Access Rewards - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 09:39, 12 August 2015

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	''Rewards that provide players with access to gameplay that previously did not have access to.''		''Rewards that provide players with voluntary access to gameplay that previously did not have access to.''

	Not all games provide players with access to all gameplay content or all actions from the beginning. Those that don't often use this to make the availability of new content or actions into rewards for players. Since these types of rewards consist of providing new access they are classified as [[Access Rewards]].		Not all games provide players with access to all gameplay content or all actions from the beginning. Those that don't often use this to make the availability of new content or actions into rewards for players. Since these types of rewards consist of providing new access they are classified as [[Access Rewards]].
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	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
	[[Access Rewards]] exist in mainly two forms, the ones that open access to new parts of [[Game Worlds]] and the ones that open access to gameplay abilities and narration. The first typically makes use of [[Conditional Passageways]] and affect how [[Impassible Terrain]], [[Inaccessible Areas]], and [[Levels]] function in a game. The second relies on the use of [[Unlocking]] and typically relate to [[Predetermined Story Structures]] or what [[Freedom of Choice]] players should be given regarding [[Character Development\|Character]] or [[Abstract Player Construct Development]].		[[Access Rewards]] relies on giving players new choices of gameplay rather than forcing that gameplay on players (see [[Facilitating Rewards]] for [[Rewards]] that unconditionally give players new [[Abilities]] or [[Actions]]). [[Access Rewards]] exist in mainly two forms, the ones that open access to new parts of [[Game Worlds]] and the ones that open access to gameplay abilities and narration. The first typically makes use of [[Conditional Passageways]] and affect how [[Impassible Terrain]], [[Inaccessible Areas]], and [[Levels]] function in a game. The second relies on the use of [[Unlocking]] and typically relate to [[Predetermined Story Structures]] or what [[Freedom of Choice]] players should be given regarding [[Character Development\|Character]] or [[Abstract Player Construct Development]].

	=== Narration Aspects ===		=== Narration Aspects ===
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	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==
	[[Access Rewards]] are a category of [[Rewards]]. They can ensure that [[Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses]] are provided by enforcing which order challenges and their associated closures are experienced and they can likewise ensure that [[Predetermined Story Structures]] are narrated in a predetermined order.		[[Access Rewards]] are a category of [[Rewards]]. They can ensure that [[Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses]] are provided by enforcing which order challenges and their associated closures are experienced and they can likewise ensure that [[Predetermined Story Structures]] are narrated in a predetermined order.

			Since [[Access Rewards]] doesn't force players to engage in certain new gameplay possibilities but instead offers it, the pattern supports [[Freedom of Choice]] and increases [[Player Agency]].

	== Relations ==		== Relations ==
	=== Can Instantiate ===		=== Can Instantiate ===
			[[Freedom of Choice]],
	[[Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses]],		[[Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses]],
			[[Player Agency]],
	[[Predetermined Story Structures]],		[[Predetermined Story Structures]],
	[[Rewards]]		[[Rewards]]

Staffan Björk at 09:33, 12 August 2015

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	''Rewards that provide players with access to gameplay that previously did not have access to.''		''Rewards that provide players with access to gameplay that previously did not have access to.''

Staffan Björk at 09:32, 12 August 2015

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	''Rewards that provide players with access to gameplay that previously did not have access to.''		''Rewards that provide players with access to gameplay that previously did not have access to.''

	~~This pattern is a still a stub~~.		Not all games provide players with access to all gameplay content or all actions from the beginning. Those that don't often use this to make the availability of new content or actions into rewards for players. Since these types of rewards consist of providing new access they are classified as [[Access Rewards]].

	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===

	~~==== Anti-Examples ====~~
	Characters in [[:Category:Roleplaying Games\|Roleplaying Games]] such as [[Dungeons & Dragons]], [[GURPS]], the [[Elder Scrolls series]], and the [[Fallout series]] can all develop, and when this happens players typically are given [[Access Rewards]] in new abilities and powers becoming available.		Characters in [[:Category:Roleplaying Games\|Roleplaying Games]] such as [[Dungeons & Dragons]], [[GURPS]], the [[Elder Scrolls series]], and the [[Fallout series]] can all develop, and when this happens players typically are given [[Access Rewards]] in new abilities and powers becoming available.

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	~~optional~~		Characters in [[:Category:Roleplaying Games\|Roleplaying Games]] such as [[Dungeons & Dragons]], [[GURPS]], the [[Elder Scrolls series]], and the [[Fallout series]] can all develop, and when this happens players typically are given [[Access Rewards]] in new abilities and powers becoming available.

