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Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

2023-03-08T09:15:24Z

Using the pattern

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	[[Narration Structures]] and [[Mandatory Goals]] can modulate and support each other. [[Mandatory Goals]] can support [[Narration Structures]] by being linked to specific parts of [[Narration Structures]] and thereby ensure that players will experience these narrations and that the completion of these goals are connected if not integrated with the narration. In contrast, [[Narration Structures]] can support [[Mandatory Goals]] by provide both diegetic reasons why players would want to complete the [[Mandatory Goals]] as well as provide information related to how these goals can be achieved (the [[Narration Structures]] can of course also include [[Red Herrings]]).		[[Narration Structures]] and [[Mandatory Goals]] can modulate and support each other. [[Mandatory Goals]] can support [[Narration Structures]] by being linked to specific parts of [[Narration Structures]] and thereby ensure that players will experience these narrations and that the completion of these goals are connected if not integrated with the narration. In contrast, [[Narration Structures]] can support [[Mandatory Goals]] by provide both diegetic reasons why players would want to complete the [[Mandatory Goals]] as well as provide information related to how these goals can be achieved (the [[Narration Structures]] can of course also include [[Red Herrings]]).
	As a special type of [[Mandatory Goals]], [[Main Goals]] can have the same relations to [[Narration Structures]] as [[Mandatory Goals]] but these relations are more likely to be seen as necessary requirements in a game design since they are a primary way to connect a game's narration with what should be a primary motivation for players actions in the game.		As a special type of [[Mandatory Goals]], [[Main Goals]] can have the same relations to [[Narration Structures]] as [[Mandatory Goals]] but these relations are more likely to be seen as necessary requirements in a game design since they are a primary way to connect a game's narration with what should be a primary motivation for players' actions in the game.

	[[Narration Structures]] can similarly provide support to the designs of goals such as [[Deliver]], [[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], and [[Rescue]].		[[Narration Structures]] can similarly provide support to the designs of goals such as [[Deliver]], [[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], and [[Rescue]].

Staffan Björk at 09:14, 8 March 2023

2023-03-08T09:14:50Z

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	[[Narration Structures]] in games can both be created or told as gameplay evolves. [[Construction]], [[Emergent Gameplay]], [[Player-Constructed Worlds]], and [[Player-Generated Narratives]], [[Speedruns]], and [[Storytelling]] are all patterns to support the former while the use of [[Predetermined Story Structures]] is the primary way in which narratives are revealed through the gameplay. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] can be used to not only reveal or present [[Predetermined Story Structures]] as appropriate, they can be used to choose between different ones depending on context. In addition, they can create new [[Narration Structures]] as needed if they have the right abilities; [[Game Masters]] naturally do but computer-based ones need algorithms to create new structures. [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] can enforce [[Narration Structures]] independent of how they are told, while the structures inherent in goals like [[Collections]], [[Deliver]], [[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], [[Rescue]], and [[Traverse]] can help provide [[Narration Structures]].		[[Narration Structures]] in games can both be created or told as gameplay evolves. [[Construction]], [[Emergent Gameplay]], [[Player-Constructed Worlds]], and [[Player-Generated Narratives]], [[Speedruns]], and [[Storytelling]] are all patterns to support the former while the use of [[Predetermined Story Structures]] is the primary way in which narratives are revealed through the gameplay. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] can be used to not only reveal or present [[Predetermined Story Structures]] as appropriate, they can be used to choose between different ones depending on context. In addition, they can create new [[Narration Structures]] as needed if they have the right abilities; [[Game Masters]] naturally do but computer-based ones need algorithms to create new structures. [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] can enforce [[Narration Structures]] independent of how they are told, while the structures inherent in goals like [[Collections]], [[Deliver]], [[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], [[Rescue]], and [[Traverse]] can help provide [[Narration Structures]].

