Team Balance

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Examples

Anti-Examples

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Consequences

Left 4 Dead series

Relations

Instantiates: Perceived Chance to Succeed

Modulates: Competence Areas, Collaborative Actions

Instantiated by: Symmetry, Player Balance, Handicaps

Modulated by: Team Development, Player Killing, Spawning, Orthogonal Differentiation

Potentially conflicting with: Competence Areas, Player Decided Results, Empowerment, Team Development

Time Limits Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment AI Players Freedom of Choice Multiplayer Games Late Arriving Players Self-Facilitated Games Handicap Systems Evolving Rule Sets Invites Galleries New Abilities Player Killing Death Consequences Damage Health Invulnerabilities

Can Instantiate

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Can Modulate

Teams, TvT

Can Be Instantiated By

Multiplayer Games with TvT and either Balancing Effects or Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment

Can Be Modulated By

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Possible Closure Effects

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Potentially Conflicting With

Drop-In/Drop-Out, Privileged Abilities

History

An updated version of the pattern Team Balance that was part of the original collection in the book Patterns in Game Design<ref name="Bjork & Holopainen 2004"/>.

References

<references> <ref name="Bjork & Holopainen 2004">Björk, S. & Holopainen, J. (2004) Patterns in Game Design. Charles River Media. ISBN1-58450-354-8.</ref> </references>

Acknowledgements

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