Summary Updates - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 07:56, 23 October 2014

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	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
	[[Summary Updates]] are typically created in conjunction with [[Scenes]] or [[Adventures]] in games that have [[Predetermined Story Structures]]. In games with [[Melodramatic Structures]], they can help in explaining new contexts for players.		[[Summary Updates]] are typically created in conjunction with [[Scenes]] or [[Adventures]] in games that have [[Predetermined Story Structures]]. By doing this, they typically also affect [[Campaigns]] but specific [[Summary Updates]] can also be used to introduce and wrap up [[Campaigns]] as a whole. In games with [[Melodramatic Structures]], they can help in explaining new contexts for players.

	=== Narration Aspects ===		=== Narration Aspects ===
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	[[Adventures]],		[[Adventures]],
			[[Campaigns]],
	[[Melodramatic Structures]],		[[Melodramatic Structures]],
	[[Predetermined Story Structures]],		[[Predetermined Story Structures]],

Staffan Björk at 09:03, 30 July 2014

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	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==
	[[Summary Updates]] are a type of [[Cutscenes]].		[[Summary Updates]] are a type of [[Cutscenes]]. [[Downtime]] is created by [[Summary Updates]] when these are need to be given to individual players of [[Multiplayer Games]].

	== Relations ==		== Relations ==
	=== Can Instantiate ===		=== Can Instantiate ===
	[[Cutscenes]]		[[Cutscenes]]

			==== with [[Multiplayer Games]] ====
			[[Downtime]]

	=== Can Modulate ===		=== Can Modulate ===

Staffan Björk at 11:01, 9 July 2014

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	[[Summary Updates]] are typically created in conjunction with [[Scenes]] or [[Adventures]] in games that have [[Predetermined Story Structures]]. In games with [[Melodramatic Structures]], they can help in explaining new contexts for players.		[[Summary Updates]] are typically created in conjunction with [[Scenes]] or [[Adventures]] in games that have [[Predetermined Story Structures]]. In games with [[Melodramatic Structures]], they can help in explaining new contexts for players.

	=== ~~Narrative~~ Aspects ===		=== Narration Aspects ===
	Summary Updates in a [[:Category:Narration Patterns\|Narration Pattern]].		[[Summary Updates]] is a [[:Category:Narration Patterns\|Narration Pattern]]. One typical use of the pattern is to introduce [[Alien Space Bats]], i.e. fantastical or supernatural agents, to a setting.

	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==
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	=== Can Be Modulated By ===		=== Can Be Modulated By ===
	-		[[Alien Space Bats]]

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

Staffan Björk at 08:59, 8 July 2014

2014-07-08T08:59:07Z

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	~~[[Category:Staffan's current workpage]]~~
	''Descriptions of events that have taken place in the game before or after actual gameplay.''		''Descriptions of events that have taken place in the game before or after actual gameplay.''

	For players to know what to do in games and know what to expect ~~storywise~~, they need to understand the setting and the motives the various agents in the game has. [[Summary Updates]] simply provides this to players by telling them what they need to know before gameplay begins. Likewise, the long-term consequences of actions and events may not be clear to players and [[Summary Updates]] can in this case describe what happens after gameplay ends. For games that move between different scenes or levels, [[Summary Updates]] can provide both of these explanations at once.		For players to know what to do in games and know what to expect story wise, they need to understand the setting and the motives the various agents in the game has. [[Summary Updates]] simply provides this to players by telling them what they need to know before gameplay begins. Likewise, the long-term consequences of actions and events may not be clear to players and [[Summary Updates]] can in this case describe what happens after gameplay ends. For games that move between different scenes or levels, [[Summary Updates]] can provide both of these explanations at once.

	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===
	Adventures for [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games\|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]] often include [[Summary Updates]] before gameplay begins and between scenes. ~~for~~ example, the adventure ''Me and My Shadow, Mark IV'' for [[Paranoia]] start with the following [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]]:		Adventures for [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games\|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]] often include [[Summary Updates]] before gameplay begins and between scenes. For example, the adventure ''Me and My Shadow, Mark IV'' for [[Paranoia]] start with the following [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]]:
	<pre width="80%" style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap;		<pre width="80%" style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap;
	word-wrap: break-word;">"Another day begins in Alpha Complex with the familiar buzz of fluorescent light. You wake, and reflect on the multitudinous gift of The Computer: your spacious three-meter cell, last night's extra ratio of Cold Fun.		word-wrap: break-word;">"Another day begins in Alpha Complex with the familiar buzz of fluorescent light. You wake, and reflect on the multitudinous gift of The Computer: your spacious three-meter cell, last night's extra ratio of Cold Fun.

