Phasing - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 09:00, 22 August 2014

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	''The removal or changing of game elements for a sub group of players of a game instance.''		''The removal or changing of game elements for a sub group of players of a game instance.''

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	=== Interface Aspects ===		=== Interface Aspects ===
	Since [[Phasing]] works through having different players' interfaces show different things, it can be seen as a [[:Category:Information Patterns\|Information Pattern]] in addition to being [[:Category:Diegetic Patterns\|Diegetic Pattern]].		Since [[Phasing]] works through having different players' interfaces show different things, it can be seen as an [[:Category:Information Patterns\|Information Pattern]] in addition to being [[:Category:Diegetic Patterns\|Diegetic Pattern]].

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

Staffan Björk at 08:59, 22 August 2014

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	[[Phasing]] is an option for modifying [[Multiplayer Games]] with [[Mediated Gameplay]] which allows [[Predetermined Story Structures]] to be connected to players' actions while not requiring designers to handle the complex issue of making these have permanent effects on [[Game Worlds]]. Depending on one's perspective, the pattern either modifies [[Game Worlds]] or modifies players' perceptions of them.		[[Phasing]] is an option for modifying [[Multiplayer Games]] with [[Mediated Gameplay]] which allows [[Predetermined Story Structures]] to be connected to players' actions while not requiring designers to handle the complex issue of making these have permanent effects on [[Game Worlds]]. Depending on one's perspective, the pattern either modifies [[Game Worlds]] or modifies players' perceptions of them.

	The main design options related to [[Phasing]] is what "phases" should exist, how players enter or exit them, and it players share them. The [[America's Army]] example shows phases that players enter as soon as they join a team and the persist entire matches while the phases in [[World of Warcraft]] are temporary ones that players enters as part of taking on [[Quests]]. Sharing "phases" between players can be seen as a way of allowing partial use of [[Instances]] ([[Phasing]] out all other players and their possibility of interacting with what "phased" players can interact with is in practice the same as using [[Instances]]).		The main design options related to [[Phasing]] is what "phases" should exist, how players enter or exit them, and it players share them. The [[America's Army]] example shows phases that players enter as soon as they join a team and the persist entire matches while the phases in [[World of Warcraft]] are temporary ones that players enters as part of taking on [[Quests]]. Sharing "phases" between players can be seen as a way of allowing partial use of [[Instances]] ([[Phasing]] out all other players and their possibility of interacting with what "phased" players can interact with is in practice the same as using [[Instances]]). In contrast, when [[Phasing]] is applied on individual players it allows partial use of [[Private Game Spaces]].

	=== Diegetic Aspects ===		=== Diegetic Aspects ===
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	== Relations ==		== Relations ==
	~~[[Private Game Spaces]]~~

	~~---~~

	~~[[Game Worlds]]~~
	~~[[Non-Consistent Narration]]~~
	~~[[Multiplayer Games]]~~
	~~[[Mediated Gameplay]]~~
	~~[[Instances]]~~
	~~[[Quests]]~~

	~~[[Predetermined Story Structures]]~~
	~~[[Diegetic Consistency]]~~

	~~[[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]]~~

	=== Can Instantiate ===		=== Can Instantiate ===
	[[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]],		[[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]],
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	[[Predetermined Story Structures]],		[[Predetermined Story Structures]],
			[[Private Game Spaces]],
	[[Quests]]		[[Quests]]

Staffan Björk: /* Relations */

2014-08-22T08:38:30Z

Relations

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	== Relations ==		== Relations ==
			[[Private Game Spaces]]

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	[[Game Worlds]]		[[Game Worlds]]
	[[Non-Consistent Narration]]		[[Non-Consistent Narration]]

Staffan Björk at 08:32, 22 August 2014

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	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
	[[Phasing]] is an option for modifying [[Multiplayer Games]] with [[Mediated Gameplay]] which allows ~~players to perceive changes in~~ [[~~Game Worlds~~]] ~~depending on their~~ actions while not requiring designers to handle the complex issue of		[[Phasing]] is an option for modifying [[Multiplayer Games]] with [[Mediated Gameplay]] which allows [[Predetermined Story Structures]] to be connected to players' actions while not requiring designers to handle the complex issue of making these have permanent effects on [[Game Worlds]]. Depending on one's perspective, the pattern either modifies [[Game Worlds]] or modifies players' perceptions of them.

	~~[[Predetermined Story Structures]]~~		The main design options related to [[Phasing]] is what "phases" should exist, how players enter or exit them, and it players share them. The [[America's Army]] example shows phases that players enter as soon as they join a team and the persist entire matches while the phases in [[World of Warcraft]] are temporary ones that players enters as part of taking on [[Quests]]. Sharing "phases" between players can be seen as a way of allowing partial use of [[Instances]] ([[Phasing]] out all other players and their possibility of interacting with what "phased" players can interact with is in practice the same as using [[Instances]]).

