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• Selectable Set of Goals
  ...n choose one or several goals from a larger set of goals. The [[Selectable Set of Goals]] can be defined so that players must select goals first and then ...having the largest army, and having point cards. These create [[Selectable Set of Goals]] to each player since it is not important which goals are achieve
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• Alarms
  ...re how they are activated, what [[Diegetically Outstanding Features]] they set off, and if they indicate [[Irreversible Events]] or if they can be turned
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• Pattern Suggestion List
  [[Limited Set of Actions]] [[Flexible Game Element Set-Up]],
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• Grind Achievements
  ...yers a [[Freedom of Choice]] as long as they are aware of all parts of the set). The first levels of the ''Milestone'' [[Achievements]] in [[Team Fortress [[Progress Indicators]], [[Secondary Interfaces]], [[Selectable Set of Goals]], [[Spawning]]
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• Challenging Gameplay
  ...lso be less, and players can be given a this choice through a [[Selectable Set of Goals]] or [[Supporting Goals]]. The problem of ''too'' difficult challe [[Selectable Set of Goals]],
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• Analysis Paralysis
  ...ral actions with [[Predictable Consequences]], even if these are [[Limited Set of Actions]] or players have [[Limited Resources]] (and especially so if co ...likelihood can also be modulated by [[Irreversible Events]] and [[Limited Set of Actions]] of other players. This allows players to a greater degree to n
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• Rhythm-Based Actions
  ...ired. Since they are self-contained the difficulty of these actions can be set with quite high level of precision, and this makes [[Rhythm-Based Actions]]
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• Staries
  ...ssen the amount of possible movements (instantiating versions of [[Limited Set of Actions]] and [[Movement Limitations]]) and the game is over when one no
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• Unwinnable Games
  ...one should stop with the activity portrayed) but may also cause players to set up their own [[Player-Defined Goals]] that they consider win (and end) cond ...identify any specific player as being able to reach the winning conditions set up by a game.
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• Renamed Patterns
  [[Selectable Set of Goals]] (<- Selectable Sets of Goals)
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• Roleplaying
  ...]. [[Character Alignments]] can also be used to provide players with broad set of rules regarding how their players should behave; this can guide players
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• Left 4 Dead series
  ...er|Delivery]] items and players can in this case fail the goal if they are set on fire. A six pack of Cola is a unique [[Deliver|Delivery]] item in the De ...with strangers , including kicking other players, but can also be used to set [[Challenging Gameplay]] through [[Player Decided Rule Setup]]. These featu
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• Space Alert
  [[Mutual Goals]], [[Limited Set of Actions]], [[Difficulty Levels]], (rewarded) [[Simultaneity]], [[Time Li ...[Cards]] that may also be used to carry out one of the following [[Limited Set of Actions|actions]]: use the computers, fire a weapon, distribute energy t
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• Achievements
  ...[[Achievements]] for the individual goals and one for completing the whole set, creating a [[Goal Hierarchies]]. [[World of Warcraft]] does this in severa
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• Extended Actions
  ...of Choice]] if it is perceived that there is too much present. If the time set is long enough this may lead to [[Encouraged Return Visits]] since players
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• Betrayal
  ...Traitors]] are used, in may be worth considering if they should be able to set up [[Traps]] since being the victim of one is a sure way to have been betra ...h [[Delayed Effects]]. Games supporting [[Altruistic Actions]] let players set themselves up to being betrayed if they expect a [[Delayed Reciprocity]]. T
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• Time Limited Game Instances
  ...th [[Freedom of Choice]], a simple modification is to allow the players to set the [[Time Limits]] before gameplay starts. Another alternative is to make
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• Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses
  ...closures focusing on fewer players as per [[Last Man Standing]]. [[Limited Set of Actions]] can make closures more intense by stripping players of possibi [[Limited Set of Actions]]
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• Tension
  ...and other [[Agents]]. To be in opposition, [[Excluding Goals]] need to be set up, e.g. [[Competitions|Competition]], [[Conflicts|Conflict]], or [[Overcom ...s' powers or freedom, for example, by [[Shrinking Game Worlds]], [[Limited Set of Actions]], or [[Movement Limitations]]. The two latter work more efficie
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• Replayability
  ...some varieties as well since players can try to try and complete different set of them, or all or none of them, compared to earlier game instances. [[East ...of different [[Abilities]] or choosing different goals from a [[Selectable Set of Goals]] (especially if they are [[Excluding Goals]]); [[Testing Achievem
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• Collectible Card Games
