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

PSS is when the design has already decided how the narration structures should be used.

-- existing patterns to find relations from --- Companions Character Defining Actions Detective Structures Factions Melodramatic Structures Information Passing Cutscenes Renamed Patterns Game Worlds Ephemeral Goals Self-Facilitated Games

Can Instantiate

Luck, Predictable Consequences, PvE, Tension

with Clues

Gain Information, Gain Ownership

Can Modulate

Alternate Reality Gameplay, Boss Monsters, Characters, Character Development, Freedom of Choice, Gain Competence, Player Characters

Can Be Instantiated By

Ability Losses, Conditional Passageways, Controllers Helpers, Inaccessible Areas, Levels, MacGuffins, Main Quests, One-Way Travel, Persistent Game World Changes, Quests, Reconnaissance, Rescue, Scenes, Scripted Information Sequences, Sidequests, Traces, Traverse

Clues together with Thematic Consistency Invulnerabilities together with NPCs

Can Be Modulated By

Big Dumb Objects, Dedicated Game Facilitators, Feigned Die Rolls, Freedom of Choice, Game Masters, Helpers, Loading Hints, New Abilities, Persistent Game Worlds, Quick Time Events, Red Herrings, Spawning, Summary Updates, Switches, Temporal Consistency, Traps

Possible Closure Effects

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Potentially Conflicting With

Freedom of Choice, Persistent Game Worlds, 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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