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  ...nd Concepts]] - see also the category of [[:Category:Pattern Related Notes|Pattern Related Notes]]. ...press clearly intentions, analyses, and opinions regarding gameplay. See [[Pattern-Based Methods]] for more specific suggestions on how to use them.
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• Pattern Suggestion List
  Note: to make a new pattern, use the [[Gameplay Design Pattern Template]] [[Limited Resources]] <- Should be removed (but take info from old pattern)
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• Grind Achievements
  == Using the pattern == ...[Selectable Set of Goals]] (which gives players a [[Freedom of Choice]] as long as they are aware of all parts of the set). The first levels of the ''Miles
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• Goal Achievements
  == Using the pattern == ...ctions]] goal by simply requiring that the goals are reached many times as long as one assumed that players will reach a certain level of [[Gameplay Master
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• Irreversible Events
  == Using the pattern == ...of the game state (other events may affect that part of the game state as long as all affect it in the same way or direction). Other ways of making [[Irre
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• Interruptible Actions
  == Using the pattern == ...turn Visits]], they force players into [[Risk/Reward]] calculations on how long they can stay away from the game.
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• Challenging Gameplay
  == Using the pattern == ...akes [[Challenging Gameplay]] a [[:Category:Subjective Patterns|Subjective Pattern]]. Although the difficulty of a game is individual to each player, games ca
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• Parallel Lives
  ...are at risk at once and gameplay continue without too much disturbance at long as some of them still remain. Since each of these can be said to be one of ...it from one point of a level to another. Which make it is not important as long as a sufficient number do.
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• Rhythm-Based Actions
  ...ily stimulated [[:Category:Sports|Sports]] by requiring players to perform long sequences of [[Rhythm-Based Actions]], and the outcome was judged upon how == Using the pattern ==
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• Time Pressure
  ...time left to complete something, but may also not be presented at all (as long as players are made aware of the pressure at some point). However, the amou ...of finishing something as quickly as possible but avoiding failure for as long as possible.
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• Unwinnable Games
  == Using the pattern == ...through dying, in fact this is common in many early examples of using the pattern.
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• Roleplaying
  == Using the pattern == ...their own right (at least on a diegetic level), so a primary need for the pattern is to create such suitable game components. This is typically [[Avatars]] o
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• Drop-In/Drop-Out
  == Using the pattern == ...choosing when to play is modulated by how long the ticks are (although too long ticks can also cause [[Downtime]]).
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• Left 4 Dead series
  ...Havens]] where [[Avatars]] can safely restock and shoot out at infected as long as the doors are closed. The exception to this is that Tanks can break down ...e group's abilities in different situations, e.g. sniping lone infected at long distances or meeting charging hordes in close-quarters battles. Although th
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• Time Limits
  ...players can plan or perform certain actions while other put limits on how long the game as a whole can take. By doing so they can guarantee that the game == Using the pattern ==
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• Achievements
  ...nd ''Tank Burger'') while others require especially good successes (e.g. ''Long Distance Carrier'' and ''Wing and a Prayer'') or doing actions in specific == Using the pattern ==
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• Extended Actions
  ''Actions that take so long to complete that they require players to miss opportunities to perform othe == Using the pattern ==
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• Betrayal
  The negotiation game [[So Long Sucker]] by John Nash requires players to provide help to other players to == Using the pattern ==
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• Cooperation
  ...ave to have any concept of teams for [[Cooperation]] to be necessary; [[So Long Sucker]] and [[Diplomacy]] make players join up to beat other players only == Using the pattern ==
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• Randomness
  == Using the pattern == ...s]], and for [[Ephemeral Goals]] this may include when they appear and how long they exist.
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• Time Limited Game Instances
  ...r for players to make these commitments it can be good know in advance how long the game instance will be. Games can support this through being designed to == Using the pattern ==
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• Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses
  == Using the pattern == ...earlier ones. Since the experience of closures are highly subjective, the pattern is a subjective one and even more so than for other patterns ensuring its p
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• Tension
  ...] include [[Diplomacy]], [[Illuminati]], [[Intrigue]], [[Junta]], and [[So Long Sucker]]. == Using the pattern ==
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• Replayability
  == Using the pattern == ...s to the overall challenges and therefore can provide [[Replayability]] as long as players are willing to change roles between game instances or game sessi
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• Further Player Improvement Potential
  ...Games]] which offers players [[Further Player Improvement Potential]] for long period of time include team-based games such as [[Defense of the Ancients]] == Using the pattern ==
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• Agents
  == Using the pattern == ...]] to be able to affect one's environment is probably the most fundamental pattern needed to create the appearance of [[Agents]] in a game. This since without
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• Avatars
  ...tween the two, and this is not the case in those situations. However, this pattern is described to be useful regardless if an abstract representation exists a ...and that it shouldn't matter for the games' definitions who participate as long as they match certain criteria.
