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  • Little Cave Hero
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Clickability
    Practically all computer or video games are played by clicking on things to one extent or another. This clicking ca Social Media games such as [[CityVille]] or [[Zombie Lane]] have clicking as both the basic wa
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  • Mortal Kombat series
    [[Category:Computer Games]] [[Category:Fighting Games]]
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  • Player Characters
    ''Characters in games that are under players' direct control or represent the players role in the While fictional individuals in games may have abstract qualities that make them into characters, not all are con
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  • Permadeath
    ...ives or letting them start at a previous location if they die. A few other games instead have [[Permadeath]]. In these, the death of one's avatar or charact Wikipedia has a entry on ''Permanent Death'' in games<ref name="wiki"/>.
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  • Movement
    ...able positions as well as control or explore game areas. In computer-based games it can give players feelings of speed and vertigo. The early computer-based games [[Spacewar!]] and [[Asteroids]] both allow players to move spaceships by ro
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  • F-Zero series
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Spacewar!
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Real-Time Games]]
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  • Robot Unicorn Attack
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Max Payne series
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • One-Way Travel
    ...y in both horizontal and vertical position on the gameplay area. For those games that loop back to the first level at some point (instead of generating new ...n be explicitly design for by using [[The Show Must Go On]] in [[Real-Time Games]] to force [[Movement]] of players' [[Avatars]] (technically it may be the
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  • Naming
    In many games players can create or change the specifics of their game world. One of the ...ally similar, [[Naming]] also appears in [[:Category:Manager Games|Manager Games]] such as [[Bloodbowl]], [[Hattrick]], and the [[Football Manager series]].
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  • Hexen series
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Empires & Allies
    [[Category:Online Games]] [[Category:Casual Games]]
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  • Bejeweled series
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Drop 7
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Football Manager series
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Scripted Information Sequences
    Storytelling can be difficult to use in games since the telling can come in conflict with the possibility for players to ...The [[Uncharted series]] has shown that it can effectively be used also in games played through third-person views.
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  • Illusion of Open Space
    In games with game world it takes significant effort technically or in providing con The [[:Category:Computer-based Roleplaying Games|Roleplaying Games]] that make up the [[Elder Scrolls series|Elder Scrolls]] and [[Fallout ser
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  • Budgeted Action Points
    Games that wish to make players have to husband the actions they perform can use ...is used to control how often certain actions can be performed in real-time games. In this case the actions costs a certain amount of points from some value
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  • Temporary Abilities
    While games need to let players have some abilities to affect gameplay, not all abiliti Power-Ups in many action games only provide [[Temporary Abilities]] for short periods of time, e.g. the ''
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  • Location-Fixed Abilities
    ...ries]]. Pit stops in [[Formula D]] show that [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]] dealing with racing also can have [[Location-Fixed Abilities]]. The canno Several [[:Category:FPS Games|First-Person Shooters]] include stationary weapons. The ''40mm Bofors Anti-
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  • Privileged Abilities
    Many games have different sets of actions possible for different players. The actions ...[:Category:Massively Multiplayer Online Games|Massively Multiplayer Online Games]], e.g. [[World of Warcraft]].
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  • Improved Abilities
    ...to [[:Category:Computer-based Roleplaying Games|Computer-based Roleplaying Games]] with [[Torchlight]], [[World of Warcraft]], the [[Dragon Age series]], an Chargers and Power-ups in [[:Category:Racing Games|Racing Games]] such as the [[F-Zero series]], the [[Wipeout series]], and the [[Mario Ka
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  • Gain Competence
    Part of the charm with playing games is the possibility of becoming better at doing so. This can be because one ...ful opponents. Learning these abilities significant help in completing the games, and gaining them may become explicit goals that are the focus of player ac
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  • New Abilities
    ...ed playing. These [[New Abilities]] often give players more freedom in the games and allow them to be more empowered as gameplay continues. [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]] such as [[Dungeons & Dragons]] make use of character levels and when play
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  • Score Tracks
    ...higher values) is the most obvious reusable solution for non-computerized games, having [[Score Tracks]] on which each players has one lowers the number of ...ctly in their own individual areas of the interface with is updated by the computer as gameplay progresses.
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  • Sidequests
    Games that are built around players solving quests can have several types of ques ...series]]. The [[S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series]] is an example of a [[:Category:FPS Games|First-Person Shooter]] using [[Sidequests]].
