🌱 Create subtree game structure

[rwarnking]

Create this subtree and discuss basic structure.

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01.06.2024 Discussion

Additionally we added a different subtree displaying the structure of a game. This subtree is supposed to show the structured form the game uses to present its content. A key distinction to be made was a game being a match or a game containing matches. Especially for this we added the match based identifier, which allows us to tag the structure of a game as what the player regularly encounters i.e. during a match, while indicating that the game has matches that most likely offer the same content repeatedly. In contrast to that, the cyclic tag provides the user to tag games that encourage the player to repeat the game after a playthrough by providing information or assets that can be migrated to the next playthrough i.e. via new game+ modi. Furthermore we added order to indicate the manner in which the content can be consumed. For the open tag the player must be able to freely choose in which order actions are taken, resulting in missable content or such.

• order (one or the other)
  • linear narrative (Banner Saga / Starcraft)
  • branches / treelike
  • open world / parallel
• chunkiness
  • paketweise, stepwise / häppchen / level (isolated)
  • continuous (nahtlos)
• match based, instance based (the same but different)
  • basic gameplay that is repeated every time
  • complete content is available
• Spielerlebnis (verschiedene Modi, z.B. Mass Effect)
  • homogen
  • heterogen
• cyclic

Game	@HendrikBrueckler	@ArielMant0	@rwarnking
Dota 2	open continuous match based homogen	open continuous match based homogen cyclic :red_circle:	open continuous match based homogen cyclic :red_circle:
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition	open continuous homogen	open continuous homogen	open continuous heterogen :red_circle:
Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition	branches continuous :red_circle: heterogen	branches paketweise :red_circle: heterogen	open :red_circle: paketweise :red_circle: continuous :no_entry: heterogen
Minecraft	open continuous homogen	open continuous heterogen :red_circle:	open continuous homogen
Borderlands 2	branches continuous :red_circle: homogen	branches paketweise :red_circle: homogen	open? :red_circle: paketweise :red_circle: continuous :no_entry: homogen cyclic :red_circle:
Among Us	open continuous match based heterogen	open paketweise :red_circle: continuous match based heterogen cyclic :red_circle:	open paketweise :no_entry: continuous match based heterogen cyclic :no_entry:
Left 4 Dead 2	linear continuous :red_circle: match based :red_circle: homogen	linear paketweise :red_circle: homogen	branches :red_circle: open :red_circle: paketweise :red_circle: continuous :no_entry: homogen
The Sims™ 3	open continuous homogen :red_circle:	open continuous heterogen :red_circle:	branches :red_circle: open paketweise :no_entry: continuous homogen :red_circle: heterogen :no_entry:
Life is Strange	branches continuous homogen	linear :red_circle: continuous homogen	branches paketweise :red_circle: continuous :no_enty: homogen heterogen
Papers, Please	branches paketweise heterogen	linear :red_circle: paketweise heterogen	branches paketweise continuous :no_entry: heterogen
BioShock™	linear :red_circle: continuous :red_circle: homogen	branches :red_circle: paketweise :red_circle: continuous :red_circle: homogen	branches :red_circle: open :red_circle: paketweise :red_circle: continuous :no_entry: heterogen :red_circle:
Portal	linear continuous :red_circle: homogen	linear paketweise homogen	linear :question: paketweise homogen
Schach	branches continuous match based homogen	open :red_circle: continuous match based homogen	branches continuous match based homogen cyclic :red_circle:
Banished	open :red_circle: continuous homogen	branches :red_circle: continuous homogen	linear :red_circle: branches :no_entry: paketweise :red_circle: heterogen :red_circle:
Antichamber	open :red_circle: continuous homogen	branches :red_circle: continuous homogen cyclic :red_circle:	linear :no_entry: branches :red_circle: continuous homogen heterogen :no_entry:
SUPERHOT	linear paketweise homogen	linear paketweise homogen	branches paketweise homogen heterogen :no_entry:
Baba Is You	branches paketweise homogen	branches paketweise homogen	branches paketweise homogen heterogen
Gone Home	open continuous homogen	open continuous homogen	linear :red_circle: continuous homogen cyclic :red_circle:
The Stanley Parable	branches continuous homogen :red_circle:	branches continuous heterogen :red_circle: cyclic :red_circle:	branches continuous heterogen :red_circle:
Dead Space	linear :red_circle: continuous homogen	branches :red_circle: continuous homogen	linear :red_circle: branches :no_entry: open :no_entry: paketweise :red_circle: continuous :no_entry: homogen

Related Changes

• (01.06, Phase 4) Add new tag structure to metamechanics
• (01.06, Phase 4) Add new tags order, chunkiness, spielerlebnis, match based, cyclic to structure
• (01.06, Phase 4) Add new tags linear, branches, open to order
• (01.06, Phase 4) Add new tags package wise, continous to chunkiness
• (01.06, Phase 4) Add new tags homogen, heterogen to spielerlebnis

Open questions

15.04, Tree Iteration IV:

• [ ] New Tag?: open world or similar (@rwarnking)
• [ ] Analog to narrative choices, introduce choices as a game mechanic.
  • Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition
  • Thief
  • Freespace 2
  • Hand of Fate
  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance

[rwarnking]

04.08.2024 Discussion

For now we define cyclic as 'The game is designed in a way that can be experienced to full extent only by replaying the game a large (but not concretely defined) number of times'. This should be seen mostly disconnected from concerns of replayability and motivation/incentive/rewards. We use the above list as a basis for tagging the game structure in the next tagging round and will revisit it afterwards for evaluation.