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• Open Destiny
  == Using the pattern == ...can run into problems of having to many combinations, especially when the pattern is applied on many [[Characters]]. An alternative, which the [[Victoria 2]]
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• Assassin's Creed series
  ...h hay or leaves (note that these are not examples of the [[Leap of Faith]] pattern since players know beforehand that they are safe to do). Birds are typicall
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• Algorithmic Agents
  == Using the pattern == ...n cause [[Surprises]] or as effects of players' actions through use of the pattern [[Actions Have Diegetically Social Consequences]]. One example of this can
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• Role Fulfillment
  ...Games]] in which this occurs include [[Diplomacy]], [[Intrigue]], and [[So Long Sucker]]. Some [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]], e.g. [[Battlestar Gal == Using the pattern ==
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• Team Strategy Identification
  ...ation between players rather than the more formalized cooperation that the pattern [[Teams]] describe.'' == Using the pattern ==
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• Combos
  == Using the pattern == ...([[Dance Dance Revolution series]] and the [[Rock Band series]]), but the pattern can be used more generalized in [[Turn-Based Games]] or simply any game whe
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• Team Combos
  ...the perk "Teamwork" can form up in combat to gain additional advantages as long as they stay close together. == Using the pattern ==
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• Turn-Based Games
  ...ons are allowed and others not allowed. Most traditional games follow this pattern by letting one player plan and then execute an action as a turn and then le ...structure which is associated with one player but no player needs to wait long between being able to act in the game.
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• Turn Taking
  == Using the pattern == ...pdate game states are restricted to one player at a time while the related pattern [[Turn-Based Games]] discusses the general effects of dividing games into d
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• Private Game Spaces
  ...e]] allows players to purchase houses which are [[Private Game Spaces]] as long as their owners retain control of the keys to them. == Using the pattern ==
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• Gameplay Statistics
  == Using the pattern == ...ce Invaders]]. [[Speedruns]] is another, which is the keeping track of how long time it takes to complete levels or races in a game, and can be found in th
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• Quick Returns
  == Using the pattern == ...ts of [[Conditional Passageways]] need to first be possible after making a long journey, but when these are met player can return quickly.
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• Characters
  ...-oriented computer games can be said to have an extremely weak form of the pattern through having just one abstract value, typically a health value. Examples == Using the pattern ==
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• Stimulated Planning
  == Using the pattern == [[Predetermined Story Structures]] is a common tool to provide players with a long-term goal not immediately accessible, but [[Diegetically Outstanding Featur
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• No Direct Player Influence
  Note: ''This pattern uses players varyingly to signify those participating in a game or a meta g == Using the pattern ==
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• Experimenting
  == Using the pattern == ...out the fundamental rules of cause and effect in computer games, about the long-term consequences of actions, or about the game state. For the first two ca
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• Enemies
  == Using the pattern == ...rary [[Enemies]]. In addition, these need either a fixed limitation on how long the hostile stance is maintained (which gives rise to an [[Ultra-Powerful E
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• Self-Facilitated Games
  == Using the pattern == ...player Online Games]], MUDs, such as [[Kingdoms]] or [[DragonMud]]) but as long as at least some players have [[Privileged Abilities]] to modify the game s
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• Extra Chances
  ...ulating the right places can continue to try ''Domestication attempts'' as long as they occupy the place and can do the ''Elder Expenditure'' action. == Using the pattern ==
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• Freedom of Choice
  [[Category:Long pattern]] == Using the pattern ==
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• Predetermined Story Structures
  == Using the pattern == ...mselves [[Predetermined Story Structures]] unless combined with some other pattern. The elements can be compartmentalized by [[Inaccessible Areas]] and [[Leve
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• Optional Rules
  == Using the pattern == ...Rules]] provides [[Freedom of Choice]] to players on a rules level and, as long as the decisions on which to use are in their hands instead of a [[Game Mas
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• Player Created Game Elements
  == Using the pattern == ...s can be the basis for allowing [[Pottering]] activities within a game (as long as other aspects such as [[Tension]] is lacking from the experience). For g
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• Multiplayer Games
  == Using the pattern == ...layers individual goals against that of the group or [[Intrigue]] and [[So Long Sucker]] which more or less force players to betray each other. In [[Multip
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• Late Arriving Players
  ...an start simultaneously, most often because people are not willing to wait long enough. To avoid this problem, games can support [[Late Arriving Players]] == Using the pattern ==
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• Social Dilemmas
  ...for the players in that even though cooperation would be beneficial in the long run for all involved parties, the players' have the possibility to reaping ...have to stop barbarians from invading the empire. In [[Intrigue]] and [[So Long Sucker]] players do not have to cooperate but they game mechanics force the
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• Companions
  ...game masters having the final authority but doing as the players' order as long as it is does not clash with the [[Companions|Companions']] natures. == Using the pattern ==
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• Zero-Player Games
  ...n, unlike most others, assume that players are humans - this is due to the pattern adopting the original name of the game type.'' ...tly influence the gameplay except for, respectively, when they play or how long they play.