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  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Main Quests
    ''Quests whose completion provides the main winning condition of games.'' ...uctured around the fulfillment of quests. They often tie the main parts of games' stories to gameplay and provide frameworks for smaller quests.
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  • BatMUD
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Genocide
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Death Consequences
    ...they can do, and can even result in them losing the entire games. However, games can also provide other explicit [[Death Consequences]], e.g. losing points. ...mes]] generally require players to create new characters. However, several games have ways of countering this, e.g. [[Dungeons & Dragons]] have resurrection
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  • Deaths
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Player Kicking
    Even if all games have explicit or formalized rules at their core, additional rules govern th ...h other through majority votes. This functionality is needed since not all games are supervised and since the players typically do not know each other and a
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  • City of Heroes
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Everquest series
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Combat
    ...n, uncertainty, and importance of the real-world equivalent. [[Combat]] in games give players clear goals and opponents and gives clear indication of what p ...ainst each other with game rounds of 5 or 1 seconds (the [[:Category:Board Games|Board Game]] [[Car Wars]] uses segments of 0.1 or 0.2 seconds depending on
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  • Damage
    ...nemies or dangerous objects in the game. The effects of [[Damage]] in most games are minor; it is mainly used as an indicator of how many times one may fail Few [[:Category:FPS Games|First-Person Shooters]] make all hits instantaneous kills. Rather they requ
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  • Travian
    [[Category:Massively Multiplayer Online Games]] [[Category:Online Games]]
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  • Parties
    ...er characters so that they together can try to reach the goals provided by games. The other characters may be controlled by other players - requiring ...nted the characters of the players currently playing the structure of the games made it advantageous that characters' had diverse skill sets, e.g. compleme
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  • Far Cry series
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Equipment Slots
    Games that let players find armor, weapons, or other types of equipment often let ...nt. [[Minecraft]] uses the same design structures as the above roleplaying games but in a sandbox game and has game time progress while players are accessin
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  • Replays
    ...hide. [[Pelageya]], a two part Finnish [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games|LARP]], shows a case where [[Replays]] can be used effectively: players of Examples of games that have built-in systems to create [[Replays]] include [[America's Army]]
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  • Baldur's Gate series
    [[Category:Computer-based Roleplaying Games]] [[Category:Roleplaying Games]]
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  • Ultima series
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • God Views
    ...the presentation of their game worlds to these game elements. In contrast, games that do not focus on specific game elements - or let players switch between ...]] although over rather limited game worlds. The various types of strategy games, e.g. the [[Civilization (video game) series|Civilization]], [[Europa Unive
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  • Focus Loci
    Games that have game worlds need to have ways of letting players perform actions Avatars are players' [[Focus Loci]] in [[:Category:FPS Games|First-Person Shooters]] such as [[America's Army]], [[Dead Space]], and the
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  • God Fingers
    ''Graphical user interface components in computer games that display players' current point of interaction.'' ...quite often a mouse pointer similar - or the same - as found in graphical computer operating systems.
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  • Third-Person Views
    Games that want to visually present game worlds to their players can do this in s ...ird-Person Views]] in that the background move as players move through the games. They are however weak examples since the game entities under the players'
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  • Police Quest series
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • King's Quest series
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Cards
    ...need to be physical game elements; they can also be simulated in computer games. ...hers require players to combine their [[Cards]] to be able and play. Other games expand the gameplay by adding expansions with [[Cards]].
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  • Commando
    [[Category:Computer Games]] [[Category:Games]]
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  • Centipede
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Real-Time Games]]
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  • Populous
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  • Creatures series
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  • SimEarth: The Living Planet
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Little Computer People
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Dungeon Keeper series
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Call of Duty series
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Real-Time Games]]
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  • Functional Roles
    Games where not all actions can be done by one game entity have [[Functional Role ...classes so all needed [[Functional Roles]] are filled; the [[:Category:FPS Games|First-Person Shooter]] in the [[Left 4 Dead series]] accomplishes [[Functio
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  • Alien vs Predator series
    [[Category:FPS Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Batman: Arkham Asylum
    [[Category:Computer Games]] [[Category:Action Games]]
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  • Skills
    ...one is equally good at everything, and this can be explicit represented in games through the use of [[Skills]]. These may be simple labels to indicate who c ..., and [[World of Warcraft]]. In some cases, including more action-oriented games, the skills are represented as development trees; examples of this can be f
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  • Polyathlons
    ''Polyathlons are games or tournaments consisting of several different challenges where each challe One way to vary gameplay in both individual games and tournaments is to make them consist of several different events with di
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  • Winter Games
    [[Category:Computer Games]] [[Category:Games]]
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  • Drafting
    Many games revolve around players being provided with game elements, most commonly car ...Category:Sports|Sports]]<ref name="wiki"/>. The computer game [[Bloodbowl (computer game)|Bloodbowl]] has a similar feature and [[Dominion]] and [[Thunderstone
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  • Tiles
    ...need to be physical game elements; they can also be simulated in computer games. ..., since these tiles are decorative and cannot themselves be manipulated in games.