Staffan Björk at 08:57, 8 July 2014

2014-07-08T08:57:36Z

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	[[Category:Staffan's current workpage]]		[[Category:Staffan's current workpage]]
	''Descriptions of events that have taken place in the game before or after actual gameplay.''		''Descriptions of events that have taken place in the game before or after actual gameplay.''

			For players to know what to do in games and know what to expect storywise, they need to understand the setting and the motives the various agents in the game has. [[Summary Updates]] simply provides this to players by telling them what they need to know before gameplay begins. Likewise, the long-term consequences of actions and events may not be clear to players and [[Summary Updates]] can in this case describe what happens after gameplay ends. For games that move between different scenes or levels, [[Summary Updates]] can provide both of these explanations at once.
	~~This pattern is a still a stub~~.

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

Staffan Björk at 08:52, 8 July 2014

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	''Descriptions of events that have taken place in the game before or after actual gameplay.''		''Descriptions of events that have taken place in the game before or after actual gameplay.''



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	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
			[[Summary Updates]] are typically created in conjunction with [[Scenes]] or [[Adventures]] in games that have [[Predetermined Story Structures]]. In games with [[Melodramatic Structures]], they can help in explaining new contexts for players.
	~~=== Diegetic Aspects ===~~

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

	=== Narrative Aspects ===		=== Narrative Aspects ===
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	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==
			[[Summary Updates]] are a type of [[Cutscenes]].

	== Relations ==		== Relations ==

	=== Can Instantiate ===		=== Can Instantiate ===
	[[Cutscenes]]		[[Cutscenes]]
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	[[Adventures]],		[[Adventures]],
	[[Melodramatic Structures]],		[[Melodramatic Structures]],
			[[Predetermined Story Structures]],
	[[Scenes]]		[[Scenes]]

Staffan Björk at 08:16, 8 July 2014

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	''~~The one-sentence "definition"~~ that ~~should be~~ in ~~italics~~.''		''Descriptions of events that have taken place in the game before or after actual gameplay.''



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

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

	Adventures for [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games\|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]] often include [[Summary Updates]] before gameplay begins and between scenes. for example, the adventure ''Me and My Shadow, Mark IV'' for [[Paranoia]] start with the following [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]]:		Adventures for [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games\|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]] often include [[Summary Updates]] before gameplay begins and between scenes. for example, the adventure ''Me and My Shadow, Mark IV'' for [[Paranoia]] start with the following [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]]:
	<pre width="80%" style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap;		<pre width="80%" style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap;
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	The adventure ''Something rotten in Kislev'' for [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]] contains two [[Summary Updates]] for game masters to use to explain the events that took place after ''Power Behind the Throne'' and before the beginning of the new adventure; the second [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]] contains the main information players need while the first acts as a [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]] to the second [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]] if the players ended the previous adventure in jail.		The adventure ''Something rotten in Kislev'' for [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]] contains two [[Summary Updates]] for game masters to use to explain the events that took place after ''Power Behind the Throne'' and before the beginning of the new adventure; the second [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]] contains the main information players need while the first acts as a [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]] to the second [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]] if the players ended the previous adventure in jail.

			[[Summary Updates]] are also common in [[:Category:Computer-based Roleplaying Games\|Computer-based Roleplaying Games]], especially those with rich details worlds. Examples of games that use [[Summary Updates]] both before and after gameplay include the [[Dragon Age series\|Dragon Age]] and [[Fallout series]].

			==== Anti-Examples ====
			The [[Elder Scrolls series]] does not include [[Summary Updates]] before gameplay begins; instead players begin by simultaneously developing their characters, learning the interface, and being introduced to the setting as they play.

