|Strategy Games]] such as the [[Civilization (video game) series|Civilization series]] and the [[Starcraft series]] allow the players to move cameras across the whole game worlds but the position of the game elements, and in many cases not even the terrain, is typically not revealed. [[:Category:God <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Games</ins>|God Games]], in contrast, allow players to have a complete view of the area that is being viewed. In real-time games, players may however set the [[Cameras]] to follow avatars or units as they move.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Mario Kart series|Mario Kart]], [[Super Mario series|Super Mario]], [[Tomb Raider series|Tomb Raider]], and [[Uncharted series]] games all make use of [[Cameras]] to provide third-person views during gameplay. [[Super Mario 64]] provides an exception to the rule that [[Cameras]] are abstract objects that are not explained within the game world: although not affected by events in the game world, the [[Cameras|Camera]], and the cameraman, can be seen in mirrors. Another minor exception is the [[Cameras|Camera]] in the party game ''Monkey Boxing'' in [[Super Monkey Ball 2]]. This [[Cameras|Camera]] can be hit during the celebration scene when one of the monkeys has won the game.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Mario Kart series|Mario Kart]], [[Super Mario series|Super Mario]], [[Tomb Raider series|Tomb Raider]], and [[Uncharted series]] games all make use of [[Cameras]] to provide third-person views during gameplay. [[Super Mario 64]] provides an exception to the rule that [[Cameras]] are abstract objects that are not explained within the game world: although not affected by events in the game world, the [[Cameras|Camera]], and the cameraman, can be seen in mirrors. Another minor exception is the [[Cameras|Camera]] in the party game ''Monkey Boxing'' in [[Super Monkey Ball 2]]. This [[Cameras|Camera]] can be hit during the celebration scene when one of the monkeys has won the game.</div></td></tr>
</table>Staffan Björk