	~~. Depending on one's perspective, it either modifies [[Game Worlds]] or modifies players' perceptions of them.~~

	The main design options related to [[Phasing]] is what "phases" should exist, how players enter or exit them, and it players share them. The [[America's Army]] example shows phases that players enter as soon as they join a team and the persist entire matches while the phases in [[World of Warcraft]] are temporary ones that players enters as part of taking on [[Quests]].

	Sharing "phases" between players can be seen as a way of allowing partial use of [[Instances]] ([[Phasing]] out all other players and their possibility of interacting with what "phased" players can interact with is in practice the same as using [[Instances]]).

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	[[Quests]]		[[Quests]]

			[[Predetermined Story Structures]]
	[[Diegetic Consistency]]		[[Diegetic Consistency]]

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	[[Game Worlds]],		[[Game Worlds]],
			[[Predetermined Story Structures]],
	[[Quests]]		[[Quests]]

Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

2014-08-22T08:29:44Z

Using the pattern

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	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
	[[Phasing]] is an option for modifying [[Multiplayer Games]] with [[Mediated Gameplay]]. Depending on one's perspective, it either modifies [[Game Worlds]] or modifies players' perceptions of them.		[[Phasing]] is an option for modifying [[Multiplayer Games]] with [[Mediated Gameplay]] which allows players to perceive changes in [[Game Worlds]] depending on their actions while not requiring designers to handle the complex issue of

			[[Predetermined Story Structures]]

			. Depending on one's perspective, it either modifies [[Game Worlds]] or modifies players' perceptions of them.

	The main design options related to [[Phasing]] is what "phases" should exist, how players enter or exit them, and it players share them. The [[America's Army]] example shows phases that players enter as soon as they join a team and the persist entire matches while the phases in [[World of Warcraft]] are temporary ones that players enters as part of taking on [[Quests]].		The main design options related to [[Phasing]] is what "phases" should exist, how players enter or exit them, and it players share them. The [[America's Army]] example shows phases that players enter as soon as they join a team and the persist entire matches while the phases in [[World of Warcraft]] are temporary ones that players enters as part of taking on [[Quests]].

Staffan Björk: /* Consequences */

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Consequences

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	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==
			[[Phasing]] typically creates [[Non-Consistent Narration]] ([[Alternative Realities]] that incorporate the multiverse concept is one way to create a consistency of a higher level of narration). This may however not be apparent to players unless they can communicate with each other directly while playing. By doing this, the pattern breaks [[Diegetic Consistency]] ''between'' players but can provide an [[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]] to them since the [[Game Worlds]] can adopt to their actions.
	~~[[Multiplayer Games]]~~

	[[Phasing]] typically creates [[Non-Consistent Narration]] ([[Alternative Realities]] that incorporate the multiverse concept is one way to create a consistency of a higher level of narration). This may however not be apparent to players unless they can communicate with each other directly while playing. By doing this, the pattern breaks [[Diegetic Consistency]] ''between'' players but can provide an [[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]] to them since the [[Game Worlds



	== Relations ==		== Relations ==

Staffan Björk at 08:27, 22 August 2014

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	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
	[[Phasing]] is an option for modifying [[Multiplayer Games]] with [[Mediated Gameplay]].		[[Phasing]] is an option for modifying [[Multiplayer Games]] with [[Mediated Gameplay]]. Depending on one's perspective, it either modifies [[Game Worlds]] or modifies players' perceptions of them.

			The main design options related to [[Phasing]] is what "phases" should exist, how players enter or exit them, and it players share them. The [[America's Army]] example shows phases that players enter as soon as they join a team and the persist entire matches while the phases in [[World of Warcraft]] are temporary ones that players enters as part of taking on [[Quests]].

			Sharing "phases" between players can be seen as a way of allowing partial use of [[Instances]] ([[Phasing]] out all other players and their possibility of interacting with what "phased" players can interact with is in practice the same as using [[Instances]]).

	=== Diegetic Aspects ===		=== Diegetic Aspects ===
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	=== Narration Aspects ===		=== Narration Aspects ===
	The main purpose of using [[Phasing]] is to provide different ~~narrration~~ to different players. In doing so, it is also a [[:Category:Narration Patterns\|Narration Pattern]] in addition to the other categories mentioned above.		The main purpose of using [[Phasing]] is to provide different narration to different players. In doing so, it is also a [[:Category:Narration Patterns\|Narration Pattern]] in addition to the other categories mentioned above.

