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''Actions that let players affect how game time progresses in a game.''

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=== Examples ===
The platform puzzle game [[Braid]] allows players to rewind game time (although not all game element adhere to this) to be able to solve the various levels. The [[Max Payne series]] and [[Prince of Persia|Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time]] allows players to slow time through activating "bullet time"; [[Dishonored]] does the same but also latter in the game lets players free time completely as well. 

==== Anti-Examples ====
[[Zork Series|Zork II]] and [[Day of the Tentacle]] include time travel but since this "only" moves players to other places and time in the game it does not actually affect the sequence of gameplay events. 

== Using the pattern ==


[[Game Time Manipulation]] is typically only used in [[Single-Player Games]] since when it is applied to [[Multiplayer Games]] it typically removes the [[Player Agency]] of other players. 

=== Can Modulate ===
[[Power-Ups]], 
[[Real-Time Games]], 
[[Time Limited Game Instances]], 
[[Time Limits]]

=== Can Be Instantiated By ===
[[Game Pauses]], 
[[Save-Load Cycles]]

While it may seem like [[Game Time Manipulation]] would break [[Temporal Consistency]] of a game, this does not need to be the case if the [[Game Time Manipulation]] is diegetically explained (i.e. the game has time travel as a diegetic component).

[[Game Time Manipulation]]

== Consequences ==
[[Game Time Manipulation]] can give players 
=== Can Instantiate ===
[[Freedom of Choice]], 
[[Privileged Abilities]], 
[[Reversibility]]

==== with [[Single-Player Games]] ====
[[Penalties]], 
[[Rewards]]

== Relations ==
=== Can Instantiate ===
[[Freedom of Choice]], 
[[Privileged Abilities]], 
[[Reversibility]]

==== with [[Single-Player Games]] ====
[[Penalties]], 
[[Rewards]]

=== Can Modulate ===
[[Power-Ups]], 
[[Real-Time Games]], 
[[Time Limited Game Instances]], 
[[Time Limits]]

=== Can Be Instantiated By ===
[[Game Pauses]], 
[[Save-Load Cycles]]

=== Can Be Modulated By ===
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=== Possible Closure Effects ===
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=== Potentially Conflicting With ===
[[Player Agency]] in [[Multiplayer Games]]

== History ==
New pattern created in this wiki.

== References ==
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== Acknowledgements ==
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