  ...mes]] are a specific category of these games where players bring their own set of cards to play each other. This adds aspects of acquiring new cards and p
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• Dedicated Game Facilitators
  ...clude modifying the gameplay due to unexpected outside factors, wanting to set up examples, and allowing novice players to reconsider actions that have ju
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• Drawing Stacks
  ...f different types of game elements in [[Drawing Stacks]] is an easy way to set specific odds of those game elements to be drawn. [[Stack Seeding]] can be ...g [[Randomness]] and [[Uncertainty of Information]]. However, the order is set once the stack has been shuffled. Many card games use [[Drawing Stacks]] to
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• Further Player Improvement Potential
  ...er due to a limited number of [[Difficulty Levels]] or that it is a narrow set of skills that are challenges by the [[Ever Increasing Difficulty]]. [[Exag
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• Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment
  ...layer Games]] used to try and reach a certain level of challenge, possibly set by players through [[Difficulty Levels]], while for [[PvP]] it is instead u
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• Agents
  ...them [[Unpredictable Behavior]] is somewhat of a paradox since they are a set of rules fundamentally but several tricks exists, including [[Ambiguous Res ...] for the control of [[NPCs]] ([[Enemies]] typically have such a [[Limited Set of Actions]] that they cannot break the [[Thematic Consistency]]). [[Game M
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• Avatars
  Many games start with a [[Limited Set of Actions]] available through the [[Avatars]] and then expanding this thro [[Limited Set of Actions]],
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• Units
  ...with on a group level or have no individual distinguishing features from a set of other game elements.'' ...termined by [[Randomness]], or depending on the player actions, during the set-up phase. When the players can affect the number of [[Units]] they may have
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• Open Destiny
  ...n Destiny]] is to use several [[Quests]] that combined form a [[Selectable Set of Goals]], where each goal is linked to a significantly high level to a ga ...with limitations of what the player can do. By thus providing a [[Limited Set of Actions]] of all those possible, games can provide [[Varied Gameplay]] i
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• Algorithmic Agents
  ...e present in the game. When the creation of the algorithms are part of the set-up phase, [[Algorithmic Agents]] can create [[Meta Games]] where the inner ...Agents]] often are realized through code running on computers and thereby set a bound on [[Ubiquitous Gameplay]] to require computers, this is not always
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• Mules
  ...This was followed in [[World of Warcraft]], which provides players with a set of functions that can be used for writing scripts. These scripts can vary f ...e Resources]] with a lower replenishment rate than the rate of consumption set for the [[Mules]]. Since [[Mules]] represent the players, they have to stan
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• Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game
  ...y. Before roughly midgame, however, who is on what team is not necessarily set, and throughout the game, information on the teams is strictly limited, lea ...ty to reveal themselves in an act of [[Betrayal]], giving them access to a set of new abilities, but excluding them from others.
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• Combos
  ...), and [[Construction]]. [[Combos]] can also be created by letting players set up the effects of actions or events so that the coincide; adding [[Developm
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• Turn-Based Games
  ...port [[Strategic Planning]]; [[Civilization 4]] does this when nearing the set limit of turns.
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• Private Game Spaces
  ...of [[Private Game Spaces]] is essentially designed by providing [[Limited Set of Actions]] for players depending on what part of the game space they are [[Limited Set of Actions]],
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• Levels
  ...cave or from a railway station to a factory. The theme can then be used to set the boundaries for how much the [[Diegetic Consistency]] can be stressed; c
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• Non-Player Characters
  ...be possible to create as [[Player-Created Characters]] during the initial set-up of games. [[NPCs]] used as [[Companions]] can also affect [[Narration St ...can be argued to be an example of this although this is achieved through a set of response rules rather than through abstract characteristics. Adventure g
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• Stimulated Planning
  ...Control]] (e.g. to do create [[Algorithmic Agents]]) encourages players to set up their own [[Player Defined Goals]] but may fail if players are uninspire ...ally by making it both more difficulty and more necessary, while [[Limited Set of Actions]] makes it easier without necessarily making it needed. [[Collab
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• AI Players
  Not all AI players need to be controlled by computers. A 'robot', really a set of instructions that a human needed to follow, was introduced in the expans ...(the parodical game [[Progress Quest]] can be seen as only letting a human set up a [[Mules|Mule]] and nothing else).