	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==
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	[[Multiplayer Games]]		[[Multiplayer Games]]

	If players can communicate with each other in		[[Phasing]] typically creates [[Non-Consistent Narration]] ([[Alternative Realities]] that incorporate the multiverse concept is one way to create a consistency of a higher level of narration). This may however not be apparent to players unless they can communicate with each other directly while playing. By doing this, the pattern breaks [[Diegetic Consistency]] ''between'' players but can provide an [[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]] to them since the [[Game Worlds
	[[~~Non-Consistent Narration~~]]

	[[~~Diegetic Consistency~~]]

	~~[[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]]~~


	== Relations ==		== Relations ==
			[[Game Worlds]]
	[[Non-Consistent Narration]]		[[Non-Consistent Narration]]
	[[Multiplayer Games]]		[[Multiplayer Games]]
	[[Mediated Gameplay]]		[[Mediated Gameplay]]
			[[Instances]]
			[[Quests]]

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	=== Can Instantiate ===		=== Can Instantiate ===
	[[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]],		[[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]],
			[[Instances]],
	[[Non-Consistent Narration]]		[[Non-Consistent Narration]]

	=== Can Modulate ===		=== Can Modulate ===
			[[Game Worlds]],
			[[Quests]]

	[[Multiplayer Games]] that has [[Mediated Gameplay]]		[[Multiplayer Games]] that has [[Mediated Gameplay]]

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	=== Can Be Modulated By ===		=== Can Be Modulated By ===
	-		[[Alternative Realities]]

	=== Possible Closure Effects ===		=== Possible Closure Effects ===

Staffan Björk at 08:13, 22 August 2014

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	''The ~~one-sentence "definition" that should be in italics~~.''		''The removal or changing of game elements for a sub group of players of a game instance.''

	~~This pattern~~ is a ~~still a stub~~.		Sometimes games do not want to present game worlds in the same way to different players. One reason for this can be that both sides of competing teams are supposed to see themselves as a particular group while another can be that players are to experience that the game world evolves even though it does not for other players. [[Phasing]] is a solution to this that works through either removing the game elements from the presentation of the game to certain players or by showing different game element to different players depending on where they are in specific story arcs of the game.

	Note: this pattern does not include the common meaning of [[Phasing]] as a means of being intangible.		Note: this pattern does not include the common meaning of [[Phasing]] as a means of being intangible.
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	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
			[[Phasing]] is an option for modifying [[Multiplayer Games]] with [[Mediated Gameplay]].

	=== Diegetic Aspects ===		=== Diegetic Aspects ===
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	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==

			[[Multiplayer Games]]

			If players can communicate with each other in
	[[Non-Consistent Narration]]		[[Non-Consistent Narration]]

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	[[Non-Consistent Narration]]		[[Non-Consistent Narration]]
			[[Multiplayer Games]]
			[[Mediated Gameplay]]

	[[Diegetic Consistency]]		[[Diegetic Consistency]]
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	=== Can Modulate ===		=== Can Modulate ===
	-		[[Multiplayer Games]] that has [[Mediated Gameplay]]

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

Staffan Björk at 08:01, 22 August 2014

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	This pattern is a still a stub.		This pattern is a still a stub.

			Note: this pattern does not include the common meaning of [[Phasing]] as a means of being intangible.

	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===
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	=== Diegetic Aspects ===		=== Diegetic Aspects ===
			As it provides different diegesis to different players, [[Phasing]] is an example of a [[:Category:Diegetic Patterns\|Diegetic Pattern]].

	=== Interface Aspects ===		=== Interface Aspects ===
			Since [[Phasing]] works through having different players' interfaces show different things, it can be seen as a [[:Category:Information Patterns\|Information Pattern]] in addition to being [[:Category:Diegetic Patterns\|Diegetic Pattern]].

	=== Narration Aspects ===		=== Narration Aspects ===
			The main purpose of using [[Phasing]] is to provide different narrration to different players. In doing so, it is also a [[:Category:Narration Patterns\|Narration Pattern]] in addition to the other categories mentioned above.

	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==
			[[Non-Consistent Narration]]

			[[Diegetic Consistency]]

			[[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]]


	== Relations ==		== Relations ==
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	=== Can Instantiate ===		=== Can Instantiate ===
	-		[[Exaggerated Perception of Influence]],
			[[Non-Consistent Narration]]
	~~==== with ... ====~~

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	=== Potentially Conflicting With ===		=== Potentially Conflicting With ===
	-		[[Diegetic Consistency]]

	== History ==		== History ==

Staffan Björk: /* Examples */

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Examples

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	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===
	[[World of Warcraft]] uses [[Phasing]] to change the game world. Sometimes this is used to remove game elements, e.g. NPCs that give quests that a player has already completed, and sometimes to update the game world according to where a player is in a quest (an example of this is how ''Acherus: The Ebon Hold'' changes depending on where in the death knight quest series a player is)<ref name="wow"/>.		[[World of Warcraft]] uses [[Phasing]] to change the game world. Sometimes this is used to remove game elements, e.g. NPCs that give quests that a player has already completed, and sometimes to update the game world according to where a player is in a quest (an example of this is how ''Acherus: The Ebon Hold'' changes depending on where in the death knight quest series a player is)<ref name="wow"/><ref name="gb"/>.

	The design solution in [[America's Army]] that one always sees one's own team as being US soldiers and the other team as being enemies is an example of [[Phasing]] on a team level.		The design solution in [[America's Army]] that one always sees one's own team as being US soldiers and the other team as being enemies is an example of [[Phasing]] on a team level.