21-Feb-2012, 7:54 AM
Sorry for the confusion, guys! The original intention of this thread was to make a list of possible “names” of various strategies that a designer could utilize in designing a level.
Then it occurred to me that the “player” also needs to utilize a known ‘tactic’ to combat those strategies that have been used. Thus, the strategy was named first followed by a hyphen, and then to possibly name a type of tactic that could often be used to beat that type of strategy.
Admittedly, most levels have more than one strategy in the design as noted by what I would call a ‘cousin’ to this post -that was also started and called: “Name that design Element”. So yes, there are many strategies and most are of the smaller kind “inside” the level its self. But on the other hand, quite often, there is an overall strategy that can be identified and named – and that was the original purpose of this post.
One that is often used and one that I think of as the most disliked (by most players) is one that I would call “Random” –where there are many multiple choices and you have to guess which one to try and hope that you guessed right. Thus, to name it:
Randomness-Recognizing (the situation), Remembering & Persistence (to keep trying)
As for an example of this: I looked at AndrewR1’s levelset, one time, and saw that there was too much use of this kind of strategy -as some of you have mentioned back to him in response to his request for critique.
Ian Wilson (thinker)
Then it occurred to me that the “player” also needs to utilize a known ‘tactic’ to combat those strategies that have been used. Thus, the strategy was named first followed by a hyphen, and then to possibly name a type of tactic that could often be used to beat that type of strategy.
Admittedly, most levels have more than one strategy in the design as noted by what I would call a ‘cousin’ to this post -that was also started and called: “Name that design Element”. So yes, there are many strategies and most are of the smaller kind “inside” the level its self. But on the other hand, quite often, there is an overall strategy that can be identified and named – and that was the original purpose of this post.
One that is often used and one that I think of as the most disliked (by most players) is one that I would call “Random” –where there are many multiple choices and you have to guess which one to try and hope that you guessed right. Thus, to name it:
Randomness-Recognizing (the situation), Remembering & Persistence (to keep trying)
As for an example of this: I looked at AndrewR1’s levelset, one time, and saw that there was too much use of this kind of strategy -as some of you have mentioned back to him in response to his request for critique.
Ian Wilson (thinker)