Transport Routes - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 12:20, 1 September 2016

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	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==
	[[Transport Routes]] give rise to basic [[Traverse]] goals of moving from one end of it to the other. They can create [[Choke Points]] if opposing exists or the transport capacity is limited. [[Game World Navigation]] can be necessary when players have several [[Transport Routes]] to choose from and [[Lull Periods]] can occur if they are sufficiently long and do not require much attention from players.		[[Transport Routes]] give rise to basic [[Traverse]] goals of moving from one end of it to the other. They can create [[Choke Points]] if opposing exists or the transport capacity is limited, and [[Laning]] if several different [[Transport Routes]] between the same start and end area exists. [[Game World Navigation]] can be necessary when players have several [[Transport Routes]] to choose from and [[Lull Periods]] can occur if they are sufficiently long and do not require much attention from players.

	== Relations ==		== Relations ==

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Relations

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	[[Diegetic Consistency]],		[[Diegetic Consistency]],
	[[Game World Navigation]],		[[Game World Navigation]],
			[[Laning]],
	[[Lull Periods]],		[[Lull Periods]],
	[[Traverse]]		[[Traverse]]
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	=== Potentially Conflicting With ===		=== Potentially Conflicting With ===
	[[Quick Travel]],		[[Quick Travel]],
	[[Warp Zones]]		[[Warp Zones]]

	== History ==		== History ==

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	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
	The basic purpose of [[Transport Routes]] is to require [[Movement]] between two points in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]]. Alternatives to using [[Transport Routes]] include [[Quick Travel]] and [[Warp Zones]]. One way of creating [[Transport Routes]] is "cutting" or "spanning" through otherwise impassable game world materials, and here [[Vehicle Sections]] is a special case which requires or strongly promotes the use of [[Vehicles]]. Another way it to limit [[Movement]] possibilities through [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Invisible Walls]], or [[Obstacles]] so that the remaining routes are the only [[Transport Routes]]. A third option is simply to use [[Cut Scenes]].		The basic purpose of [[Transport Routes]] is to require [[Movement]] between two points in [[Game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], or [[Levels]]. Alternatives to using [[Transport Routes]] include [[Quick Travel]] and [[Warp Zones]]. One way of creating [[Transport Routes]] is "cutting" or "spanning" through otherwise impassable game world materials, and here [[Vehicle Sections]] is a special case which requires or strongly promotes the use of [[Vehicles]]. Another way it to limit [[Movement]] possibilities through [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Invisible Walls]], or [[Obstacles]] so that the remaining routes are the only [[Transport Routes]]. A third option is simply to use [[Cut Scenes]].
	As a pattern relating to connecting locations together, it has relations to many such patterns relating to connections. [[Conditional Passageways]] can be used to only make the [[Transport Routes]] accessible at some point during gameplay while [[One-Way Travel]] limits access to one direction. [[Quick Returns]] makes travelling in one direction optional while [[Backtracking Levels]] makes it a requirement.		As a pattern relating to connecting locations together, it has relations to many such patterns relating to connections. [[Conditional Passageways]] can be used to only make the [[Transport Routes]] accessible at some point during gameplay while [[One-Way Travel]] limits access to one direction. [[Quick Returns]] makes travelling in one direction optional while [[Backtracking Levels]] makes it a requirement.

	=== Diegetic Aspects ===		=== Diegetic Aspects ===
	Unlike [[Warp Zones]], [[Transport Routes]] maintain [[Diegetic Consistency]] since the pattern make [[Movement]] possible between places in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]] that should or could be diegetically possible. [[Illusion of Open Space]] can be necessary to include in [[Transport Routes]] when striving for [[Diegetic Consistency]] if the diegesis implies that one would be able to perceive more of the [[Game Worlds\|Game World]] from the [[Transport Routes\|Transport Route]] than the route itself.		Unlike [[Warp Zones]], [[Transport Routes]] maintain [[Diegetic Consistency]] since the pattern make [[Movement]] possible between places in [[Game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], or [[Levels]] that should or could be diegetically possible. [[Illusion of Open Space]] can be necessary to include in [[Transport Routes]] when striving for [[Diegetic Consistency]] if the diegesis implies that one would be able to perceive more of the [[Game Worlds\|Game World]] from the [[Transport Routes\|Transport Route]] than the route itself.

