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Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

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	[[Game State Overviews]] are used in games to provide players with information about the game state, e.g. [[Area Control]], [[Negotiation]] contexts, [[Perceivable Margins]], [[Preventing Goals]], [[Player Defined Goals]], or [[Scores]], sometimes to help players know when [[Attention Swapping]] is required. This information may be to help players with [[Movement]], either directly with [[Game World Exploration]], [[Game World Navigation]], [[Reconnaissance]], or [[Traverse]] goals or indirectly with positions in [[Races]]. For [[Combat]] situation, it can provide players with help on [[Tactical Planning]] where [[Camping]] or [[Sniper Locations]] are located while for [[Puzzle Solving]] it can modify [[Memorizing]]. On a more general navigation level, this can be how [[Levels]] are perceived or how [[Fog of War]] functions. For games with [[Units]] it can help players keep track of all the [[Units]] under one's control while in those with [[Player Characters]] it can instead help support [[Identification]]. The presence of [[Game State Overviews]] are likely to affect how players interact with each other in [[Multiplayer Games]], e.g. regarding [[Collaborative Actions]], and well as how [[Perfect Information\|Perfect]] or [[Public Information]] is perceived. Of course, [[Game State Overviews]] can also provide information about [[Extra-Game Actions]] since this is part of the game interface which already is outside the diegesis in some way.		[[Game State Overviews]] are used in games to provide players with information about the game state, e.g. [[Area Control]], [[Negotiation]] contexts, [[Perceivable Margins]], [[Preventing Goals]], [[Player Defined Goals]], or [[Scores]], sometimes to help players know when [[Attention Swapping]] is required. This information may be to help players with [[Movement]], either directly with [[Game World Exploration]], [[Game World Navigation]], [[Reconnaissance]], or [[Traverse]] goals or indirectly with positions in [[Races]]. For [[Combat]] situation, it can provide players with help on [[Tactical Planning]] where [[Camping]] or [[Sniper Locations]] are located while for [[Puzzle Solving]] it can modify [[Memorizing]]. On a more general navigation level, this can be how [[Levels]] are perceived or how [[Fog of War]] functions. For games with [[Units]] it can help players keep track of all the [[Units]] under one's control while in those with [[Player Characters]] it can instead help support [[Identification]]. The presence of [[Game State Overviews]] are likely to affect how players interact with each other in [[Multiplayer Games]], e.g. regarding [[Collaborative Actions]], and well as how [[Perfect Information\|Perfect]] or [[Public Information]] is perceived. Of course, [[Game State Overviews]] can also provide information about [[Extra-Game Actions]] since this is part of the game interface which already is outside the diegesis in some way.

	The basic elements for providing [[Game State Overviews]] are various [[Game State Indicators]], e.g. [[Bookkeeping Tokens]] (with [[Public Information]]), [[Geospatial Game Widgets]], [[Goal Indicators~~]], [[HUD Interfaces~~]], [[Near Miss Indicators]], and [[Score Tracks]] (but publicly observable [[Scores]] can work equally well). [[Auxiliary Game Screens]], [[Mini-maps]], [[Picture-in-Picture Views]], and [[Split-Screen Views]], are more complex solutions which in themselves can provide [[Game State Overviews]] ([[Cutscenes]] and [[Narration Structures]] can also do this but often doesn't present game state information beyond acknowledging that a certain game state has been met since they have been initiated). [[Cameras]], [[God Views]], and [[Third-Person Views]] let players have a form of [[Game State Overview]] in that they are given some agency over what view they should have of the game state (this solution assumes that there is [[Game Worlds]] that a player's point of observation can be manipulated within). [[Privileged Movement]] which allows flying work similarly. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] (especially [[Game Masters]]) can of course create [[Game State Overviews]] since they can completely control players' access to what parts of the game state they perceive.		The basic elements for providing [[Game State Overviews]] are various [[Game State Indicators]], e.g. [[Bookkeeping Tokens]] (with [[Public Information]]), [[Geospatial Game Widgets]], [[Goal Indicators]], [[Near Miss Indicators]], and [[Score Tracks]] (but publicly observable [[Scores]] can work equally well). [[Auxiliary Game Screens]], [[HUD Interfaces]], [[Mini-maps]], [[Picture-in-Picture Views]], and [[Split-Screen Views]], are more complex solutions which in themselves can provide [[Game State Overviews]] ([[Cutscenes]] and [[Narration Structures]] can also do this but often doesn't present game state information beyond acknowledging that a certain game state has been met since they have been initiated). [[Cameras]], [[God Views]], and [[Third-Person Views]] let players have a form of [[Game State Overview]] in that they are given some agency over what view they should have of the game state (this solution assumes that there is [[Game Worlds]] that a player's point of observation can be manipulated within). [[Privileged Movement]] which allows flying work similarly. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] (especially [[Game Masters]]) can of course create [[Game State Overviews]] since they can completely control players' access to what parts of the game state they perceive.