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

Staffan Björk at 08:07, 8 July 2014

2014-07-08T08:07:10Z

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	<pre width="80%" style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap;		<pre width="80%" style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap;
	word-wrap: break-word;">"Another day begins in Alpha Complex with the familiar buzz of fluorescent light. You wake, and reflect on the multitudinous gift of The Computer: your spacious three-meter cell, last night's extra ratio of Cold Fun.		word-wrap: break-word;">"Another day begins in Alpha Complex with the familiar buzz of fluorescent light. You wake, and reflect on the multitudinous gift of The Computer: your spacious three-meter cell, last night's extra ratio of Cold Fun.
	Out in the hall, you hear the quiet patter of the lowly INFRARED drones, mindlessly yet faithfully serving The Computer.''</pre>
			Out in the hall, you hear the quiet patter of the lowly INFRARED drones, mindlessly yet faithfully serving The Computer.</pre>

	The adventure ''Something rotten in Kislev'' for [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]] contains two [[Summary Updates]] for game masters to use to explain the events that took place after ''Power Behind the Throne'' and before the beginning of the new adventure; the second [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]] contains the main information players need while the first acts as a [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]] to the second [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]] if the players ended the previous adventure in jail.		The adventure ''Something rotten in Kislev'' for [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]] contains two [[Summary Updates]] for game masters to use to explain the events that took place after ''Power Behind the Throne'' and before the beginning of the new adventure; the second [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]] contains the main information players need while the first acts as a [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]] to the second [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]] if the players ended the previous adventure in jail.

Staffan Björk at 08:07, 8 July 2014

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	Adventures for [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games\|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]] often include [[Summary Updates]] before gameplay begins and between scenes. for example, the adventure ''Me and My Shadow, Mark IV'' for [[Paranoia]] start with the following [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]]:		Adventures for [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games\|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]] often include [[Summary Updates]] before gameplay begins and between scenes. for example, the adventure ''Me and My Shadow, Mark IV'' for [[Paranoia]] start with the following [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]]:
	<pre width="80%" style="white-space: pre-wrap;		<pre width="80%" style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap;
	white-space: -moz-pre-wrap;		word-wrap: break-word;">"Another day begins in Alpha Complex with the familiar buzz of fluorescent light. You wake, and reflect on the multitudinous gift of The Computer: your spacious three-meter cell, last night's extra ratio of Cold Fun.
	white-space: -pre-wrap;		Out in the hall, you hear the quiet patter of the lowly INFRARED drones, mindlessly yet faithfully serving The Computer.''</pre>
	white-space: -o-pre-wrap;
	word-wrap: break-word;">"Another day begins in Alpha Complex with the familiar buzz of fluorescent light. You wake, and reflect on the multitudinous gift of The Computer: your spacious three-meter cell, last night's extra ratio of Cold Fun.~~</pre>~~
	~~<pre width="80%">One~~ in the hall, you hear the quiet patter of the lowly INFRARED drones, mindlessly yet faithfully serving The Computer.''</pre>


	The adventure ''Something rotten in Kislev'' for [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]] contains two [[Summary Updates]] for game masters to use to explain the events that took place after ''Power Behind the Throne'' and before the beginning of the new adventure; the second [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]] contains the main information players need while the first acts as a [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]] to the second [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]] if the players ended the previous adventure in jail.		The adventure ''Something rotten in Kislev'' for [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]] contains two [[Summary Updates]] for game masters to use to explain the events that took place after ''Power Behind the Throne'' and before the beginning of the new adventure; the second [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]] contains the main information players need while the first acts as a [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]] to the second [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]] if the players ended the previous adventure in jail.

Staffan Björk at 08:06, 8 July 2014

2014-07-08T08:06:34Z

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	Adventures for [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games\|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]] often include [[Summary Updates]] before gameplay begins and between scenes. for example, the adventure ''Me and My Shadow, Mark IV'' for [[Paranoia]] start with the following [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]]:		Adventures for [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games\|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]] often include [[Summary Updates]] before gameplay begins and between scenes. for example, the adventure ''Me and My Shadow, Mark IV'' for [[Paranoia]] start with the following [[Summary Updates\|Summary Update]]:
	<pre width="80%">"Another day begins in Alpha Complex with the familiar buzz of fluorescent light. You wake, and reflect on the multitudinous gift of The Computer: your spacious three-meter cell, last night's extra ratio of Cold Fun.</pre>		<pre width="80%" style="white-space: pre-wrap;
			white-space: -moz-pre-wrap;
			white-space: -pre-wrap;
			white-space: -o-pre-wrap;
			word-wrap: break-word;">"Another day begins in Alpha Complex with the familiar buzz of fluorescent light. You wake, and reflect on the multitudinous gift of The Computer: your spacious three-meter cell, last night's extra ratio of Cold Fun.</pre>
	<pre width="80%">One in the hall, you hear the quiet patter of the lowly INFRARED drones, mindlessly yet faithfully serving The Computer.''</pre>		<pre width="80%">One in the hall, you hear the quiet patter of the lowly INFRARED drones, mindlessly yet faithfully serving The Computer.''</pre>