	=== Narration Aspects ===		=== Narration Aspects ===
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	=== Can Modulate ===		=== Can Modulate ===
			[[Game Boards]],
	[[Game Worlds]],		[[Game Worlds]],
	[[Levels]],		[[Levels]],

Staffan Björk at 08:09, 3 August 2015

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	[[Category:Level Design Patterns]]		[[Category:Level Design Patterns]]
	[[Category:Patterns]]		[[Category:Patterns]]
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	~~[[Category:Needs examples]]~~
	[[Category:Needs references]]		[[Category:Needs references]]
	[[Category:Patterns created on the Wiki]]		[[Category:Patterns created on the Wiki]]
	~~[[Category:Stub]]~~
	[[Category:To be Published]]		[[Category:To be Published]]
	~~[[Category:Staffan's current workpage]]~~
	''A route in a game world that players need to traverse to get to certain locations.''		''A route in a game world that players need to traverse to get to certain locations.''

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	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===
			[[Snakes & Ladders]] and [[Afrikan Tähti]] are examples of old [[:Category:Board Games\|Board Games]] where only some of the location spaces cause gameplay events to occur, making the others [[Transport Routes]] between these. [[Wizard's Apprentice]] is an experimental [[:Category:Computer-Augmented Board Games\|Computer-Augmented Board Game]] with the same design structure.

	Both "old-school" [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games\|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]] such as [[Dungeons & Dragons]] and [[:Category:FPS Games\|FPS Games]] such as the [[Doom series]] or the [[Quake series]] contain [[Transport Routes]] in the form of corridors. The [[Half-Life series]] have these also but also provide a section in [[Half-Life 2]] where one uses a car to move over longer distances.		Both "old-school" [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games\|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]] such as [[Dungeons & Dragons]] and [[:Category:FPS Games\|FPS Games]] such as the [[Doom series]] or the [[Quake series]] contain [[Transport Routes]] in the form of corridors. The [[Half-Life series]] have these also but also provide a section in [[Half-Life 2]] where one uses a car to move over longer distances.


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

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	''A route in a game world that players need to traverse to get to certain locations.''		''A route in a game world that players need to traverse to get to certain locations.''

	~~This pattern is a still a stub~~.		Games with game worlds typically have several areas where interesting gameplay can occur. Although interesting gameplay can occur in them, [[Transport Routes]] are the areas in-between the areas explicitly designed to provide interesting gameplay (or narration).

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

	~~==== Anti~~-~~Examples ====~~		Both "old-school" [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games\|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]] such as [[Dungeons & Dragons]] and [[:Category:FPS Games\|FPS Games]] such as the [[Doom series]] or the [[Quake series]] contain [[Transport Routes]] in the form of corridors. The [[Half-Life series]] have these also but also provide a section in [[Half-Life 2]] where one uses a car to move over longer distances.
	~~optional~~

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	The basic purpose of [[Transport Routes]] is to require [[Movement]] between two points in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]]. Alternatives to using [[Transport Routes]] include [[Quick Travel]] and [[Warp Zones]]. One way of creating [[Transport Routes]] is "cutting" or "spanning" through otherwise impassable game world materials, and here [[Vehicle Sections]] is a special case which requires or strongly promotes the use of [[Vehicles]]. Another way it to limit [[Movement]] possibilities through [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Invisible Walls]], or [[Obstacles]] so that the remaining routes are the only [[Transport Routes]]. A third option is simply to use [[Cut Scenes]].		The basic purpose of [[Transport Routes]] is to require [[Movement]] between two points in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]]. Alternatives to using [[Transport Routes]] include [[Quick Travel]] and [[Warp Zones]]. One way of creating [[Transport Routes]] is "cutting" or "spanning" through otherwise impassable game world materials, and here [[Vehicle Sections]] is a special case which requires or strongly promotes the use of [[Vehicles]]. Another way it to limit [[Movement]] possibilities through [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Invisible Walls]], or [[Obstacles]] so that the remaining routes are the only [[Transport Routes]]. A third option is simply to use [[Cut Scenes]].
	As a pattern relating to connecting locations together, it has relations to many such patterns relating to connections. [[Conditional Passageways]] can be used to only make the [[Transport Routes]] accessible at some point during gameplay while [[One-Way Travel]] limits access to one direction. [[Quick Returns]] makes travelling in one direction optional while [[Backtracking Levels]] makes it a requirement.		As a pattern relating to connecting locations together, it has relations to many such patterns relating to connections. [[Conditional Passageways]] can be used to only make the [[Transport Routes]] accessible at some point during gameplay while [[One-Way Travel]] limits access to one direction. [[Quick Returns]] makes travelling in one direction optional while [[Backtracking Levels]] makes it a requirement.

