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=== Examples ===
=== Examples ===
 
link to these: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SaveScumming and http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/EricSchwarz/20120113/90898/The_Save_Scumming_Problem.php The expansion "Throne of Bhaal" to the [[Baldur's Gate series]] mocks [[Save Scumming]] through having a [[NPCs|NPC]] group use it against players.
==== Anti-Examples ====
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== Using the pattern ==
== Using the pattern ==


[[Save Scumming]] requires players to have the possibility to extensively make use of loading saved game states and to a lesser degree being able to create saves of game states, so the pattern builds upon the ability of players to do [[Save-Load Cycles]].
[[Save Scumming]] requires players to have the possibility to extensively make use of loading [[Save Files]] and to a lesser degree being able to create [[Save Files]], so the pattern builds upon the ability of players to manipulate [[Save Files]] and do [[Save-Load Cycles]].
 
link to these: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SaveScumming and http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/EricSchwarz/20120113/90898/The_Save_Scumming_Problem.php The expansion "Throne of Bhaal" to the [[Baldur's Gate series]] mocks [[Save Scumming]] through having a [[NPCs|NPC]] group use it against players.
 
=== Diegetic Aspects ===
 
=== Interface Aspects ===


=== Narration Aspects ===
=== Potentially Conflicting With ===
[[Difficulty Levels]],
[[Permadeath]],
[[Surprises]]


== Consequences ==
== Consequences ==
=== Can Instantiate ===
[[Excise]],
[[Extra-Game Actions]],
[[Grinding]]


== Relations ==
== Relations ==

Revision as of 13:46, 19 November 2015

The one-sentence "definition" that should be in italics.

This pattern is a still a stub.

Examples

link to these: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SaveScumming and http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/EricSchwarz/20120113/90898/The_Save_Scumming_Problem.php The expansion "Throne of Bhaal" to the Baldur's Gate series mocks Save Scumming through having a NPC group use it against players.

Using the pattern

Save Scumming requires players to have the possibility to extensively make use of loading Save Files and to a lesser degree being able to create Save Files, so the pattern builds upon the ability of players to manipulate Save Files and do Save-Load Cycles.

Potentially Conflicting With

Difficulty Levels, Permadeath, Surprises

Consequences

Can Instantiate

Excise, Extra-Game Actions, Grinding

Relations

Can Instantiate

Excise, Extra-Game Actions, Grinding

Can Modulate

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Can Be Instantiated By

Save Files, Save-Load Cycles

Can Be Modulated By

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Possible Closure Effects

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Potentially Conflicting With

Difficulty Levels, Permadeath, Surprises

History

New pattern created in this wiki.

References

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Acknowledgements

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