	[[Alarms]] can modify [[Game State Overviews]] by showing that certain closures are near occurring while [[Outcome Indicators]] can provide detailed information about closures that have occurred. [[Game Pauses]] and [[Turn Taking]] let players that have possibility of observing [[Game State Overviews]] without stress and can thereby make better use of the information they provide.		[[Alarms]] can modify [[Game State Overviews]] by showing that certain closures are near occurring while [[Outcome Indicators]] can provide detailed information about closures that have occurred. [[Game Pauses]] and [[Turn Taking]] let players that have possibility of observing [[Game State Overviews]] without stress and can thereby make better use of the information they provide.

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	[[Picture-in-Picture Views]],		[[Picture-in-Picture Views]],
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	''Information provided to players that extends beyond the observational abilities provided by simply observing game elements.''		''Information provided to players that extends beyond the observational abilities provided by simply observing game elements.''

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	Many [[:Category:Board Games\|Board Games]], e.g. [[Amun-Re]], [[Carcassonne]], [[Dominant Species]], [[Inca Empire]], [[Egizia]], [[Pictionary]], and [[Ursuppe]], include [[Score Tracks]] that help players have a good overview of the positions of all players. [[Ludo]], [[Pachisi]], and [[Snakes and Ladders]] show how this overview can be the game board.		Many [[:Category:Board Games\|Board Games]], e.g. [[Amun-Re]], [[Carcassonne]], [[Dominant Species]], [[Inca Empire]], [[Egizia]], [[Pictionary]], and [[Ursuppe]], include [[Score Tracks]] that help players have a good overview of the positions of all players. [[Ludo]], [[Pachisi]], and [[Snakes and Ladders]] show how this overview can be the game board.

	Computer-based [[:Category:Strategy Games\|Strategy Games]] such as the [[Age of Empires series\|Age of Empires]] or [[Civilization (video game) series\|Civilization]] series make use of [[Mini-maps]] that allows players to have an overview of a larger part of the game world that would otherwise be possible. Similarly, most [:Category:Racing Games\|Racing Games]], e. g., the [[Mario Kart series]] and the Monkey Race party games in the [[Super Monkey Ball series]], provide a small overhead map that shows the location of other players on the track.		Computer-based [[:Category:Strategy Games\|Strategy Games]] such as the [[Age of Empires series\|Age of Empires]] or [[Civilization (video game) series\|Civilization]] series make use of [[Mini-maps]] that allows players to have an overview of a larger part of the game world that would otherwise be possible. Similarly, most [[:Category:Racing Games\|Racing Games]], e. g., the [[Mario Kart series]] and the Monkey Race party games in the [[Super Monkey Ball series]], provide a small overhead map that shows the location of other players on the track.