	While some new abilities are unlocked in the [[Super Mario series]], the games also show that [[Unlocking]] levels that players can choose between is another way of providing more game content for players as they play. ~~The~~ [[Hexen series]] introduce ~~this~~ idea of [[Unlocking]] levels to [[:Category:FPS Games\|First-Person Shooters]].		While some new abilities are unlocked in the [[Super Mario series]], the games also show that [[Unlocking]] levels that players can choose between is another way of providing more game content for players as they play. While the need to have the right keys in [[Adventure]] show that such requirements have been present for a long time in [[:Category:Computer Games\|Computer Games]], the [[Hexen series]] introduce the idea of [[Unlocking]] multiple differently levels to players of [[:Category:FPS Games\|First-Person Shooters]] so they could have a choice where to go next.

	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==

Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

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	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
	[[Access Rewards]] exist in mainly two forms, the ones that open access to new parts of [[Game Worlds]] and the ones that open access to gameplay abilities and narration. The first typically makes use of [[Conditional Passageways]] and affect how [[Impassible Terrain]], [[Inaccessible Areas]], and [[Levels]] function in a game. The second relies on the use of [[Unlocking]] and typically relate to [[Predetermined ~~Narration~~ Structures]] or what [[Freedom of Choice]]		[[Access Rewards]] exist in mainly two forms, the ones that open access to new parts of [[Game Worlds]] and the ones that open access to gameplay abilities and narration. The first typically makes use of [[Conditional Passageways]] and affect how [[Impassible Terrain]], [[Inaccessible Areas]], and [[Levels]] function in a game. The second relies on the use of [[Unlocking]] and typically relate to [[Predetermined Story Structures]] or what [[Freedom of Choice]] players should be given regarding [[Character Development\|Character]] or [[Abstract Player Construct Development]].

	=== Narration Aspects ===		=== Narration Aspects ===

Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

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	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
	[[Access Rewards]] exist in mainly two forms, the ones that open access to new parts of [[Game Worlds]] and the ones that open access to gameplay abilities and narration. The first typically makes use of [[Conditional Passageways]] and affect how [[Impassible Terrain]], [[Inaccessible Areas]], and [[Levels]] function in a game. The second relies on the use of [[Unlocking]]		[[Access Rewards]] exist in mainly two forms, the ones that open access to new parts of [[Game Worlds]] and the ones that open access to gameplay abilities and narration. The first typically makes use of [[Conditional Passageways]] and affect how [[Impassible Terrain]], [[Inaccessible Areas]], and [[Levels]] function in a game. The second relies on the use of [[Unlocking]] and typically relate to [[Predetermined Narration Structures]] or what [[Freedom of Choice]]

	=== Narration Aspects ===		=== Narration Aspects ===

Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

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	==== Anti-Examples ====		==== Anti-Examples ====
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			While some new abilities are unlocked in the [[Super Mario series]], the games also show that [[Unlocking]] levels that players can choose between is another way of providing more game content for players as they play. The [[Hexen series]] introduce this idea of [[Unlocking]] levels to [[:Category:FPS Games\|First-Person Shooters]].

	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
	~~=== Can Modulate ===~~		[[Access Rewards]] exist in mainly two forms, the ones that open access to new parts of [[Game Worlds]] and the ones that open access to gameplay abilities and narration. The first typically makes use of [[Conditional Passageways]] and affect how [[Impassible Terrain]], [[Inaccessible Areas]], and [[Levels]] function in a game. The second relies on the use of [[Unlocking]]
	[[Impassible Terrain]],
	[[Inaccessible Areas]],
	[[Levels]]

	~~=== Can Be Instantiated By ===~~
	~~[[Conditional Passageways]],~~
	[[Unlocking]]

	~~=== Diegetic Aspects ===~~

	~~=== Interface Aspects ===~~

	=== Narration Aspects ===		=== Narration Aspects ===
			As mentioned above, [[Access Rewards]] in the form of [[Unlocking]] can be related to narration.

	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==

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	== Relations ==		== Relations ==
	~~[[Predetermined Story Structures]]~~

	=== Can Instantiate ===		=== Can Instantiate ===
	[[Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses]],		[[Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses]],
			[[Predetermined Story Structures]],
	[[Rewards]]		[[Rewards]]

Staffan Björk at 09:11, 12 August 2015

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			=== Can Modulate ===
			[[Impassible Terrain]],
			[[Inaccessible Areas]],
			[[Levels]]

			=== Can Be Instantiated By ===
			[[Conditional Passageways]],
			[[Unlocking]]

	=== Diegetic Aspects ===		=== Diegetic Aspects ===
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	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==
	[[Access Rewards]] are a category of [[Rewards]].		[[Access Rewards]] are a category of [[Rewards]]. They can ensure that [[Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses]] are provided by enforcing which order challenges and their associated closures are experienced and they can likewise ensure that [[Predetermined Story Structures]] are narrated in a predetermined order.

	== Relations ==		== Relations ==

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	== Relations ==		== Relations ==
			[[Predetermined Story Structures]]

	=== Can Instantiate ===		=== Can Instantiate ===
	[[Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses]],		[[Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses]],