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• Detective Structures
  [[Detective Structures]] is a typical pattern used in many First-Person Shooters, e.g. [[Half-Life series]] and [[Deus Ex However, games using third-person views can also make use of the pattern, with the [[Silent Hill series]] as one example. Although this may allow pl
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• Extra-Game Consequences
  ...when playing games are transferable to other fields have been argued for a long time. [[Go]] and [[Chess]] have been popular among nobility and military as == Using the pattern ==
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• Internal Conflicts
  == Using the pattern == The pattern of [[Internal Conflicts]] can be applied in many different ways: on individ
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• Internal Rivalry
  ...through other means, than other types of conflicts which may make it take long time to resolve or be more or less impossible to end. [[Internal Rivalry]] == Using the pattern ==
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• Single-Player Games
  ...-Player Game]] where a second player can join at any point and play for as long as wanted. == Using the pattern ==
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• Game Worlds
  == Using the pattern == ...g as not the real world itself does not represent the [[Game Worlds]], the pattern implies a use of [[Mediated Gameplay]].
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• Purchasable Game Advantages
  == Using the pattern == ...but buying chips for gambling games can be seen the oldest example of the pattern and instead relies on the fact that these games have [[Extra-Game Consequen
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• Delayed Reciprocity
  ...possibility of helping each other even if they are not in the same team as long as they are not directly in opposition. When the game does not provide mech ...tacks in [[Diplomacy]] can be successful without help from others, in [[So Long Sucker]] players need help from others and must convince them to rely on [[
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• Ephemeral Goals
  ...he corresponding events in the real world and have to be completed not too long after the real world events end. [[CityVille]] also starts "combo counters" == Using the pattern ==
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• Minigames
  == Using the pattern == ...ce [[Limited Gameplay Time]] to ensure that the main game doesn't take too long time or that the [[Minigames]] don't take too much proportionally of the ti
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• Speedruns
  ...llenges of [[Speedruns]] and those required by rules in racing games, this pattern make not distinction between the two as the design options between requirin == Using the pattern ==
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• Player-Planned Development
  ...ally consist of giving them long-term goals, even if they may primarily be long-term in the diegesis. This also applies for [[:Category:Live Action Rolepla ...video game) series|Civilization series]] encourage players to put together long-term plans for how their civilizations should develop. [[:Category:Multipla
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• Evolving Rule Sets
  == Using the pattern == ...rall, [[Evolving Rule Sets]] tend to give rise to [[Complex Gameplay]] and long as the rule set is sufficiently large; it does this either through forcing
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• Capture
  ...ory:Real-Time Games|Real-Time Games]] instead uses [[Eliminate]]. For this pattern collection, [[Eliminate]] is seen as a more specific form of [[Capture]] du == Using the pattern ==
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• Persistent Game Worlds
  == Using the pattern == ...kill requirements to support [[Gameplay Mastery]] and can let players play long enough to develop it, this ability to train may make it difficult to provid
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• Non-Player Help
  == Using the pattern == ...between people, independent of if it is just a particular game event or a long more open-ended encounter.
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• Free Gift Inventories
  == Using the pattern == ...may also provide them with an [[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]]. As long as the gifts are being given to other players, they are a form of [[Social
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• Altruistic Actions
  ...st - they may be for social reasons or the hope of help in return - but as long as they don't automatically provide a benefit they may best be, or ought to == Using the pattern ==
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• Encouraged Return Visits
  == Using the pattern == ...ly because they want to have a certain number of players at all times, the pattern is commonly used in [[Massively Single-Player Online Games]] and [[Massivel
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• Ephemeral Events
  ...nly occur for a short period of time, although an ''Atari'' may persist as long as both players leave it. == Using the pattern ==
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• Events Timed to the Real World
  == Using the pattern == ...al world events affecting gameplay, which can be seen as a version of this pattern. Games with [[Pervasive Gameplay]] similarly more or less guarantee that ma
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• Geometric Progression
  For the purpose of this pattern, the common ratio is assumed to be larger than 0 (progression shifting from == Using the pattern ==
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• Pottering
  ...is series]] can contain periods of intense warfare, but between these have long periods where players mainly set smaller independent goals for themselves a == Using the pattern ==
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• Delayed Effects
  == Using the pattern == ...e [[Luck]] without requiring any other aspects of the game, this makes the pattern useful for modulate [[Quick Games]].