	[[Narration Structures]] and [[Mandatory Goals]] can modulate and support each other. [[Mandatory Goals]] can support [[Narration Structures]] by being linked to specific parts of [[Narration Structures]] and thereby ensure that players will experience these narrations and that the completion of these goals are connected if not integrated with the narration. In contrast, [[Narration Structures]] can support [[Mandatory Goals]] by provide both diegetic reasons why players would want to complete the [[Mandatory Goals]] as well as provide information related to how these goals can be achieved (the [[Narration Structures]] can of course also include [[Red Herrings]]). [[Narration Structures]] can similarly provide support to the designs of goals such as [[Deliver]], [[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], and [[Rescue]].		[[Narration Structures]] and [[Mandatory Goals]] can modulate and support each other. [[Mandatory Goals]] can support [[Narration Structures]] by being linked to specific parts of [[Narration Structures]] and thereby ensure that players will experience these narrations and that the completion of these goals are connected if not integrated with the narration. In contrast, [[Narration Structures]] can support [[Mandatory Goals]] by provide both diegetic reasons why players would want to complete the [[Mandatory Goals]] as well as provide information related to how these goals can be achieved (the [[Narration Structures]] can of course also include [[Red Herrings]]).
			As a special type of [[Mandatory Goals]], [[Main Goals]] can have the same relations to [[Narration Structures]] as [[Mandatory Goals]] but these relations are more likely to be seen as necessary requirements in a game design since they are a primary way to connect a game's narration with what should be a primary motivation for players actions in the game.

			[[Narration Structures]] can similarly provide support to the designs of goals such as [[Deliver]], [[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], and [[Rescue]].

	Having game elements that can carry the [[Narration Structures]] is a requirement for the pattern. Most essential is the presence of [[Characters]] that can have goals and [[Agents]] that can perform actions in accordance to these; [[Player Characters]] and [[Algorithmic Agents]] can create structures during gameplay, so together with [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] the process can become a joint one but a signification design choice for using [[Narration Structures]] is to decide if players should have such [[Creative Control]]. When players are given such control, it is quite common to also have [[Player-Created Characters]].		Having game elements that can carry the [[Narration Structures]] is a requirement for the pattern. Most essential is the presence of [[Characters]] that can have goals and [[Agents]] that can perform actions in accordance to these; [[Player Characters]] and [[Algorithmic Agents]] can create structures during gameplay, so together with [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] the process can become a joint one but a signification design choice for using [[Narration Structures]] is to decide if players should have such [[Creative Control]]. When players are given such control, it is quite common to also have [[Player-Created Characters]].
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	[[Evade]],		[[Evade]],
	[[Gain Ownership]],		[[Gain Ownership]],
			[[Main Goals]],
	[[Mandatory Goals]],		[[Mandatory Goals]],
	[[Overcome]],		[[Overcome]],
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	[[Internal Rivalry]],		[[Internal Rivalry]],
	[[Leaps of Faith]],		[[Leaps of Faith]],
			[[Main Goals]],
	[[Mandatory Goals]],		[[Mandatory Goals]],
	[[Melodramatic Structures]],		[[Melodramatic Structures]],

Staffan Björk at 08:59, 8 March 2023

2023-03-08T08:59:27Z

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	=== Can Modulate ===		=== Can Modulate ===
	[[Complex Gameplay]],		[[Complex Gameplay]],
			[[Deliver]],
			[[Evade]],
			[[Gain Ownership]],
	[[Mandatory Goals]],		[[Mandatory Goals]],
	[[Overcome]]		[[Overcome]],
			[[Rescue]]

	=== Can Be Instantiated By ===		=== Can Be Instantiated By ===

Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

2023-03-08T08:55:31Z

Using the pattern

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	[[Narration Structures]] in games can both be created or told as gameplay evolves. [[Construction]], [[Emergent Gameplay]], [[Player-Constructed Worlds]], and [[Player-Generated Narratives]], [[Speedruns]], and [[Storytelling]] are all patterns to support the former while the use of [[Predetermined Story Structures]] is the primary way in which narratives are revealed through the gameplay. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] can be used to not only reveal or present [[Predetermined Story Structures]] as appropriate, they can be used to choose between different ones depending on context. In addition, they can create new [[Narration Structures]] as needed if they have the right abilities; [[Game Masters]] naturally do but computer-based ones need algorithms to create new structures. [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] can enforce [[Narration Structures]] independent of how they are told, while the structures inherent in goals like [[Collections]], [[Deliver]], [[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], [[Rescue]], and [[Traverse]] can help provide [[Narration Structures]].		[[Narration Structures]] in games can both be created or told as gameplay evolves. [[Construction]], [[Emergent Gameplay]], [[Player-Constructed Worlds]], and [[Player-Generated Narratives]], [[Speedruns]], and [[Storytelling]] are all patterns to support the former while the use of [[Predetermined Story Structures]] is the primary way in which narratives are revealed through the gameplay. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] can be used to not only reveal or present [[Predetermined Story Structures]] as appropriate, they can be used to choose between different ones depending on context. In addition, they can create new [[Narration Structures]] as needed if they have the right abilities; [[Game Masters]] naturally do but computer-based ones need algorithms to create new structures. [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] can enforce [[Narration Structures]] independent of how they are told, while the structures inherent in goals like [[Collections]], [[Deliver]], [[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], [[Rescue]], and [[Traverse]] can help provide [[Narration Structures]].