	~~[[Inaccessible Areas]],~~
	~~[[Illusion of Open Space]],~~


	=== Diegetic Aspects ===		=== Diegetic Aspects ===
	Unlike [[Warp Zones]], [[Transport Routes]] maintain [[Diegetic Consistency]] since the pattern make [[Movement]] possible between places in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]] that should or could be diegetically possible.		Unlike [[Warp Zones]], [[Transport Routes]] maintain [[Diegetic Consistency]] since the pattern make [[Movement]] possible between places in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]] that should or could be diegetically possible. [[Illusion of Open Space]] can be necessary to include in [[Transport Routes]] when striving for [[Diegetic Consistency]] if the diegesis implies that one would be able to perceive more of the [[Game Worlds\|Game World]] from the [[Transport Routes\|Transport Route]] than the route itself.

	=== Narration Aspects ===		=== Narration Aspects ===
	[[Transport Routes]] is not a [[:Category:Narration Patterns\|Narration Pattern]] in itself but narration can be provided in [[Transport Routes]] to make them more interesting. The most natural way to do this is through [[Environmental Storytelling]] since it is an environment, and examples of patterns that can be used for this reason (or to just make the routes more varied) include [[Big Dumb Objects]] and [[Landmarks]].		[[Transport Routes]] is not a [[:Category:Narration Patterns\|Narration Pattern]] in itself but narration can be provided in [[Transport Routes]] to make them more interesting. The most natural way to do this is through [[Environmental Storytelling]] since it is an environment, and examples of patterns that can be used for this reason (or to just make the routes more varied) include [[Big Dumb Objects]], [[Inaccessible Areas]], and [[Landmarks]].

	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==

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	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
	The basic purpose of [[Transport Routes]] is to require [[Movement]] between two points in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]]. Alternatives to using [[Transport Routes]] include [[Quick Travel]] and [[Warp Zones]]. One way of creating [[Transport Routes]] is "cutting" or "spanning" through otherwise impassable game world materials, and here [[Vehicle Sections]] is a special case which requires or strongly promotes the use of [[Vehicles]]. Another way it to limit [[Movement]] possibilities through [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Invisible Walls]], or [[Obstacles]] so that the remaining routes are the only [[Transport Routes]]. A third option is simply to use [[Cut Scenes]].		The basic purpose of [[Transport Routes]] is to require [[Movement]] between two points in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]]. Alternatives to using [[Transport Routes]] include [[Quick Travel]] and [[Warp Zones]]. One way of creating [[Transport Routes]] is "cutting" or "spanning" through otherwise impassable game world materials, and here [[Vehicle Sections]] is a special case which requires or strongly promotes the use of [[Vehicles]]. Another way it to limit [[Movement]] possibilities through [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Invisible Walls]], or [[Obstacles]] so that the remaining routes are the only [[Transport Routes]]. A third option is simply to use [[Cut Scenes]].
	As a pattern relating to connecting locations together, it has relations to many such patterns relating to connections. [[Conditional Passageways]] can be used to only make the [[Transport Routes]] accessible at some point during gameplay while [[One-Way Travel]] limits access to one direction ~~(and~~ [[Quick Returns]] makes travelling in on		As a pattern relating to connecting locations together, it has relations to many such patterns relating to connections. [[Conditional Passageways]] can be used to only make the [[Transport Routes]] accessible at some point during gameplay while [[One-Way Travel]] limits access to one direction. [[Quick Returns]] makes travelling in one direction optional while [[Backtracking Levels]] makes it a requirement.