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• Memorizing
  == Using the pattern == ...ach game session can be achieved through [[Reconfigurable Game Worlds]] as long as players do not have complete overview of the whole gameplay area, e.g. t
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• Public Player Statistics
  == Using the pattern == ...ated through the use of [[Global High Score Lists]] or [[Achievements]] as long as they can be accessed by others (they can be especially appropriate for [
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• Possibility of Anonymity
  ...aining the same alter ego for prolonged period of times usually means that long-time players show their normal selves. == Using the pattern ==
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• Quests
  == Using the pattern == ...s]] to failing [[Quests]] make the [[Quests]] into [[Committed Goals]] (as long as they are [[Optional Goals]]), and thereby making the choice of accepting
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• Cooldown
  == Using the pattern == ...tivates them to use other actions while the [[Cooldown]] is in effect, the pattern also promotes [[Varied Gameplay]] and [[Stimulated Planning]] in how and wh
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• Big Dumb Objects
  ...: Oblivion]] dominates the Imperial City of Cyrodiil, and can be seen from long distances when players travel in the wilderness of the game world. == Using the pattern ==
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• Vehicles
  ''Note: this pattern describes diegetic vehicles that can be entered or mounted to ease travel. == Using the pattern ==
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• Environmental Effects
  ...areas which slows movement and causes damage when one is submerged for too long without any breathing support, and have other areas tainted with radioactiv == Using the pattern ==
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• Landmarks
  == Using the pattern == ...future locations. Any element in a [[Game Worlds|Game World]] can work as long as they are [[Diegetically Outstanding Features]] in some fashion, and this
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• Clues
  == Using the pattern == ...tures]]. This may be make these [[Clues]] examples of the [[Red Herrings]] pattern, used to trick players into actions that are against their low-level goals
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• Character Development
  == Using the pattern == ...specific [[Powers]] or abilities before their [[Characters]] have them (as long as no other [[Characters]] have them earlier). For games that rely on playe
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• Abstract Player Construct Development
  == Using the pattern == ...ell as new players being compared to those that have played the game for a long time.
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• Framed Freedom
  ...y few choices in each moment of gameplay and players need to set their own long-term goals. == Using the pattern ==
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• Traps
  == Using the pattern == ...tain pattern in activation, allows players to bypass or deactivate them as long as they successful with [[Timing]] or [[Rhythm-Based Actions]]. The second
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• Balancing Effects
  ...sadvantages and vice versa. Besides giving designers more control over how long time a game should last, this can hinder losing players from having to endu == Using the pattern ==
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• Switches
  == Using the pattern == ...thereby instantiating [[Varying Rule Sets]], or may have complex and have long-term consequences on gameplay. Depending on how the [[Switches]] handle sta
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• Thematic Consistency
  == Using the pattern == ...games that do not strive to be (initially) historical, this means that the pattern is modulated by [[Alternative Realities]]. Examples of games that avoid [[A
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• Temporal Consistency
  == Using the pattern == ...Manipulation]], as for example found in [[Braid]], is another example of a pattern that does not need to break [[Temporal Consistency]]; this since those game
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• Strategic Knowledge
  == Using the pattern == ...is easier if they have [[Predictable Consequences]] and in this sense that pattern supports [[Strategic Knowledge]], but knowing the distributions of outcomes
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• Predictable Consequences
  ...action is going to be performed or what effects an action can have in the long term. A game can also be predictable in another sense if players can antici == Using the pattern ==
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• Strategic Locations
  ...eir status. They focus gameplay to certain parts and allow players to make long-term plans based on their specific characteristics. ...ies in the [[Civilization (video game) series|Civilization series]] are of long-term strategic value. Besides the resources produced and the population of
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• Permadeath
  ...s of characters from servers). These connotations are not included in this pattern but see the entry<ref name="wow"/> on the WoWWiki for more information abou ...not respawn after being killed. This does not hinder them from playing for long however, since matches usually are pretty short and all players spawn when
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• Privileged Movement
  == Using the pattern == ...vileged Movement]] can be privileged even if many game elements have it as long as not all have it. Examples of ways which [[Privileged Movement]] can affe
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• Symbiotic Player Relations
  Players of [[Diplomacy]], [[So Long Sucker]], and iterated [[Prisoner's Dilemma]] games can form [[Symbiotic Pl == Using the pattern ==
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• One-Way Travel
  == Using the pattern == ...changes in physical location. Since they quite often represent travel over long distances or significant jumps forward in diegetic time, they are quite oft
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• Illusion of Open Space
  ...rlds are larger, one option is to create an [[Illusion of Open Space]]. As long as this illusion can be maintained, players can both have a sense that a ga == Using the pattern ==
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• Sniper Locations
  ...o fight back. This is especially true when the attacks can be done at very long ranges or it is difficult to detect from where the attack came. [[Sniper Lo ...s many features in their game worlds that can be used to attack enemies at long distances and in relative safety. This is also encouraged by the presence o
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• Sidegrades
  == Using the pattern == ...es|Sidegrade]] is scopes, which may provide more accuracy when shooting at long ranges but make it more difficult to use weapons in close-quarters battles.