	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
	[[Game State Overviews]] are used in games to provide players with information about the game state, e.g. [[Area Control]], [[Negotiation]] contexts, [[Perceivable Margins]], [[Preventing Goals]], [[Player Defined Goals]], or [[Scores]], sometimes to help players know when [[Attention Swapping]] is required. This information may be to help players with [[Movement]], either directly with [[Game World Exploration]], [[Game World Navigation]], [[Reconnaissance]], or [[Traverse]] goals or indirectly with positions in [[Races]]. For [[Combat]] situation, it can provide players with help on [[Tactical Planning]] where [[Camping]] or [[Sniper Locations]] are located while for [[Puzzle Solving]] it can modify [[Memorizing]]. On a more general navigation level, this can be how [[Levels]] are perceived or how [[Fog of War]] functions. For games with [[Units]] it can help players keep track of all the [[Units]] under one's control while in those with [[Player Characters]] it can instead help support [[Identification]]. The presence of [[Game State Overviews]] are likely to affect how players interact with each other in [[Multiplayer Games]], e.g. regarding [[Collaborative Actions]], and well as how [[Perfect Information\|Perfect]] or [[Public Information]] is perceived. Of course, [[Game State Overviews]] can also provide information about [[Extra-Game Actions]] since this is part of the game interface which already is outside the diegesis in some way.		[[Game State Overviews]] are used in games to provide players with information about the game state, e.g. [[Area Control]], [[Negotiation]] contexts, [[Perceivable Margins]], [[Preventing Goals]], [[Player Defined Goals]], or [[Scores]], sometimes to help players know when [[Attention Swapping]] is required. This information may be to help players with [[Movement]], either directly with [[Game World Exploration]], [[Game World Navigation]], [[Reconnaissance]], or [[Traverse]] goals or indirectly with positions in [[Races]]. For [[Combat]] situation, it can provide players with help on [[Tactical Planning]] where [[Camping]] or [[Sniper Locations]] are located while for [[Puzzle Solving]] it can modify [[Memorizing]]. On a more general navigation level, this can be how [[Levels]] are perceived or how [[Fog of War]] functions. For games with [[Units]] it can help players keep track of all the [[Units]] under one's control while in those with [[Player Characters]] it can instead help support [[Identification]]. The presence of [[Game State Overviews]] are likely to affect how players interact with each other in [[Multiplayer Games]], e.g. regarding [[Collaborative Actions]], and well as how [[Perfect Information\|Perfect]] or [[Public Information]] is perceived. Of course, [[Game State Overviews]] can also provide information about [[Extra-Game Actions]] since this is part of the game interface which already is outside the diegesis in some way.

	The basic elements for providing [[Game State Overviews]] are various [[Game State Indicators]], e.g. [[Bookkeeping Tokens]] (with [[Public Information]]), [[Geospatial Game Widgets]], [[Goal Indicators]], [[HUD Interfaces]], [[Near Miss Indicators]], and [[Score Tracks]] (but publicly observable [[Scores]] can work equally well). [[Auxiliary Game Screens]], [[Mini-maps]], [[Picture-in-Picture Views]], and [[Split-Screen Views]], are more complex solutions which in themselves can provide [[Game State Overviews]] ([[Cutscenes]] and [[Narration Structures]] can also do this but often doesn't present game state information beyond acknowledging that a certain game state has been met since they have been initiated). [[Cameras]], [[God Views]], and [[Third-Person Views]] let players have a form of [[Game State Overview]] in that they are given some agency over what view they should have of the game state (this solution assumes that there is [[Game Worlds]] that a player's point of observation can be manipulated within). [[Privileged Movement]] which allows flying work similarly. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] (especially [[Game Masters]]) can of course create [[Game State Overviews]] since they can completely control players access to what parts of the game state they perceive.		The basic elements for providing [[Game State Overviews]] are various [[Game State Indicators]], e.g. [[Bookkeeping Tokens]] (with [[Public Information]]), [[Geospatial Game Widgets]], [[Goal Indicators]], [[HUD Interfaces]], [[Near Miss Indicators]], and [[Score Tracks]] (but publicly observable [[Scores]] can work equally well). [[Auxiliary Game Screens]], [[Mini-maps]], [[Picture-in-Picture Views]], and [[Split-Screen Views]], are more complex solutions which in themselves can provide [[Game State Overviews]] ([[Cutscenes]] and [[Narration Structures]] can also do this but often doesn't present game state information beyond acknowledging that a certain game state has been met since they have been initiated). [[Cameras]], [[God Views]], and [[Third-Person Views]] let players have a form of [[Game State Overview]] in that they are given some agency over what view they should have of the game state (this solution assumes that there is [[Game Worlds]] that a player's point of observation can be manipulated within). [[Privileged Movement]] which allows flying work similarly. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] (especially [[Game Masters]]) can of course create [[Game State Overviews]] since they can completely control players' access to what parts of the game state they perceive.