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  • Reconfigurable Game Worlds
    ...play experiences or occur during gameplay as the effect of player actions. Games that have either one of these two types of changes - or both - have [[Recon ...scenarios to be played. Likewise, the [[:Category:Computer Games|Computer Games]] [[Minecraft]], [[NetHack]], and [[Slaves to Armok II: Dwarf Fortress]] ra
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  • Tile-Laying
    ...orlds or relations in abstract structures. [[Tile-Laying]] exists in these games when the elements and relations are not fixed but created through placing t ...played tiles to unveil a conspiracy; [[Illuminati]] is a [[:Category:Card Games|Card Game]] where its is instead used to abstractly represent power structu
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  • Angband
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  • Frogger
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Real-Time Games]]
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  • Procedurally Generated Game Worlds
    ...lds and their content the actual process of doing so can be handed over to computer systems. While this may save time and can allow the construction to occur j ...ation. Several [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]], including [[Traveller]] and [[GURPS]] through the ''GURPS Space'' supple
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  • Persistent Game World Changes
    ...eyond those related only to their own gameplay statistics, this shows that games support [[Persistent Game World Changes]]. ...t, [[:Category:Computer-based Roleplaying Games|Computer-based Roleplaying Games]] need to implement every possible change and therefore tend to have less o
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  • Puzzle Solving
    ...apparent what actions one should try to perform to overcome challenges in games. This may be because players do not have all the game elements or informati ...requiring [[Puzzle Solving]] and are in fact more often called puzzles and games.
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  • Races
    Games have goals for players, but not all games put players under pressure to complete these. [[Races]] are goals that crea ...also part of computer-based sport games such as [[Decathlon]] and [[Summer Games]], although requiring somewhat different skills from participants.
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  • Traverse
    Many games have gameplay areas representing fictional worlds, and it is not surprising ...e it can then be transform into another piece. [[:Category:Pool Games|Pool Games]] such as [[Eight-ball]] and [[Snooker]] have goals related to potting ball
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  • Tooltips
    ...too little can work against an optimal gameplay experience. Computer-based games have an opportunity regarding this that other game forms do not have; they ...of providing information to players in [[:Category:Computer Games|Computer Games]] by adding text overlays on things they focus upon, so they imply a use of
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  • Loading Hints
    Computer-based games can usually provide players with gameplay whenever players what and for how ...[Loading Hints]] while new worlds are generated or when players load saved games.
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  • Critical Hits
    Many games have combat as part of gameplay, and of those that do most make use of rand ...] have [[Critical Hits]] and this has also been adopted by [[:Category:FPS Games|First-Person Shooters]] as [[Borderlands]] and [[Dead Island]].
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  • Dead Island
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Quick Time Events
    ''Sequences of interface actions given by games that players need to perform at once.'' ...y. [[Quick Time Events]] are formalized versions of this in computer-based games where they provide a sequence of instructions, often accompanied by animati
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  • Shenmue series
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Resident Evil series
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • The Dig
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  • Minesweeper
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Crosshairs
    ...erlaid on the game world presentation to make this more easy, and in other games where players can move their aim point freely it is more or less required t ...4 Dead]], [[Quake series|Quake]], and [[Unreal Tournament series]]. Other games that make use of [[Crosshairs]] - because they also contain shooting as par
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  • Operation Wolf series
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Real-Time Games]]
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  • Red Orchestra series
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Real-Time Games]]
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  • Metal Gear Solid series
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Split-Screen Views
    ...and some games have made use of the cinematic techniques in single-player games. ...sole versions of the games. Other examples - which are not [[:Category:FPS Games|First-Person Shooters]] - include the [[Mario Kart series|Mario Kart]], [[G
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  • Guitar Hero series
    [[Category:Computer Games]] [[Category:Party Games]]
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  • XIII
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Arcadia
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • OpenTTD
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Strategy Games]]
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  • Auxiliary Game Screens
    ''Games making use of several different physical screens for gameplay.'' ...several screens and that themselves support this as well. Two examples of games that do this are the [[Quake series]] and the [[Dead Island]] game.