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• Temporary Abilities
  ...to attract or repel other objects instead of shooting them - here also as long as one has ammunition. == Using the pattern ==
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• New Abilities
  ...ad the zombie disease just like other zombies, which does not aid in their long-term success in the game. == Using the pattern ==
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• Token Placement
  == Using the pattern == ...lly set so that players at least get to place two or three [[Tokens]] (the pattern [[Role Selection]] basically supersedes [[Token Placement]] if one can only
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• Role Selection
  == Using the pattern == ...fect these patterns ([[Character Classes]] is perhaps the most influential pattern related to this).
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• Chargers
  Some games with game worlds have places that provide benefits to players as long as they are in them. When these benefits consist of recharging resources or == Using the pattern ==
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• Lives
  ...atch as spectators. [[Battlefield series]] allow players to spawn again as long as their teams have "tickets" left, making teams share the amount of [[Live == Using the pattern ==
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• Player Elimination
  == Using the pattern == ...through [[Surrendering]] it may be worth considering what to modulate this pattern even if one tries to minimize the risks of players [[Surrendering]] and the
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• Spawning
  == Using the pattern == ...wn at their point of death. While this somewhat reduced how noticeable the pattern is, it may provides continuation but at the expense of potentially causing
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• Player Kicking
  ...>, also need to be followed and can in fact be more important to follow as long as failure to follow the formalized rules are unintentional (see Myers 2008 == Using the pattern ==
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• Camping
  == Using the pattern == ...activity. The weapons typically need to be powerful and able to work at a long range but do not have to be fast as "campers" are usual well-prepared. The
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• Early Elimination
  ...ames. [[Early Elimination]] occurs when one or more players are eliminated long before the games end, forcing them to have extended periods of times when t == Using the pattern ==
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• Invulnerabilities
  == Using the pattern == ...ge]] (and as a consequences also [[Health]]) it can also work against that pattern when entities are completely protected from all types of [[Damage]] and thi
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• Achilles' Heels
  The idea of placing your soul or heart in a jar to become unkillable as long as the jar is not destroyed is a common feature in folklore. Both [[Dungeon == Using the pattern ==
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• Parties
  ...d four players fighting monsters in dungeons and lets gameplay continue at long as at least one player in still in the game. == Using the pattern ==
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• Focus Loci
  == Using the pattern == ...s]]). The first three can maintain a [[Diegetic Consistency]], but only as long as the actions they provide are restricted by the [[Alternative Realities]]
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• Third-Person Views
  == Using the pattern == ...n Views]] most often lock on to [[Avatars]] or [[Units]], the [[Killcams]] pattern shows the bullets can also be used.
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• Tiles
  ''Note:'' this pattern shared the same definition as [[Tiles]] since the difference primarily conc ''Note:'' this pattern does not deal with the tiles that may be used to construct the [[Chess]] bo
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• Game World Navigation
  == Using the pattern == ...nt]] in possible and that it is possible to get lost or take unnecessarily long routes. For the last requirement, [[Traverse]] does not always give rise to
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• Persistent Game World Changes
  == Using the pattern == ...vents]]. Simply being able to move game items can be one way to create the pattern, it is more easily discerned by players when [[Construction]], [[Destructib
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• Races
  ...ts]], today most commonly in distances such as 100 meter or 400 meter, and long-distance competitions such as [[Marathons]] are classical examples of [[Rac == Using the pattern ==
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• Traverse
  == Using the pattern == ...the location of the goal area adds a [[Gain Information]] component to the pattern, and this forces players to engage in [[Game World Exploration]]. The use o
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• Tooltips
  This pattern is a still a stub. ''Note:'' this pattern exists in many design pattern collections for interaction design. However, being related quite specifical
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• Loading Hints
  ...an usually provide players with gameplay whenever players what and for how long they want. One exception to this is that they may have to load data when pl == Using the pattern ==
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• Critical Hits
  == Using the pattern == ...players being able to feel [[Luck]] while being in [[Combat]] (at least as long as they are the one getting [[Critical Hits]] and not being hit by them). T
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• Hotseating
  ...f a game can be traced back much further. Track and field events such as [[Long Jump]] and [[Shot Put]] requires players to take turns "interacting" with t The site GiantBomb has a long list of games supporting [[Hotseating]]<ref name="gb"/>.