	[[Narration Structures]] and [[Mandatory Goals]] can modulate and support each other. [[Mandatory Goals]] can support [[Narration Structures]] by being linked to specific parts of [[Narration Structures]] and thereby ensure that players will experience these narrations and that the completion of these goals are connected if not integrated with the narration. In contrast, [[Narration Structures]] can support [[Mandatory Goals]] by provide both diegetic reasons why players would want to complete the [[Mandatory Goals]] as well as provide information related to how these goals can be achieved (the [[Narration Structures]] can of course also include [[Red Herrings]]).		[[Narration Structures]] and [[Mandatory Goals]] can modulate and support each other. [[Mandatory Goals]] can support [[Narration Structures]] by being linked to specific parts of [[Narration Structures]] and thereby ensure that players will experience these narrations and that the completion of these goals are connected if not integrated with the narration. In contrast, [[Narration Structures]] can support [[Mandatory Goals]] by provide both diegetic reasons why players would want to complete the [[Mandatory Goals]] as well as provide information related to how these goals can be achieved (the [[Narration Structures]] can of course also include [[Red Herrings]]). [[Narration Structures]] can similarly provide support to the designs of goals such as [[Deliver]], [[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], and [[Rescue]].

	Having game elements that can carry the [[Narration Structures]] is a requirement for the pattern. Most essential is the presence of [[Characters]] that can have goals and [[Agents]] that can perform actions in accordance to these; [[Player Characters]] and [[Algorithmic Agents]] can create structures during gameplay, so together with [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] the process can become a joint one but a signification design choice for using [[Narration Structures]] is to decide if players should have such [[Creative Control]]. When players are given such control, it is quite common to also have [[Player-Created Characters]].		Having game elements that can carry the [[Narration Structures]] is a requirement for the pattern. Most essential is the presence of [[Characters]] that can have goals and [[Agents]] that can perform actions in accordance to these; [[Player Characters]] and [[Algorithmic Agents]] can create structures during gameplay, so together with [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] the process can become a joint one but a signification design choice for using [[Narration Structures]] is to decide if players should have such [[Creative Control]]. When players are given such control, it is quite common to also have [[Player-Created Characters]].

Staffan Björk: /* Can Modulate */

2023-03-08T08:53:21Z

Can Modulate

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	[[Complex Gameplay]],		[[Complex Gameplay]],
	[[Mandatory Goals]]		[[Mandatory Goals]],

	[[Overcome]]		[[Overcome]]

Staffan Björk: /* Can Modulate */

2023-03-08T08:52:35Z

Can Modulate

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	[[Mandatory Goals]]		[[Mandatory Goals]]

	[[Overcome~~]], [[Rescue]], and [[Traverse~~]]		[[Overcome]]

	=== Can Be Instantiated By ===		=== Can Be Instantiated By ===

Staffan Björk: /* Can Modulate */

2023-03-08T08:52:15Z

Can Modulate

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	~~[[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]],~~ [[Overcome]], [[Rescue]], and [[Traverse]]		[[Overcome]], [[Rescue]], and [[Traverse]]

	=== Can Be Instantiated By ===		=== Can Be Instantiated By ===

Staffan Björk: /* Can Modulate */

2023-03-08T08:51:14Z

Can Modulate

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	~~[[Deliver]],~~ [[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], [[Rescue]], and [[Traverse]]		[[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], [[Rescue]], and [[Traverse]]