	~~=== Can Be Modulated By ===~~
	[[Backtracking Levels]],

	[[Inaccessible Areas]],		[[Inaccessible Areas]],

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	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
	The basic purpose of [[Transport Routes]] is to require [[Movement]] between two points in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]].		The basic purpose of [[Transport Routes]] is to require [[Movement]] between two points in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]]. Alternatives to using [[Transport Routes]] include [[Quick Travel]] and [[Warp Zones]]. One way of creating [[Transport Routes]] is "cutting" or "spanning" through otherwise impassable game world materials, and here [[Vehicle Sections]] is a special case which requires or strongly promotes the use of [[Vehicles]]. Another way it to limit [[Movement]] possibilities through [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Invisible Walls]], or [[Obstacles]] so that the remaining routes are the only [[Transport Routes]]. A third option is simply to use [[Cut Scenes]].


	As a pattern relating to connecting locations together, it has relations to many such patterns relating to connections. [[Conditional Passageways]] can be used to only make the [[Transport Routes]] accessible at some point during gameplay while [[One-Way Travel]] limits access to one direction (and [[Quick Returns]] makes travelling in on		As a pattern relating to connecting locations together, it has relations to many such patterns relating to connections. [[Conditional Passageways]] can be used to only make the [[Transport Routes]] accessible at some point during gameplay while [[One-Way Travel]] limits access to one direction (and [[Quick Returns]] makes travelling in on

	~~=== Can Be Instantiated By ===~~
	~~[[Cut Scenes]],~~
	~~[[Inaccessible Areas]],~~
	~~[[Invisible Walls]],~~
	~~[[Obstacles]],~~
	~~[[Vehicle Sections]]~~

	=== Can Be Modulated By ===		=== Can Be Modulated By ===
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	[[Illusion of Open Space]],		[[Illusion of Open Space]],

	~~=== Potentially Conflicting With ===~~
	~~[[Quick Travel]]~~

	==== Diegetic Aspects ===		=== Diegetic Aspects ===
	Unlike [[Warp Zones]], [[Transport Routes]] maintain [[Diegetic Consistency]] since the pattern make [[Movement]] possible between places in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]] that should or could be diegetically possible.		Unlike [[Warp Zones]], [[Transport Routes]] maintain [[Diegetic Consistency]] since the pattern make [[Movement]] possible between places in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]] that should or could be diegetically possible.

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	=== Can Be Modulated By ===		=== Can Be Modulated By ===
	[[Backtracking Levels]],		[[Backtracking Levels]],


	[[Inaccessible Areas]],		[[Inaccessible Areas]],
	[[Illusion of Open Space]],		[[Illusion of Open Space]],
	,


	=== Potentially Conflicting With ===		=== Potentially Conflicting With ===
	[[Quick Travel]]		[[Quick Travel]]

			==== Diegetic Aspects ===
			Unlike [[Warp Zones]], [[Transport Routes]] maintain [[Diegetic Consistency]] since the pattern make [[Movement]] possible between places in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]] that should or could be diegetically possible.

	=== Narration Aspects ===		=== Narration Aspects ===
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	=== Can Instantiate ===		=== Can Instantiate ===
	[[Choke Points]],		[[Choke Points]],
			[[Diegetic Consistency]],
	[[Game World Navigation]],		[[Game World Navigation]],
	[[Lull Periods]],		[[Lull Periods]],
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	[[Game Worlds]],		[[Game Worlds]],
	[[Levels]]		[[Levels]],

	[[Movement]]		[[Movement]]

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	=== Potentially Conflicting With ===		=== Potentially Conflicting With ===
	[[Quick Travel]]		[[Quick Travel]],
			[[Warp Zones]]

	== History ==		== History ==