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• Ubiquitous Gameplay
  ...ayed in most places, and can be said to support [[Ubiquitous Gameplay]] as long as one has others to play with and the games are not perceived as disruptiv == Using the pattern ==
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• Pervasive Gameplay
  ...s Gameplay]] are defined to describe different aspects of gameplay in this pattern collection. == Using the pattern ==
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• Dexterity-Based Actions
  ...the oldest examples of [[Dexterity-Based Actions]]. While some, e.g. the [[Long Jump]] and [[Sprints]], depend relatively little on other factors the physi ...ntal challenges, this mapping is false for many reasons. Relevant for this pattern, many games than are not considered sports do require [[Dexterity-Based Act
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• Meta Games
  == Using the pattern == ...ave [[Time Limited Game Instances]] players can have good control over how long time the [[Meta Games]] should take. [[High Score Lists]] and [[Speedruns]]
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• PvP
  ...t [[PvP]] has assumptions of being optional and being combat-related, this pattern describes the concept based only around the core definition. == Using the pattern ==
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• Reconnaissance
  Typical examples of the pattern can be found in [[:Category:Strategy Games|Strategy Games]] where the units == Using the pattern ==
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• Steadily Decreasing Resources
  == Using the pattern == ...remove the presence of the pattern from a game ([[Converters]] may work as long as the material being converted is a [[Steadily Decreasing Resources]]). Se
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• Interruptibility
  Since it is often difficult to know exactly how long play sessions will take, players often have to interrupt their gameplay at == Using the pattern ==
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• Configurable Gameplay Areas
  == Using the pattern == ...ive Action Roleplaying Games|LARPs]] do - these can be the same thing. The pattern is most typically achieved through [[Tiles]] for [[Game Worlds]] while mark
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• Social Skills
  ...on players' ability to influence each other include [[Intrigue]] and [[So Long Sucker]]. Less aggressive, [[Container]] and [[Settlers of Catan]] are exam == Using the pattern ==
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• Negotiable Play Sessions
  ''Support for individual players to be able to decide how long their play sessions should be without negatively affecting the outcome or g ...over several play sessions. Players may have different preferences on how long these should be, and individual players may change their preferences from p
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• Negotiable Game Sessions
  Players of any game may have preferences on how long the game should take to complete, and this may change between each time the ''Note: This pattern is based upon the [[Underlying_Assumptions_and_Concepts#Game Sessions|Game
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• Negotiable Game Instance Duration
  ...he characteristics that affect is people are willing to play a game is how long time they will have to commit to for its gameplay. Games where the players ...rounds to play, they also explicitly state that players can change this as long as all players agree upon this before the game starts.
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• Physical Navigation
  == Using the pattern == ...] is one of the most accessible ways of creating [[Pervasive Gameplay]] as long as the speed of moving can fit within what is socially acceptable.
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• Player Physical Prowess
  == Using the pattern == ...ert the pattern in a game. [[Time Limits]] can be used to restrict for how long players have to be able to maintain a certain activity and thereby the requ
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• Player-Artifact Proximity
  == Using the pattern == ...equire [[Extended Actions]], and making the events continuously trigger as long as players perform the [[Extended Actions]] of being in the proximity. Whil
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• Social Adaptability
  == Using the pattern == ...[Social Adaptability]] can also be supported by letting players decide how long the game should take; [[Negotiable Game Sessions]] and [[Negotiable Game In
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• Scenes
  ...[[Scenes]], many [[:Category:Computer Games|Computer Games]] exhibits the pattern also. [[:Category:Adventure Games|Adventure Games]] are among those that mo == Using the pattern ==
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• Summary Updates
  ...telling them what they need to know before gameplay begins. Likewise, the long-term consequences of actions and events may not be clear to players and [[S == Using the pattern ==
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• Memory of Important Events
  ...provinces, incorporating vassals, and breaking royal marriages. Due to the long time scale of the games the modifiers decrease over time with different rat == Using the pattern ==
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• Resources
  == Using the pattern == ...r scarcity or abundance is often critical to how they affect gameplay. The pattern [[Limited Resources]] looks in more detail into the cases where individual
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• Surrendering
  ...rees of players leaving a game when they perceive that they cannot win but long before the gameplay is intended to end. This is called "ragequitting" when == Using the pattern ==
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• Secret Scoring Mechanisms
  == Using the pattern == ...players regarding their [[Scores]]. It is commonly used in games with the pattern [[Winner determined after Gameplay Ends]].