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  • Picture-in-Picture Views
    ''Games which make use of presentations inside other presentations.'' Computer games typically make use of a screen to provide most of the information needed fo
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  • Hotseating
    A limitation with computer-based games is that unless they are networked there only exists one screen and perhaps Wikipedia has an entry for the concept of [[Hotseating]] in games<ref name="wiki"/>.
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  • Heroes of Might and Magic series
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Animal Crossing
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  • FIFA series
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  • Madden NFL series
    [[Category:Computer Games]] [[Category:Games]]
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  • Alternate Reality Gameplay
    ''Games where it is more or less unclear if information about the game and actions ...layers and spectators can easily judge if somebody is playing them or not. Games that make this difficult by "hiding" in other activities have [[Alternate R
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  • Epidemic Menace
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Ubiquitous Gameplay
    ...oth these types of requirements limits where and when games can be played. Games that by design try to avoid these requirements, and thereby can be played m ...ort [[Ubiquitous Gameplay]] as long as one has others to play with and the games are not perceived as disruptive by others. [[Assassin]] and various flash m
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  • Angry Birds
    [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Puzzle Games]]
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  • Insectopia
    [[Category:Computer Games]] ...stub. For more information see the paper ''Insectopia: exploring pervasive games through technology already pervasively available''<ref name="insectopia"/>.
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  • Pirates!
    [[Category:Pervasive Games]] [[Category:Computer Games]]
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  • Fog of War
    While many games give players views of game worlds that could not be achieved by any diegeti ...cally limited to the presence of identity of enemy units. Examples of such games include [[Advanced Squad Leader]], [[Rommel in the Desert]], and [[Stratego
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  • Metroid series
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  • Dexterity-Based Actions
    Games challenge players in performing different types of activities. Those that i ...actions to be dexterous: billiards and computer games are examples of how games can be manipulated through indirect control.
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  • PvE
    ...or "Player versus Environment") by players in massively multiplayer online games to distinguish it from the first one ([[PvP]], or "Player versus Player"). ...n different options of how players could play massively multiplayer online games. From this origin, in common usage it has a strong undertone of being an o
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  • Unlocking
    Many games withhold abilities or content from players until they have met certain requ ...ample in the [[Dragon Age series]]. Similar trees exist in [[:Category:FPS Games|First-Person Shooters]] such as [[Borderlands]] and [[Dead Island]]. [[Unlo
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  • Turnovers
    Many games divide the gameplay into turns in which one player can do actions. While ma ...loodbowl]] (both in its original form and as a [[Bloodbowl (computer game)|computer game]]) also have rules for [[Turnovers]]. A difference here is however tha
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  • Steadily Decreasing Resources
    ...do give players possibilities of increasing these resources in some ways. Games that do not do this - and were players do need to use the resources or the ...inecraft]] and [[Valheim]] show that this is not the case for all survival games.
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  • Social Rewards
    ...unlocking new content). One other type of reward that players can get from games is [[Social Rewards]], rewards that work toward to making players be apprec Note: ''Hallford and Hallford discuss a similar design characteristics in games under the name "Glory Rewards"<ref name="hallford"/>.''
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  • Coupled Games
    ''Games that are designed so that the events in one game affects events in another ...s and when these other sources are other games, the games become [[Coupled Games]].
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  • Chat Channels
    ''Text-based message channels in games.'' ...tion means with players, but most that make any use of them in multiplayer games offer several [[Chat Channels]] through the same interface to let players s
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  • Mediated Gameplay
    ...ng players' activities to determine with gameplay actions will take place. Games that do this have [[Mediated Gameplay]]. ...[[:Category:Card Games|Card Games]], and [[:Category:Pinball Games|Pinball Games]] introduce the same separation between game state, presentation, and possi
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  • Negotiable Play Sessions
    ...al players may change their preferences from play session to play session. Games that include design options to let players have varying lengths of their pl [[:Category:Puzzle Games|Puzzle Games]] such as [[Angry Birds]], [[Sokoban]], and the [[Portal series]] don't req
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  • Negotiable Game Instance Duration
    ''Games where the time duration of the entire game instance is negotiable.'' ...play a game is how long time they will have to commit to for its gameplay. Games where the players can decide upon the time limits for the entire game insta
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  • Actor Detachment
    ...There are however many different reasons why people may not feel that the games are for them. While in some cases this may simply be that they do not like ...r positions on high score lists. Other [[:Category:Computer Games|Computer Games]], e.g. [[Counter-Strike]], the [[Quake series]] and [[World of Warcraft]],
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  • Seamful Gameplay
    ''Games where explicit knowledge of the coverage areas of underlying sensing techno ...not work everywhere. This means that the pattern is difficult to apply on games that have [[Ubiquitous Gameplay]].
