Pacman

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Pacman

• Group 2

2
Hunter-Hunted

• Description The object under players control is
  hunted by an adversary. The player is unable to
  defeat the adversary.
• Pacman hunted, Ghosts hunters
• Superior Pattern Conflict
• (Links to Role Reversal)
• Also in Doom, FPS deathmatches as episodes in
  Nethack (dungeon crawls, hackslash) Resident
  Evil

3
Temporally Limited Role Reversal

• Description Roles can be reversed for a certain
  duration.
• By eating Power-ups, Pac-man is able to hunt the
  Ghosts
• (Subpattern to Transformation of Character
  Abilities)
• Also in Quake, Wizard of Wor
• (cf. Transformation Metroid Prime, Shadowcaster)

4
Risk-Reward

• Description Rewarding the player from taking
  risks, such as endangering the character in order
  to get power-ups.
• Power-Ups in risky locations
• Berries in risky locations
• Dots/Pills in risky locations
• Subpatterns Power-Ups, Score-related
  risk-rewards?
• (Links to Role Reversal, Assign Value to Player
  Effort)
• Also in almost any game?!

5
Increase Difficulty with Progress

• Description Unrestricted player progress is
  prevented by introducing more difficult
  challenges.
• Speed of Ghosts relative to progress
• (Related to superior pattern Gradual
  Transformation of Challenges)
• Also in Space Invaders, Centipede, most FPSs,
  XP-based RPGs

6
Renewable Opponents

• Description Defeated opponents are reintroduced
  to the game.
• Ghosts are reborn
• Related to superior patterns Production-Consumpti
  on, Renewable Objects
• Also in Space Invaders, Deathmatch games,
  Roborally, Gauntlet

7
Renew Resources Conditionally

• Description Resources are renewed if pre-defined
  conditions are met.
• Powerups and dots/pills respawn when level is
  completed
• Related to superior pattern Production-Consumption
  
• Also in Space Invaders, Magic the Gathering

8
Assign Value to Player Effort

• Description Players effort is evaluated with a
  value system.
• Score
• High-score list
• Also in many, many, many games! (Note. not
  necessarily points!)

9
Restricted Number of Attempts

• Description Players are allowed a fixed number
  of failures before the game terminates.
• The Three Lives of Pac-Man )
• Often used with pattern Reset to Opening Game
  State
• Conflicting pattern Sudden Death
• Also in Defender, Donkey Kong Jr., Super Mario
  Bros.

10
Spatially Limited Movement

• Description The movement of game objects is
  constrained by a fixed game environment.
• Maze
• Ghosts
• Related to superior pattern Environment-based
  actions
• Also in most board games, Snake, Nethack,
  Platform games, Rally games