	=== Can Be Instantiated By ===		=== Can Be Instantiated By ===

Staffan Björk at 08:49, 8 March 2023

2023-03-08T08:49:03Z

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	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
	[[Narration Structures]] in games can both be created or told as gameplay evolves. [[Construction]], [[Emergent Gameplay]], [[Player-Constructed Worlds]], and [[Player-Generated Narratives]], [[Speedruns]], and [[Storytelling]] are all patterns to support the former while the use of [[Predetermined Story Structures]] is the primary way in which narratives are revealed through the gameplay. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] can be used to not only reveal or present [[Predetermined Story Structures]] as appropriate, they can be used to choose between different ones depending on context. In addition, they can create new [[Narration Structures]] as needed if they have the right abilities; [[Game Masters]] naturally do but computer-based ones need algorithms to create new structures. [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] can enforce [[Narration Structures]] independent of how they are told, while the structures inherent in goals like [[Collections]], [[Deliver]], [[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], [[Rescue]], and [[Traverse]] can help provide [[Narration Structures]].		[[Narration Structures]] in games can both be created or told as gameplay evolves. [[Construction]], [[Emergent Gameplay]], [[Player-Constructed Worlds]], and [[Player-Generated Narratives]], [[Speedruns]], and [[Storytelling]] are all patterns to support the former while the use of [[Predetermined Story Structures]] is the primary way in which narratives are revealed through the gameplay. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] can be used to not only reveal or present [[Predetermined Story Structures]] as appropriate, they can be used to choose between different ones depending on context. In addition, they can create new [[Narration Structures]] as needed if they have the right abilities; [[Game Masters]] naturally do but computer-based ones need algorithms to create new structures. [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] can enforce [[Narration Structures]] independent of how they are told, while the structures inherent in goals like [[Collections]], [[Deliver]], [[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], [[Rescue]], and [[Traverse]] can help provide [[Narration Structures]].

			[[Narration Structures]] and [[Mandatory Goals]] can modulate and support each other. [[Mandatory Goals]] can support [[Narration Structures]] by being linked to specific parts of [[Narration Structures]] and thereby ensure that players will experience these narrations and that the completion of these goals are connected if not integrated with the narration. In contrast, [[Narration Structures]] can support [[Mandatory Goals]] by provide both diegetic reasons why players would want to complete the [[Mandatory Goals]] as well as provide information related to how these goals can be achieved (the [[Narration Structures]] can of course also include [[Red Herrings]]).

	Having game elements that can carry the [[Narration Structures]] is a requirement for the pattern. Most essential is the presence of [[Characters]] that can have goals and [[Agents]] that can perform actions in accordance to these; [[Player Characters]] and [[Algorithmic Agents]] can create structures during gameplay, so together with [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] the process can become a joint one but a signification design choice for using [[Narration Structures]] is to decide if players should have such [[Creative Control]]. When players are given such control, it is quite common to also have [[Player-Created Characters]].		Having game elements that can carry the [[Narration Structures]] is a requirement for the pattern. Most essential is the presence of [[Characters]] that can have goals and [[Agents]] that can perform actions in accordance to these; [[Player Characters]] and [[Algorithmic Agents]] can create structures during gameplay, so together with [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] the process can become a joint one but a signification design choice for using [[Narration Structures]] is to decide if players should have such [[Creative Control]]. When players are given such control, it is quite common to also have [[Player-Created Characters]].

	The possibility of [[Player-Planned Development]] can heavily affect [[Narration Structures]] if permitted, but when the [[Narration Structures]] are set before gameplay it can work against having [[Player-Planned Development]] as a possibility. Linked to this is the question if [[Characters]] should have [[Open Destiny\|Open Destinies]] since this may be most relevant to consider for [[Player Characters]]. [[MacGuffins]] can be the source of these goals while [[Alien Space Bats]] can explain settings different from the real world. [[Enemies]] are also very common since they can provide resistance to players and can easily be created through introducing [[Incompatible Goals]] between [[Agents]], while [[Game Items]], [[Diegetically Outstanding Features]], and [[Non-Player Characters]] can bring life to narratives by adding detail. [[Scenes]] can be used to separate different parts of gameplay and [[Narration Structures]] from each other in a game while [[Leaps of Faith]] situations can create uncertainty on how the narration will progress. [[Narration Structures]] that are to introduce new elements as gameplay and narration progresses need some type of [[Game Element Insertion]].		The possibility of [[Player-Planned Development]] can heavily affect [[Narration Structures]] if permitted, but when the [[Narration Structures]] are set before gameplay it can work against having [[Player-Planned Development]] as a possibility. Linked to this is the question if [[Characters]] should have [[Open Destiny\|Open Destinies]] since this may be most relevant to consider for [[Player Characters]]. [[MacGuffins]] can be the source of these goals while [[Alien Space Bats]] can explain settings different from the real world. [[Enemies]] are also very common since they can provide resistance to players and can easily be created through introducing [[Incompatible Goals]] between [[Agents]], while [[Game Items]], [[Diegetically Outstanding Features]], and [[Non-Player Characters]] can bring life to narratives by adding detail. [[Scenes]] can be used to separate different parts of gameplay and [[Narration Structures]] from each other in a game while [[Leaps of Faith]] situations can create uncertainty on how the narration will progress. [[Narration Structures]] that are to introduce new elements as gameplay and narration progresses need some type of [[Game Element Insertion]].