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• No Direct Player Influence
  ...e]] is actually an cellular automaton but can be seen as a game when users set up goals for how it should evolve based upon an initial state and are not a
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• Experimenting
  ...the guesses as experiments. The abstract game [[Zendo]] require players to set up arrangements of different colored pyramids to extrapolate the correct ar The [[Incredible Machine game series]] lets players use a limit set of objects such as pipes, bowling balls, cats, candles, ropes, and balloons
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• Strategic Planning
  Knowing how to set up their part of game instances with [[Heterogeneous Game Element Ownership
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• Tactical Planning
  ...yers to engage in [[Tactical Planning]] but so can also the opportunity to set up one. [[Time Limits]] and [[Real-Time Games]] can make [[Tactical Plannin
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• Enemies
  ...]] which provide challenges to the players even though they have a limited set of behaviors. Later games like the first-person shooter [[Doom series]] and ...the possibility of using [[Alarms]], either as [[Traps]] which players can set off or to give players the [[Preventing Goals]] of hindering the [[Enemies]
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• Self-Facilitated Games
  ...uedo]], [[Monopoly]], and [[RoboRally]], require the players themselves to set up and move game pieces and, if they wish to break gameplay into several di Games that can be set up in various ways, e.g. [[Configurable Gameplay Areas]] for games with [[R
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• Freedom of Choice
  ...n of [[Quarters]]. Although only modifying value in the game state or rule set instead of changing the rules, [[Difficulty Levels]] can be considered anot ...in that they require players to make [[Player-Created Characters]] in the set-up phase of game sessions and these typically require many choices related
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• Predetermined Story Structures
  ...s]] with [[Predetermined Story Structures]] but may annoy players that are set on gameplay which is tightly coupled to the narration. ...d especially [[Surprises]] in them) with this pattern even if [[Selectable Set of Goals]] linked to ending can motivate replays for each possible ending.
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• Heterogeneous Game Element Ownership
  ...[[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games|Live Action Roleplaying Games]] set in fantasy or historical setting go a step further, requiring people partic ...elements that balance the game using a [[Evolving Rule Sets|Evolving Rule Set]], although this may also require that old elements are passed out as well.
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• Optional Rules
  ...them as specific games compared to others. However, many games also have a set of associated [[Optional Rules]]. These can be ones that groups of players The [[Civilization series]] allows players to set options before gameplay begins to, among other things, control how barbaria
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• Action Programming
  [[Category:Set-up Patterns]] ...like [[Drachen Delta]], [[RoboRally]], and [[Space Alert]] can let players set up the sequence of future actions through the placing cards in particular o
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• Multiplayer Games
  ...Gathering]] are [[Multiplayer Games]] where every player own parts of the set of allowed game elements, and when some players wish to play each of these
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• Late Arriving Players
  ...be caused both because new players can have advantages, e.g. having a full set of [[Resources]] in games with [[Steadily Decreasing Resources]], or disadv
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• Social Dilemmas
  ''Choices players need to make that either set their own individual gains against each others or against the gains of a so
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• Zero-Player Games
  ...ng each puzzle as its own game, several puzzle games where players need to set up the game and then see it resolve can be seen as [[Zero-Player Games]], e ...set to create [[Emergent Gameplay]] to achieve interesting choices in the set-up phase.
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• Actions Have Diegetically Social Consequences
  ...table expression of [[Emotional Attachment]]; this can be part of the rule set for [[Algorithmic Agents]] for [[Agents]] that are not controlled by humans ...equences]] provides a [[Freedom of Choice]] and can support a [[Selectable Set of Goals]] or [[Optional Goals]].
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• Character Defining Actions
  Even if [[Predetermined Story Structures]] can help set up [[Character Defining Actions]] as noted above, they may also oppose them
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• Detective Structures
  ...ually turn into [[Perfect Information]] as players can merge the different set of information into one complete view. Similarly, the [[Detective Structure
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• Dialogues
  ...ies]] where they provide quick communication functionality about a limited set of subjects. An added bonus to such systems is that they by being presented ...suitable for creating [[Internal Conflicts]], partly since they can easily set different goals against each other as options for the next utterance to say
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• Enforced Agent Behavior
  ...possible, which comes down to defining a [[Limited Set of Actions]]. This set of actions may be enough to sustain the intended behavior if the only inter ...are set earlier (typically through [[Action Programming]] from a [[Limited Set of Actions]]) and then enforced.