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  • Silkworm
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  • Uncle Roy All Around You
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  • Human PacMan
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  • Tiered Participation
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  • Spectators
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  • Wizard's Apprentice
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  • Backseat Gamers
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  • Increasing Rewards
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  • Scenes
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  • Instances
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  • Diegetic Communication
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  • Summary Updates
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  • Non-Consistent Narration
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  • Storytelling
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  • Non-Diegetic Features
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  • Physical Enactment
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  • SingStar series
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  • Mimetic Interfaces
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  • Just Dance series
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  • Narration Structures
    ''The underlying structures of stories that games contain or can create.'' ...ones as they are being played. In both cases the gameplay structure of the games can influence these [[Narration Structures]].
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  • Wing Commander series
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  • Sanctioned Cheating
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  • Resources
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  • Characteristics
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  • Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
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  • Campaigns
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  • Robotic Players
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  • Clash of Clans
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  • The Movies
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  • Performance Uncertainty
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  • Solution Uncertainty
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  • Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
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  • Complex Gameplay
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  • Uncertainty of Outcome
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  • Regenerating Resources
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  • Beat the Leader
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  • Last Man Standing
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  • Sid Meier's SimGolf
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  • Scores
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  • Wolfenstein series
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  • Spec Ops: The Line
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  • Downtime
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  • Attention Demanding Gameplay
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  • Player Augmentations
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  • Lucky Guess Solutions
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  • Dishonored
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  • Game Pauses
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  • Tick-Based Games
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  • Save-Load Cycles
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  • Reserves
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  • Teams
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  • Transport Routes
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  • Mutual Goals
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  • Setback Penalties
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  • Sustenance Rewards
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  • Access Rewards
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  • Facilitating Rewards
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  • Secret Resources
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  • Save Scumming
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  • Save Points
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  • Save Files
    ...take extended breaks from computer games and during this time turn off the computer. This causes a problem of how to recreate the game state at a later point i Most [[:Category:Computer Games|Computer Games]] provide support for [[Save Files]], e.g. the [[Doom series]], the [[Tomb
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  • Password Save Files
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  • Value of Effort
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  • Outcome Indicators
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  • Excise
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  • Progress Indicators
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  • Game State Overviews
    ...wever, complex game states - especially the ones which are maintained in a computer system - may not be able to directly present enough information to players Many [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]], e.g. [[Amun-Re]], [[Carcassonne]], [[Dominant Species]], [[Inca Empire]]
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  • Pillars of Eternity
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  • Game Boards
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  • HUD Interfaces
    ''Information and access to game actions that are presented in computer games as if they were on a plane in front of the presentation of the game world.' Computer games that have game worlds present these to players through user interfaces. How
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  • Secondary Interface Screens
    ...While this screen may contain everything needs to relatively uncomplicated games in terms of game elements and possible actions, others need to let players [[:Category:Computer-based Roleplaying Games|Computer-based Roleplaying Games]] make heavy use of [[Secondary Interface Screens]]. Examples include the [
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  • Ever Increasing Difficulty
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  • Unexplored
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  • Repetition of Position Draws
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  • Ghosts 'n Goblins
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  • Goal Hierarchies
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  • Selectable Set of Goals
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  • Extra-Game Actions
    ...towards goals by performing actions that influence a game state. However, games also frequently support other types of actions which do not directly affect ...Extra-Game Actions]] that creates a meta game based upon a game. Note that games such as [[Poker]] do not have betting as [[Extra-Game Actions]] since the a
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  • Legacy Games
    ''Games where some consequences from game instances have permanent effects on futur ...hings are typically not considered part of that game. Some games, [[Legacy Games]], however do have explicit rules on how the game should be permanently cha
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  • Explicit Random Seeds
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  • Hiding Places
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  • This War of Mine
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  • Gameplay Design Patterns DiGRA 2022 Workshop
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  • Overcome
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