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	[[Complex Gameplay]]		[[Complex Gameplay]],
			[[Mandatory Goals]]

	[[Deliver]], [[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], [[Rescue]], and [[Traverse]]		[[Deliver]], [[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], [[Rescue]], and [[Traverse]]
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	[[Internal Rivalry]],		[[Internal Rivalry]],
	[[Leaps of Faith]],		[[Leaps of Faith]],
			[[Mandatory Goals]],
	[[Melodramatic Structures]],		[[Melodramatic Structures]],
	[[Non-Consistent Narration]],		[[Non-Consistent Narration]],
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	[[Player-Created Characters]],		[[Player-Created Characters]],
	[[Player-Planned Development]],		[[Player-Planned Development]],
	[[Predefined Goals]],		[[Predefined Goals]],
			[[Red Herrings]],
	[[Social Dilemmas]],		[[Social Dilemmas]],
	[[Thematic Consistency]]		[[Thematic Consistency]]

Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

2022-08-04T07:40:27Z

Using the pattern

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	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
	[[Narration Structures]] in games can both be created or told as gameplay evolves. [[Construction]], [[Emergent Gameplay]], [[Player-Constructed Worlds]], and [[Player-Generated Narratives]], [[Speedruns]], and [[Storytelling]] are all patterns to support the former while the use of [[Predetermined Story Structures]] is the primary way in which narratives are revealed through the gameplay. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] can be used to not only reveal or present [[Predetermined Story Structures]] as appropriate, they can be used to choose between different ones depending on context. In addition, they can create new [[Narration Structures]] as needed if they have the right abilities; [[Game Masters]] naturally do but computer-based ones need algorithms to create new structures. [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] can enforce [[Narration Structures]] independent of how they are told, while the structures inherent in goals like [[Deliver]], [[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], [[Rescue]], and [[Traverse]] can help provide [[Narration Structures]].		[[Narration Structures]] in games can both be created or told as gameplay evolves. [[Construction]], [[Emergent Gameplay]], [[Player-Constructed Worlds]], and [[Player-Generated Narratives]], [[Speedruns]], and [[Storytelling]] are all patterns to support the former while the use of [[Predetermined Story Structures]] is the primary way in which narratives are revealed through the gameplay. [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] can be used to not only reveal or present [[Predetermined Story Structures]] as appropriate, they can be used to choose between different ones depending on context. In addition, they can create new [[Narration Structures]] as needed if they have the right abilities; [[Game Masters]] naturally do but computer-based ones need algorithms to create new structures. [[Ultra-Powerful Events]] can enforce [[Narration Structures]] independent of how they are told, while the structures inherent in goals like [[Collections]], [[Deliver]], [[Evade]], [[Gain Ownership]], [[Overcome]], [[Rescue]], and [[Traverse]] can help provide [[Narration Structures]].

	Having game elements that can carry the [[Narration Structures]] is a requirement for the pattern. Most essential is the presence of [[Characters]] that can have goals and [[Agents]] that can perform actions in accordance to these; [[Player Characters]] and [[Algorithmic Agents]] can create structures during gameplay, so together with [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] the process can become a joint one but a signification design choice for using [[Narration Structures]] is to decide if players should have such [[Creative Control]]. When players are given such control, it is quite common to also have [[Player-Created Characters]].		Having game elements that can carry the [[Narration Structures]] is a requirement for the pattern. Most essential is the presence of [[Characters]] that can have goals and [[Agents]] that can perform actions in accordance to these; [[Player Characters]] and [[Algorithmic Agents]] can create structures during gameplay, so together with [[Dedicated Game Facilitators]] the process can become a joint one but a signification design choice for using [[Narration Structures]] is to decide if players should have such [[Creative Control]]. When players are given such control, it is quite common to also have [[Player-Created Characters]].