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• Factions
  ...oice is if one can only be member of one of these (creating a [[Selectable Set of Goals]]) or if multiple memberships are possible. For each [[Factions|Faction]] used in a game, there need to be a set of [[Diegetic Social Norms]] define which regulate what is actions are acce
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• Information Passing
  ...o others, since providing options beyond a single utterance or a [[Limited Set of Actions]] easily requires advanced parsing capabilities since such a sys ...mation Passing]] can be just a button of a menu to choose from a [[Limited Set of Actions]].
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• Internal Conflicts
  ''The situation of having a set of desirable actions or goals where the progress in one makes the others mo The PC is set to infiltrate a terrorist organization in Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Dou
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• Internal Rivalry
  ...essive Actions]], using [[Enforced Agent Behavior]] to provide a [[Limited Set of Actions]], or relying on [[Diegetic Social Norms]]. An example of using ...tly Aggressive Actions]], [[Information Passing]], [[Intrigue]], [[Limited Set of Actions]], [[Negative Feedback Loops]], [[Predefined Goals]],
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• Loyalty
  ...is often used to explain or initiate actions. In games this can be used to set up the premise for the gameplay so that players have a diegetic motivation
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• Cutscenes
  [[Category:Set-up Patterns]] [[Category:Set-down Patterns]]
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• Underlying Assumptions and Concepts
  ...al framework<ref name="Bjork & Holopainen 2004, chapter 2"/>. The complete set of actions for a player in a game instance, in principle the sum of all pla
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• Game Worlds
  ...ion]], make use of fictive worlds to base differences on how the games are set up. Other games, e.g. [[Dominion]] and [[Race for the Galaxy]], have descri
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• Grinding
  Games often only let players choose what to do from a small set of possible actions. Even so, the choice of which action to perform can mak ...a Universalis series]], can easily force players into [[Grinding]] just to set all parameters correctly or move all their units.
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• Ephemeral Goals
  ...ters are, as the name suggests, created randomly usually from a predefined set of characteristics. The archetypical random encounter is to defeat a group A way to vary a [[Selectable Set of Goals]] during gameplay is to have some of the goals in the sets be [[Ep
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• Speedruns
  ...the setting of [[Time Limits]] for some other goal. These can be explicit set by designers which works well with making them parts of [[Goal Hierarchies]
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• Nomic
  ...lay, the patterns mentions here only describe those created by the initial set of rules.''
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• Difficulty Levels
  ...either [[Casual Gameplay|Casual]] or [[Challenging Gameplay]], as well as set the level of [[Framed Freedom]] they wish to have if some freedom exists to
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• Player-Planned Development
  ...t can also cause [[Internal Conflicts]] since gameplay options provide may set different parts of the planned development against each other or may work a
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• Evolving Rule Sets
  ...ots]] or [[Ultima Online]]) since the code can be seen as part of the rule set. ...and can be added during gameplay but are not seen as part of the core rule set (but are rarely removed once introduced).
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• Varying Rule Sets
  ...s where the rules governing gameplay change over time from within a closed set of rules.'' Some games have rule set that change during gameplay. These [[Varying Rule Sets]] can either be used
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• Game Masters
  ...er Balance]]. [[Game Masters]] can also remove any concepts of a [[Limited Set of Actions]] as players can describe whatever they wish to do and the game ...both [[Varying Rule Sets|Varying]] and [[Evolving Rule Sets|Evolving Rule Set]]. Changes in rules by [[Game Masters]] is a form of [[Extra-Game Input]] s
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• Visits
  ...[[Movement]] in games to other players' areas where they have a [[Limited Set of Actions]] compared to other parts of the [[Game Worlds|Game World]]. [[A ...Actions]] possible. One way of guaranteeing this is to make the [[Limited Set of Actions]] only consists of [[Altruistic Actions]]. By doing so, they can
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• Non-Player Help
  ...Player Help]] often needs to restricted to providing people with [[Limited Set of Actions]] which are also [[Privileged Actions|Privileged]] (although als [[Limited Set of Actions]],
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• Ephemeral Events
  ...ent can take place. [[Time Limits]] may be the most obvious choice and can set hard limits which can be broadcast through [[Game State Indicators]] if [[T ...pe of [[Ephemeral Events]] concern the rules of the games - [[Varying Rule Set]] can provide changes in the rules that are only used to a limited period o
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• No-Ops
  ...y passive actions, they can be [[Altruistic Actions]] if part of [[Limited Set of Actions]] where all other actions have bad consequences for the other pl ...sometimes [[No-Ops]] need to be included in games as part of the [[Limited Set of Actions]] available simply because players cannot do anything due to lac