	[[Alarms]] can modify [[Game State Overviews]] by showing that certain closures are near occurring while [Outcome Indicators]] can provide detailed information about closures that have occurred. [[Game Pauses]] and [[Turn Taking]] let players that have possibility of observing [[Game State Overviews]] without stress and can thereby make better use of the information they provide.		[[Alarms]] can modify [[Game State Overviews]] by showing that certain closures are near occurring while [[Outcome Indicators]] can provide detailed information about closures that have occurred. [[Game Pauses]] and [[Turn Taking]] let players that have possibility of observing [[Game State Overviews]] without stress and can thereby make better use of the information they provide.

	[[Game State Overviews]] can work against several other design solutions since it can reveal too much information. Examples of patterns which can be negatively affected by [[Game State Overviews]] include [[Game World Navigation]], [[Leaps of Faith]], [[Limited Foresight]], [[Memorizing]], [[Reconnaissance]], and [[Surprises]].		[[Game State Overviews]] can work against several other design solutions since it can reveal too much information. Examples of patterns which can be negatively affected by [[Game State Overviews]] include [[Game World Navigation]], [[Leaps of Faith]], [[Limited Foresight]], [[Memorizing]], [[Reconnaissance]], and [[Surprises]].

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	''Information provided to players that extends beyond the observational abilities provided by simply observing game elements.''		''Information provided to players that extends beyond the observational abilities provided by simply observing game elements.''

	~~This pattern is~~ a ~~still~~ a ~~stub~~.		The game elements positions and configuration in a game provide players with information about what they can do. However, complex game states - especially the ones which are maintained in a computer system - may not be able to directly present enough information to players in one continuous and perhaps diegetic presentation. In these cases, additional information can be provided to players through [[Game State Overviews]] which collect and present information in other ways.

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

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	Many [[:Category:Board Games\|Board Games]], e.g. [[Amun-Re]], [[Carcassonne]], [[Dominant Species]], [[Inca Empire]], [[Egizia]], [[Pictionary]], and [[Ursuppe]], include [[Score Tracks]] that help players have a good overview of the positions of all players. [[Ludo]], [[Pachisi]], and [[Snakes and Ladders]] show how this overview can be the game board.		Many [[:Category:Board Games\|Board Games]], e.g. [[Amun-Re]], [[Carcassonne]], [[Dominant Species]], [[Inca Empire]], [[Egizia]], [[Pictionary]], and [[Ursuppe]], include [[Score Tracks]] that help players have a good overview of the positions of all players. [[Ludo]], [[Pachisi]], and [[Snakes and Ladders]] show how this overview can be the game board.

	Computer-based [[:Category:Strategy Games\|Strategy Games]] such as the [[Age of Empires series\|Age of Empires]] or [[Civilization (video game) series\|Civilization]] series make use of [[Mini-~~Maps~~]] that allows players to have an overview of a larger part of the game world that would otherwise be possible. Similarly, most [:Category:Racing Games\|Racing Games]], e. g., the [[Mario Kart series]] and the Monkey Race party games in the [[Super Monkey Ball series]], provide a small overhead map that shows the location of other players on the track.		Computer-based [[:Category:Strategy Games\|Strategy Games]] such as the [[Age of Empires series\|Age of Empires]] or [[Civilization (video game) series\|Civilization]] series make use of [[Mini-maps]] that allows players to have an overview of a larger part of the game world that would otherwise be possible. Similarly, most [:Category:Racing Games\|Racing Games]], e. g., the [[Mario Kart series]] and the Monkey Race party games in the [[Super Monkey Ball series]], provide a small overhead map that shows the location of other players on the track.