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• Ragequitting
  [[Intrigue]] and [[So Long Sucker]] are games that are noted for causing players to become irritated a == Using the pattern ==
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• Game Over
  ''The event which makes a player no long able to participate in the gameplay of a game instance.'' == Using the pattern ==
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• Unsynchronized Game Sessions
  ...e]] and [[World of Warcraft]] have some players beginning to play the game long after others have stopped playing. == Using the pattern ==
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• Speedending
  ...g "develop" and "settle" phases even if they cards played are not the best long-term investments. == Using the pattern ==
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• Uncertainty of Information
  ...ng the exact positions of the other players' piece. [[Diplomacy]] and [[So Long Sucker]] both depend on players not knowing how well they can trust other p == Using the pattern ==
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• Asynchronous Gameplay
  == Using the pattern == ...players have simultaneous and synchronized turns but unless the ticks are long players the presence of [[The Show Must Go On]] can work directly against [
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• Downtime
  == Using the pattern == ...]] among players by hindering other players from blocking gameplay for too long. [[Late Arriving Players]] removes the need for some players to have [[Down
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• Game Pauses
  == Using the pattern == ...Downtime]] already). One way of modulating [[Game Pauses]] is to limit how long they can be, that is, connect [[Time Limits]] to them. Another, very common
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• Tick-Based Games
  ''Real-time games which have sufficiently long intervals between update phases to let players make use of these for planni ...e the updates to the game states take place at regular intervals which are long enough for players to perceive them and make use of them for planning or fo
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• Synchronous Gameplay
  ...one person can perform actions they only have [[Synchronous Gameplay]] as long as the other player perceives him- or herself as engaged in the game throug == Using the pattern ==
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• Current Player Tokens
  ...ifficult to keep track of whose turn it is, for example due to turns being long, breaks have been taken, or players get to perform actions in other players == Using the pattern ==
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• Extermination
  == Using the pattern == ...ination]] is difficult to combine with [[Quick Games]] as these seldom are long enough to contain phases.
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• Exploitation
  == Using the pattern == How long [[Exploitation]] phases should continue depend mainly on when other phases
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• Expansion
  Note: ''The pattern dealing with additional content to games is the similarly named ''[[Expansi == Using the pattern ==
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• Teams
  ...eons & Dragons]], the various games using the [[Storytelling System]], and long-lasting [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games|LARP]] campaigns (as for == Using the pattern ==
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• Transport Routes
  == Using the pattern == As a pattern relating to connecting locations together, it has relations to many such pa
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• Endgame Quests
  Some games have [[Endgame]] phases and some of these can continue as long as players find interesting activities to do in the games. [[Endgame Quests == Using the pattern ==
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• Companion Quests
  == Using the pattern == ...ame or because the whole story arc for the [[Companions]] would become too long for one [[Quests|Quest]].
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• Shared Resources
  == Using the pattern == ...use [[Shared Resources]] can effectively make [[Time Limits]] exist on how long players have access to these [[Resources]]. The presence of [[Shared Resour
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• Life Penalties
  ...before the game session or game instance terminates, i.e. they can fail as long as they have lives left. [[Life Penalties]] are penalties given to players == Using the pattern ==
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• Access Rewards
  ...keys in [[Adventure]] show that such requirements have been present for a long time in [[:Category:Computer Games|Computer Games]], the [[Hexen series]] i == Using the pattern ==
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• Renewable Resources
  == Using the pattern == ...signed [[Closed Economies]] by definition renew [[Resources]], at least as long as differences are made between different states of more abstract [[Resourc
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• Secret Resources
  == Using the pattern == ...e or unique. [[Secret Resources]] can create [[Asymmetric Information]] as long as some players have knowledge about them but others do not.
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• Complete Resource Depletion
  == Using the pattern == ...st having [[Consumers]] and less productive [[Producers]] can also work as long as the consumption can be guaranteed to be higher than the production.
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• Save Points
  == Using the pattern == ...ourage [[Save-Load Cycles]] by making the distance between [[Save Points]] long and thereby raising the cost threshold for retrying something.