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• Guilting
  ...y should perform some form of action to other players. This is quite often set up by [[Delayed Reciprocity]], for example through [[Altruistic Actions]] s
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• Events Timed to the Real World
  ...d night during the game. In addition, the organizers must consider when to set up the events so the season fits the thematic and practical requirements (i
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• Construction
  ...but other possibilities exist. One is that players may construct their own set of game elements to bring to a game, which may include actually building or
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• Action Caps
  ...layers to choose what to do, they let players choose ''one'' action from a set of actions so it does not relate to [[Action Caps]] directly but can be use
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• Pottering
  ...intense warfare, but between these have long periods where players mainly set smaller independent goals for themselves and the countries they control. ...rt [[Narration Structures]]. The various actions and smaller goals players set up for themselves when engaging in the activity does however create [[Never
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• Memorizing
  ...motivated to do this since failure to remember rules give them a [[Limited Set of Actions]] and [[Limited Foresight]] compared to other players, and failu
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• Asymmetric Starting Conditions
  ...ite player that plays second; Based upon statistics this handicap has been set at 6.5 stones when using Japanese rules (the half point is to avoid ties). ...ble case (that of the players independently having selected the exact same set up).
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• Cooldown
  ...ooldowns]]'' restricts not only the use of actions just performed but some set of other actions as well, an example from [[World of Warcraft]] being that
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• Environmental Storytelling
  ...in the game world are struggling for the same cause as the player and have set up camps while doing so, it also gives hints the resources may be available The typical set of game elements available include [[Big Dumb Objects]], [[Diegetically Out
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• Geospatial Game Widgets
  ...e Widgets]] already mentioned, [[World of Warcraft]] lets players places a set of different marker on enemies to coordinate their actions with other playe
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• Crafting
  ...uired for players to engage in other types of [[Crafting]] and thereby can set up development chains where the [[New Abilities]] gained can be seen as a f
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• Equipment
  ...such as the [[Quake series]] and the [[Left 4 Dead series]] have a limited set of weapons (and medical equipment for the latter) that players can use. At ...al [[Equipment Slots]] should be active, this provides a form of [[Limited Set of Actions]] - players can choose which action to be ready to perform out o
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• Destructible Objects
  ...ing barrels. The ruined nuclear-powered cars found in [[Fallout 3]] can be set on fire which results in them exploding in a mushroom cloud soon afterwards ...of [[Parallel Lives]] is created by connecting one player's [[Lives]] to a set of [[Destructible Objects]] that all are at risk simultaneously.
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• Clues
  ...ngs. Advices tell players what to do before they have started performing a set of actions; encouragements provide feedback that a given action is correct
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• Character Development
  ...ities|New]] or [[Improved Abilities]], which may either expand a [[Limited Set of Actions]] or increase [[Attributes]], [[Resource Caps]], or [[Skills]]. [[Limited Set of Actions]],
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• Territories
  ...can have [[Gain Ownership]] goals. The reasons for these goals provide one set of design options regarding [[Territories]]. Besides simply having certain
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• Framed Freedom
  ...are relatively few choices in each moment of gameplay and players need to set their own long-term goals. ...presented to the players in some way. [[Limited Resources]] and [[Limited Set of Actions]] are natural way of supporting this and leads [[Framed Freedom]
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• Inaccessible Areas
  Games are typically set in some world but it is either for gameplay purposes or production purposes
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• Balancing Effects
  ...imbalances do not occur or, for [[Single-Player Games]], ways of trying to set challenge levels, while correcting [[Balancing Effects]] try to correct imb ...rds]], requiring [[Trade-Offs]], allowing players to choose a [[Selectable Set of Goals]] that best fit their abilities, or providing [[Diminishing Return
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• Controllers
  While players typically have access to a certain set of actions besides moving while exploring game worlds, the items that can b Two main types of [[Controllers]] exist: [[Switches]] that set events in motion when activated and [[Installations]] that provide players
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• Thematic Consistency
  ...ontent to begin with. Providing [[Optional Rules]] is a way to let players set the rules to fit their opinions of the theme as well as possible, and there
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