Password Save Files - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 15:13, 11 November 2015

2015-11-11T15:13:03Z

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	''Save files which consist only of a password.''		''Save files which consist only of a password.''

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	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==
	[[Password Save Files]] are simply an form of [[Save Files]] possible when only very small game state (or very small parts of a game state) needs to be saved. Due to this, they do not actually need to have technical support for loading and saving, only for players to be able to input them to the game. Also for this reason, players can even more easily than for other [[Save Files]] engage in [[Game Element Trading]] with them.		[[Password Save Files]] are simply a form of [[Save Files]] possible when only very small game state (or very small parts of a game state) needs to be saved. Due to this, they do not actually need to have technical support for loading and saving, only for players to be able to input them to the game. Also for this reason, players can even more easily than for other [[Save Files]] engage in [[Game Element Trading]] with them.

	== Relations ==		== Relations ==

Staffan Björk: /* Can Instantiate */

2015-11-11T15:11:36Z

Can Instantiate

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			[[Game Element Trading]],
	[[Save Files]]		[[Save Files]]

Staffan Björk at 15:11, 11 November 2015

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	''~~The one-sentence "definition" that should be in italics~~.''		''Save files which consist only of a password.''

	~~This pattern is~~ a ~~still a stub~~.		Many computer games make use of save files. [[Password Save Files]] are the ones that are small enough to only need a password instead of actual data files.

	Wikipedia and TV Tropes have entries related to [[Password Save Files]] named ''Password''<ref name="wiki"/> and ''Password Save''<ref name="tvtropes"/> respectively.		Wikipedia and TV Tropes have entries related to [[Password Save Files]] named ''Password''<ref name="wiki"/> and ''Password Save''<ref name="tvtropes"/> respectively.
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	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==
	[[Password Save Files]] are simply an form of [[Save Files]] possible when only very small game state (or very small parts of a game state) needs to be saved.		[[Password Save Files]] are simply an form of [[Save Files]] possible when only very small game state (or very small parts of a game state) needs to be saved. Due to this, they do not actually need to have technical support for loading and saving, only for players to be able to input them to the game. Also for this reason, players can even more easily than for other [[Save Files]] engage in [[Game Element Trading]] with them.

	== Relations ==		== Relations ==

Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

2015-11-11T15:08:52Z

Using the pattern

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	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
			Designing [[Password Save Files]] lies primarily in designing how the passwords are generated. This is typically through simply naming them but they can also be generated based on the current game state, something which typically is needed for game states more complicated than those that simply are which [[Levels\|Level]] one has access to.

	~~=== Diegetic Aspects ===~~		Providing players with [[Password Save Files]] is typically done as they reach [[Save Points]], most often ones between [[Levels]].

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

	~~=== Narration Aspects ===~~

	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==

Staffan Björk at 12:01, 11 November 2015

2015-11-11T12:01:07Z

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	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==
			[[Password Save Files]] are simply an form of [[Save Files]] possible when only very small game state (or very small parts of a game state) needs to be saved.

	== Relations ==		== Relations ==

Staffan Björk: /* Relations */

2015-11-11T12:00:20Z

Relations

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	~~[[Save Points]]~~		=== Can Instantiate ===
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	-		[[Save Points]]

	=== Can Be Modulated By ===		=== Can Be Modulated By ===

Staffan Björk: /* Examples */

2015-11-11T11:58:00Z

Examples

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	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===
	Examples of games using [[Password Save Files]] include [[The Lost Vikings]], the first [[Populous]], and the first game in the [[Prince of Persia ~~series~~]] and in the [[Lemmings series]].		Examples of games using [[Password Save Files]] include [[The Lost Vikings]], the first [[Populous]], and the first game in the [[Prince of Persia]] series and in the [[Lemmings series]].

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

Staffan Björk: /* Examples */

2015-11-11T11:57:34Z

Examples

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	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===
			Examples of games using [[Password Save Files]] include [[The Lost Vikings]], the first [[Populous]], and the first game in the [[Prince of Persia series]] and in the [[Lemmings series]].
	~~==== Anti-~~Examples ~~====~~
	~~optional~~

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

Staffan Björk at 12:07, 10 November 2015

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	~~Wikipedia and TV Tropes have entries related to [[Password Save Files]] named ''Password''<ref name="wiki"/> and ''Password Save''<ref name="tvtropes"/> respectively.~~

	[[Category:Mechanical Patterns]]		[[Category:Mechanical Patterns]]
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	This pattern is a still a stub.		This pattern is a still a stub.

			Wikipedia and TV Tropes have entries related to [[Password Save Files]] named ''Password''<ref name="wiki"/> and ''Password Save''<ref name="tvtropes"/> respectively.

	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===
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	== Relations ==		== Relations ==
			[[Save Points]]
			[[Save Files]]

	=== Can Instantiate ===		=== Can Instantiate ===

Staffan Björk at 12:07, 10 November 2015

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 Wikipedia and TV Tropes have entries related to [[Password Save Files]] named ''Password''<ref name="wiki"/> and ''Password Save''<ref name="tvtropes"/> respectively.
 <references>
 <ref name="wiki">Entry for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_(video_gaming) Password (video games)] at Wikipedia.</ref>
 <ref name="tvtropes">Entry for [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PasswordSave Password Save] at TV Tropes.</ref>
 </references>