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Implausible explanations for alternative realities.

Many games describe situations in alternate realities. When the differences between these realities and the real world are created by introducing fantastical or supernatural agents or by letting unrealistic events occur, this is referred to as Alien Space Bats from a use to describe the implausibility of alternate histories<ref name="ah">.

See also the Wikipedia entry<ref name="wiki"/> for the concept.

Note: This pattern is mainly a means for gaining freedom in designing the diegesis and narration in a game. However, since this can provide a freedom in what gameplay is possible also it is described as a gameplay design pattern in the collection.

Examples

Using the pattern

Diegetic Consistency

Game Worlds

Narration Structures

Diegetic Aspects

Interface Aspects

Narrative Aspects

Consequences

Relations

Can Instantiate

Alternate Reality

Can Modulate

Can Be Instantiated By

Can Be Modulated By

Possible Closure Effects

Potentially Conflicting With

History

New pattern created in this wiki.

References

<references> <ref name="wiki">Wikipedia entry for Alien Space Bats.</ref> <ref name="ah">Wikipedia entry for Alternative History.</ref> </references>

Acknowledgements

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-Many games describe situations in alternate realities. When the differences between these realities and the real world are created by introducing fantastical or supernatural without all the plausible effects this should cause, this is referred to as [[Alien Space Bats]].
+Many games describe situations in alternate realities. When the differences between these realities and the real world are created by introducing fantastical or supernatural agents or by letting unrealistic events occur, this is referred to as [[Alien Space Bats]] from a use to describe the implausibility of alternate histories<ref name="ah">.
-This pattern is a still a stub.
+See also the Wikipedia entry<ref name="wiki"/> for the concept.
-See also the Wikipedia entry<ref name="wiki"/> for the concept.
+''Note: This pattern is mainly a means for gaining freedom in designing the diegesis and narration in a game. However, since this can provide a freedom in what gameplay is possible also it is described as a gameplay design pattern in the collection.''
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 <references>
 <ref name="wiki">Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_space_bats entry] for ''Alien Space Bats''.</ref>
+<ref name="ah">Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_history entry] for ''Alternative History''.</ref>
 </references>