Negotiable Play Sessions

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Support for players to be able to decide how long individual play sessions should be without negatively affecting the outcome of a game.

Many times playing a game is done over several play sessions. Players may have different preferences on how long these should be, and individual players may change their preferences from play session to play session. Games that include design options to let players have varying lengths of their play sessions without disrupting the gameplay progression (but not necessarily the gameplay experience) can be said to have Negotiable Play Sessions.

Examples

Using the pattern

Negotiable Play Sessions can be supported in several different ways. Turn-Based Games provide natural breaking points for the sessions while Self-Facilitated Games give players control over every step in the update of the game. Game Pauses provide support for players of Single-Player Real-Time Games to interrupt their play sessions, and games that allow Save-Load Cycles let players continue easily between power downs of the systems that run them. Drop-In/Drop-Out gameplay allows players of Multiplayer Real-Time Games to control the lengths of their play sessions without disrupting gameplay for others. Tick-Based Games with long tick (or the use of slowly recharging Action Points) let players choose when to play within a tick and for how long.

Finally, Time Limits support Negotiable Play Sessions when players set the limits before starting play sessions even if this does not make the negotiable once they have started.

Consequences

By letting players have control over when they play parts of what will become the total gameplay of a game, Negotiable Play Sessions supports both Casual and Ubiquitous Gameplay.

Relations

Can Instantiate

Casual Gameplay, Ubiquitous Gameplay

Can Modulate

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Can Be Instantiated By

Drop-In/Drop-Out, Game Pauses, Save-Load Cycles, Self-Facilitated Games, Tick-Based Games, Time Limits, Turn-Based Games

Can Be Modulated By

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Possible Closure Effects

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Potentially Conflicting With

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History

New pattern created in this wiki.

References

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Acknowledgements