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• Factions
  ...the design intentions or not, especially for games with [[Persistent Game Worlds]]. One way to provide the norms of [[Factions]] in broad strokes is to tie ...ine. These [[Quests]] can also be the basis for giving them [[Open Destiny|Open Destinies]] and the outcomes of these can be used to create variations in [
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• Internal Rivalry
  ...same equipment for their characters. These rivalries can easily turn into open conflicts in the aftermaths of raids as the desired equipment is bound to t ...]] such as [[Loot]] or [[Vehicles]] before others do. In [[Persistent Game Worlds]], [[Internal Rivalry]] can evolve as natural effects of player interaction
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• Power-Ups
  Many games contain [[Power-Ups]] - game items in the game worlds which as soon as players move avatars in direct proximity to them disappear ...g players better [[Power-Ups]]. [[Power-Ups]] providing abilities can also open up for a specific type of [[Traps]] - those appearing similar to [[Power-Up
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• Cutscenes
  ...- this can be used to make players realize the presence of [[Open Destiny|Open Destinies]]. Since it may be difficult to time the suitability of when to e ...possibilities of having full control over how players perceive the [[Game Worlds]], including providing details about [[Characters]], [[Non-Player Character
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• Diegetic Consistency
  ''Depictions of game worlds that only contains the visual elements that are diegetically present.'' ...mation due to their systems containing more information than just the game worlds and when this occurs designers may need to question the value of having [[D
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• Game Worlds
  ''Fictional worlds in which gameplay takes place.'' ...l cases have no tangible presence. However, by relating to other fictional worlds (from literature, movies, or other games) and the real world they can help
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• Player-Planned Development
  ...er-Planned Development]] can occur given it is possible. [[Persistent Game Worlds]] typically lets the scale for [[Player-Planned Development]] be larger tha ...what development is possible. This may be provided both from within [[Game Worlds]] and through [[Secondary Interface Screens]].
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• Game Masters
  ''Facilitators of game worlds, and of players' interactions with these worlds.'' ...cts of players' actions and creating adventures, campaigns, and whole game worlds. With the appearance of computer-based roleplaying games, programs could re
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• Non-Player Help
  ...e game design, this [[Non-Player Help]] can provide unexpected support and open up for social interaction beyond that contained in the gameplay itself. ...-players, and quite possibly also the non-player themselves, in the [[Game Worlds|Game World]] this is likely to break its [[Thematic Consistency]]. Games wi
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• Safe Havens
  ''Locations in game worlds where game elements are safe from harmful game events.'' ...ts]] to ensure that the [[Spawning]] of [[Avatars]] or [[Units]] in [[Game Worlds]] cannot immediately result in attacks by other players or [[Enemies]]. In
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• Quests
  ...Narration]] and makes it difficult to let the [[Quests]] affect the [[Game Worlds]]; [[Phasing]] is a partial solution to this for games with [[Mediated Game ...th [[Thematic Consistency]]. This is especially true for [[Persistent Game Worlds]], and [[Quests]] may be necessary for these to be able to have [[Predeterm
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• Vehicles
  Game worlds can be difficult to move through, either because the terrain is hazardous, ...ciding how they should provide [[Movement]] within [[Game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], or [[Levels]] for [[Avatars]] or [[Units]], and where the [[Vehicles]] s
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• Environmental Effects
  For game worlds to have interesting features, the different parts of need to vary. Besides ...That's My Fish!]], [[Forbidden Island]], and [[Greed Corp]] all have game worlds which gradually disappears, and the disappeared parts can be said to be und
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• Tools
  ...elements used to provide actions, or make them easier to perform, in game worlds.'' ...s]] defined by being noticeable game elements in their own right in [[Game Worlds]] include [[Installations]], [[Self-Service Kiosks]], and [[Vehicles]]. The
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• Crafting
  ...y allowing these activities, games explain how the items come to be in the worlds as well as offer players the possibility to engage in a constructive activi [[Crafting]] allows players to help create the content in [[Game Worlds]] and is therefore a [[:Category:Diegetic Patterns|Diegetic Pattern]].
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• Game Items
  ''Diegetic objects in game worlds that can be carried or interacted with.'' [[Game Items]] are objects in game worlds that players can picked up and carried by players' avatars or units. They c
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• Traps
  ...players to be observant of [[Diegetically Outstanding Features]] in [[Game Worlds]]. The last type, often [[Red Herrings]] and which can be exemplified by fa ...o enforce the [[Predetermined Story Structures]] of games and to create or open up [[Inaccessible Areas]].
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• Obstacles
  ...t hinder players from taking the shortest route between two places in game worlds.'' ...t"/>. This can be applied literally by requiring that navigation in [[Game Worlds]] take into consideration diegetically present physical [[Obstacles]]. Ofte
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• Inaccessible Areas
  ''Parts of game worlds that players can perceive but cannot enter.'' ...ay. Related to this, game designers may wish to keep certain parts of game worlds as [[Inaccessible Areas]] so that players can have surprises or other exper
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• Invisible Walls
  ''Obstacles in game worlds that limit the players' movement, but not vision.'' ...Even so, game designers may wish to show players somewhat more of the game worlds than is playable. One way of achieving this is to put up [[Invisible Walls]
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