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

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	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===
	Many [[:Category:Board Games\|Board Games]], e.g. , include [[Score Tracks]] that help players have a good overview of the positions of all players. [[Snakes and Ladders]] show how this overview can be the game board.		Many [[:Category:Board Games\|Board Games]], e.g. [[Amun-Re]], [[Carcassonne]], [[Dominant Species]], [[Inca Empire]], [[Egizia]], [[Pictionary]], and [[Ursuppe]], include [[Score Tracks]] that help players have a good overview of the positions of all players. [[Ludo]], [[Pachisi]], and [[Snakes and Ladders]] show how this overview can be the game board.

	Computer-based [[:Category:Strategy Games\|Strategy Games]] such as the [[Age of Empires series\|Age of Empires]] or [[Civilization (video game) series\|Civilization]] series make use of [[Mini-Maps]] that allows players to have an overview of a larger part of the game world that would otherwise be possible. Similarly, most [:Category:Racing Games\|Racing Games]], e. g., the [[Mario Kart series]] and the Monkey Race party games in the [[Super Monkey Ball series]], provide a small overhead map that shows the location of other players on the track.		Computer-based [[:Category:Strategy Games\|Strategy Games]] such as the [[Age of Empires series\|Age of Empires]] or [[Civilization (video game) series\|Civilization]] series make use of [[Mini-Maps]] that allows players to have an overview of a larger part of the game world that would otherwise be possible. Similarly, most [:Category:Racing Games\|Racing Games]], e. g., the [[Mario Kart series]] and the Monkey Race party games in the [[Super Monkey Ball series]], provide a small overhead map that shows the location of other players on the track.

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	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===
	~~Example~~: ~~Most racing games~~, e. g., Mario Kart ~~Double Dash!!~~ and the Monkey Race party games in the Super Monkey Ball series, provide a small overhead map that shows the location of other players on the track.		Many [[:Category:Board Games\|Board Games]], e.g. , include [[Score Tracks]] that help players have a good overview of the positions of all players. [[Snakes and Ladders]] show how this overview can be the game board.

			Computer-based [[:Category:Strategy Games\|Strategy Games]] such as the [[Age of Empires series\|Age of Empires]] or [[Civilization (video game) series\|Civilization]] series make use of [[Mini-Maps]] that allows players to have an overview of a larger part of the game world that would otherwise be possible. Similarly, most [:Category:Racing Games\|Racing Games]], e. g., the [[Mario Kart series]] and the Monkey Race party games in the [[Super Monkey Ball series]], provide a small overhead map that shows the location of other players on the track.