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• Save Files
  == Using the pattern == ...al case of this is when the only information that needs to be saved is how long players have progressed and in this case [[Password Save Files]] can be suf
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• Kingmaker
  ...r force, a player to make an action that determines who will win a game as long as it isn't the player itself. Such players are [[Kingmaker|Kingmakers]]. == Using the pattern ==
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• Outcome Indicators
  == Using the pattern == ...ed and how; when is typically simply directly after they occur but for how long afterwards can be important as well. [[Near Miss Indicators]] are a specifi
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• Excise
  ...craft]] or [[Eve Online]] often require players to do repetitive tasks for long times to gain certain resources. The same can be seen in [[Farmville]], the == Using the pattern ==
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• Progress Indicators
  ...[[Left 4 Dead series]] have negative [[Progress Indicators]] that show how long time other players have to save them before they die. == Using the pattern ==
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• Trade-Offs
  == Using the pattern == ...m. [[Freedom of Choice]] gives players many actions to choose from, and as long as not all can be done imply that they need to make [[Trade-Offs]]. [[Heter
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• Varied Gameplay
  == Using the pattern == ...eason, [[Varied Gameplay]] is a [[:category:Subjective Patterns|Subjective Pattern]] whose presence can really only be determined over time. That said, one of
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• Gameplay Mastery
  == Using the pattern == ...lt and thereby motivate players to fully develop a [[Gameplay Mastery]] as long as the [[Achievements]] and the challenges of [[Speedruns]] match the gamep
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• Ever Increasing Difficulty
  ...always provide new and more difficult challenges but a weaker form of the pattern hold true for a game with a limited set of challenges but which presents th == Using the pattern ==
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• Asymmetric Goals
  == Using the pattern == ...are typically introduced in a game to provide [[Asymmetric Gameplay]]. The pattern is often used to make different players have different requirements and [[R
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• Continuous Goals
  == Using the pattern == ...losing these. Games with [[Scores]] similarly create a goal for players as long as they play to increase their [[Scores]]. [[Indirect Control]] of game ele
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• Goal Hierarchies
  ...goals, they often create [[Goal Hierarchies]]. These can let players have long-term and short-term goals that are interrelated or let players be provided == Using the pattern ==
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• Optional Goals
  ...ements]] have similar [[Optional Goals]] making this a very common way the pattern emerges, with carrying the gnome Chompski throughout a whole level as a par == Using the pattern ==
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• Player-Defined Goals
  == Using the pattern == ...d is for that reason a possible [[:Category:Subjective Patterns|Subjective Pattern]] in any game. However, it can be encouraged by providing players with info
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• Predefined Goals
  == Using the pattern == ...l needs to be set in advance for goals to work as [[Predefined Goals]]. As long as enough information is presented to players to let them plan how to work
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• Preventing Goals
  == Using the pattern == ...[[Survive]] can also function as a [[Preventing Goals|Preventing Goal]] as long as a player or [[Agents|Agent]] has the appropriate [[Eliminate]] goal.
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• Selectable Set of Goals
  == Using the pattern == ...towards a goal because they chose or completed another goal. However, the pattern [[Selectable Set of Goals]] can modify [[Excluding Goals]] by making this c
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• Symmetric Goals
  == Using the pattern == ...being [[Overcome]], games with this pattern create [[Symmetric Goals]] as long as the opponent has some actions which can be used offensively to avoid bei
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• Main Goals
  == Using the pattern == ...e what players should strive for while playing, e.g. to [[Survive]] for as long as possible. [[Main Goals]] often make use of [[Goal Hierarchies]], where t
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• Asymmetric Gameplay
  == Using the pattern == ...play]]. It is typically designed as part of a game through a more specific pattern, e.g. [[Asymmetric Abilities]], [[Asymmetric Goals]], [[Asymmetric Informat
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• Card Building
  == Using the pattern == ...changes to [[Cards]] as effects of [[Card Building]] make games with this pattern be [[Legacy Games]].
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• Scouting
  == Using the pattern == ...to succeed with [[Evade]] goals as well as launch [[Surprise Attacks]] (as long as attacks are possible at all). Failure in [[Scouting]] can be due to not
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• Bidding
  ...n the value of their card hands. Players are part of those that can win as long as they match previous bids or increase the bid each time it's their turn, ...d this feature is used to show how localized rational behavior can lead to long-term irrational behavior.
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• Bluffing
  == Using the pattern == ...quire more skill and produce more [[Tension]], it is not a requirement. As long as the possibilities and channels for [[Negotiation]] exist, there is a pos
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• Investments
  This pattern is a still a stub. ...research ladders in the Civilization series bind valuable Resources for a long time without direct rewards. The progress in research, however, will give a
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• Gain Information
  ...itional children's game, is the archetypical example of direct use of this pattern. In the game, one of the players is the seeker whose task is to find out th == Using the pattern ==
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