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

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	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
	[[Game State Overviews]] are used in games to provide players with information about the game state, e.g. [[Area Control]], [[Negotiation]] contexts, [[Perceivable Margins]], [[Preventing Goals]], [[Player Defined Goals]], or [[Scores]], sometimes to help players know when [[Attention Swapping]] is required. This information may be to help players with [[Movement]], either directly with [[Game World Exploration]], [[Game World Navigation]], [[Reconnaissance]], or [[Traverse]] goals or indirectly with positions in [[Races]]. For [[Combat]] situation, it can provide players with help on [[Tactical Planning]] where [[Camping]] or [[Sniper Locations]] are located while for [[Puzzle Solving]] it can modify [[Memorizing]]. On a more general navigation level, this can be how [[Levels]] are perceived or how [[Fog of War]] functions. The presence of [[Game State Overviews]] are likely to affect how players interact with each other in [[Multiplayer Games]], e.g. regarding [[Collaborative Actions]], and well as how [[Perfect Information\|Perfect]] or [[Public Information]] is perceived. Of course, [[Game State Overviews]] can also provide information about [[Extra-Game Actions]] since this is part of the game interface which already		[[Game State Overviews]] are used in games to provide players with information about the game state, e.g. [[Area Control]], [[Negotiation]] contexts, [[Perceivable Margins]], [[Preventing Goals]], [[Player Defined Goals]], or [[Scores]], sometimes to help players know when [[Attention Swapping]] is required. This information may be to help players with [[Movement]], either directly with [[Game World Exploration]], [[Game World Navigation]], [[Reconnaissance]], or [[Traverse]] goals or indirectly with positions in [[Races]]. For [[Combat]] situation, it can provide players with help on [[Tactical Planning]] where [[Camping]] or [[Sniper Locations]] are located while for [[Puzzle Solving]] it can modify [[Memorizing]]. On a more general navigation level, this can be how [[Levels]] are perceived or how [[Fog of War]] functions. For games with [[Units]] it can help players keep track of all the [[Units]] under one's control while in those with [[Player Characters]] it can instead help support [[Identification]]. The presence of [[Game State Overviews]] are likely to affect how players interact with each other in [[Multiplayer Games]], e.g. regarding [[Collaborative Actions]], and well as how [[Perfect Information\|Perfect]] or [[Public Information]] is perceived. Of course, [[Game State Overviews]] can also provide information about [[Extra-Game Actions]] since this is part of the game interface which already is outside the diegesis in some way.

	~~For games with [[Units]] it can help players keep track of all~~ the ~~[[Units]] under one's control while~~ in ~~those with [[Player Characters]] it can instead help support [[Identification]]~~.

	The basic elements for providing [[Game State Overviews]] are various [[Game State Indicators]], e.g. [[Bookkeeping Tokens]] (with [[Public Information]]), [[Geospatial Game Widgets]], [[Goal Indicators]], [[HUD Interfaces]], [[Near Miss Indicators]], and [[Score Tracks]] (but publicly observable [[Scores]] can work equally well). [[Auxiliary Game Screens]], [[Mini-maps]], [[Picture-in-Picture Views]], and [[Split-Screen Views]], are more complex solutions which in themselves can provide [[Game State Overviews]] ([[Cutscenes]] and [[Narration Structures]] can also do this but often doesn't present game state information beyond acknowledging that a certain game state has been met since they have been initiated). [[Cameras]], [[God Views]], and [[Third-Person Views]] let players have a form of [[Game State Overview]] in that they are given some agency over what view they should have of the game state (this solution assumes that there is [[Game Worlds]] that a player's point of observation can be manipulated within). [[Privileged Movement]] which allows flying work similarly. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] (especially [[Game Masters]]) can of course create [[Game State Overviews]] since they can completely control players access to what parts of the game state they perceive.		The basic elements for providing [[Game State Overviews]] are various [[Game State Indicators]], e.g. [[Bookkeeping Tokens]] (with [[Public Information]]), [[Geospatial Game Widgets]], [[Goal Indicators]], [[HUD Interfaces]], [[Near Miss Indicators]], and [[Score Tracks]] (but publicly observable [[Scores]] can work equally well). [[Auxiliary Game Screens]], [[Mini-maps]], [[Picture-in-Picture Views]], and [[Split-Screen Views]], are more complex solutions which in themselves can provide [[Game State Overviews]] ([[Cutscenes]] and [[Narration Structures]] can also do this but often doesn't present game state information beyond acknowledging that a certain game state has been met since they have been initiated). [[Cameras]], [[God Views]], and [[Third-Person Views]] let players have a form of [[Game State Overview]] in that they are given some agency over what view they should have of the game state (this solution assumes that there is [[Game Worlds]] that a player's point of observation can be manipulated within). [[Privileged Movement]] which allows flying work similarly. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] (especially [[Game Masters]]) can of course create [[Game State Overviews]] since they can completely control players access to what parts of the game state they perceive.