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	=Summary=		{{Friction_Pattern
	Temporarily restricting the player’s abilities, inventory, or character choice.		\|Name=Limited Zones
			\|Summary=Temporarily restricting the player’s abilities, inventory, or character choice.
			\|Description=Limited Zones are temporary traps or constraints that interrupt the player’s usual access to abilities, resources, or playable characters. These limitations do not remove core mechanics permanently but create controlled conditions that provoke tension, demand adaptive thinking and highlight vulnerability. The pattern makes the player operate under scarcity or disadvantage. This disruption introduces a sense of pressure, interdependence, and instability, helping the designer shape pacing, emotion, and thematic resonance through constraint rather than empowerment.
			\|Usage=Designers can use this pattern to break routine, introduce vulnerability, and highlight narrative or mechanical themes. By temporarily restricting what the player can rely on, the pattern encourages more careful decision-making and shifts attention to overlooked aspects of the system. For example, preventing the use of inventory items forces players to depend on environmental resources; draining health over time demands constant vigilance and planning; and forcing a different character makes the player adapt to unfamiliar abilities or weaknesses. These constrained zones can intensify suspense, create emotional friction or emphasize narrative beats by placing the player at a disadvantage just long enough to make the experience memorable. The pattern is most effective when the limitations are clearly contextualized and when the return to normal play restores a feeling of relief and regained agency.

	=~~Pattern Description~~=		== Sub Patterns ==
	~~Limited Zones are temporary traps~~ or ~~constraints that interrupt~~ the player’s ~~usual access~~ to ~~abilities, resources,~~ or ~~playable characters. These limitations do not remove core mechanics permanently but create controlled conditions that provoke tension, demand adaptive thinking and highlight vulnerability~~. The ~~pattern makes the~~ player ~~operate under scarcity or disadvantage. This disruption introduces~~ a ~~sense of pressure, interdependence, and instability, helping the designer shape pacing, emotion, and thematic resonance through constraint rather than empowerment~~.		* '''No-Inventory Level''': Removing or blocking the use of the player’s inventory.
			* '''Quick Health Deterioration Level''': Health drains rapidly due to direct or indirect damage sources.
			* '''And Now for Someone Completely Different''': The player is forced to control a character they did not choose.

	~~=Sub-patterns=~~		\|Examples=
	~~<h4>No-Inventory Level</h4>~~		* '''No-Inventory Level''': Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (2005) - Stripping players of all items before entering specific dungeons, transforming familiar mechanics into tests of improvisation and resilience.
	~~Removing or blocking the use of the player’s inventory~~		* '''Quick Health Deterioration''': Dark Cloud (2000) - Pressure by tying survival to indirect threats such as thirst, making progression feel hazardous and resource-dependent.
			* '''And Now for Someone Completely Different''': Corpse Party (1996); Fear Effect (2000); Danganronpa V3 (2017); Until Dawn (2015).
	~~<h4>Quick Health Deterioration Level</h4>~~		\|Implications=The pattern intentionally breaks consistency, predictability and user control. It forces players to adapt to new constraints rather than relying on established strategies. This creates friction and can generate confusion or frustration, therefore misuse or lack of justification can produce resistance rather than reflection.
	~~Health drains rapidly due to direct or indirect damage sources~~		\|Subpatterns_Display=No-Inventory Level, Quick Health Deterioration Level, And Now for Someone Completely Different
			\|Sub1=No-Inventory Level
	~~<h4>And Now for Someone Completely Different</h4>~~		\|Sub2=Quick Health Deterioration Level
	~~The player is forced to control a character they did not choose.~~		\|Sub3=And Now for Someone Completely Different
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	~~=Usage=~~		\|Related_Display=[[Forced Downtime / Sudden Loss of Interaction]], [[Provoke Deliberate Interactions]]
	Designers can use this pattern to break routine, introduce vulnerability, and highlight narrative or mechanical themes. By temporarily restricting what the player can rely on, the pattern encourages more careful decision-making and shifts attention to overlooked aspects of the system. For example, preventing the use of inventory items forces players to depend on environmental resources; draining health over time demands constant vigilance and planning; and forcing a different character makes the player adapt to unfamiliar abilities or weaknesses. These constrained zones can intensify suspense, create emotional friction or emphasize narrative beats by placing the player at a disadvantage just long enough to make the experience memorable. The pattern is most effective when the limitations are clearly contextualized and when the return to normal play restores a feeling of relief and regained agency.		\|Rel1=Forced Downtime / Sudden Loss of Interaction
			\|Rel2=Provoke Deliberate Interactions
	=Examples=		\|Rel3=
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	~~<h3>~~No-Inventory Level~~</h3>~~		\|Source=Correia, Vanessa Filipa da Silva. 2022. “Explorando fricção estética por dread: desenvolvimento de uma visual novel.” masterThesis. https://ria.ua.pt/handle/10773/39822.
	~~<h5>~~Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (2005)~~</h5>~~		\|License=https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
	Stripping players of all items before entering specific dungeons, transforming familiar mechanics into tests of improvisation and resilience.		}}

	~~<h3>~~Quick Health Deterioration~~</h3>~~
	~~<h5>~~Dark Cloud (2000)~~</h5>~~
	Pressure by tying survival to indirect threats such as thirst, making progression feel hazardous and resource-dependent.

	~~<h3>~~And Now for Someone Completely Different~~</h3>~~
	~~<ul>~~
	~~<li>~~Corpse Party (1996)
	~~<li>~~Fear Effect (2000)
	~~<li>~~Danganronpa V3 (2017)
	~~<li>~~Until Dawn (2015)
	~~</ul>~~

	~~=Interaction Design~~ Implications=
	The pattern intentionally breaks consistency, predictability and user control. It forces players to adapt to new constraints rather than relying on established strategies. This creates friction and can generate confusion or frustration, therefore misuse or lack of justification can produce resistance rather than reflection.

	=~~Relation with Other Patterns~~=
	~~<ul>~~
	~~<li>~~[[Forced Downtime / Sudden Loss of Interaction]]
	~~<li>~~[[Provoke Deliberate Interactions]]
	</~~ul>~~

	=~~Further Reading~~=
	Correia, Vanessa Filipa da Silva. 2022. “Explorando fricção estética por dread: desenvolvimento de uma visual novel.” masterThesis. https://ria.ua.pt/handle/10773/39822.

	~~[[Category:Pattern]]~~

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	<li>[[Forced Downtime]]		<li>[[Forced Downtime / Sudden Loss of Interaction]]
	<li>[[Provoke Deliberate Interactions]]		<li>[[Provoke Deliberate Interactions]]
	</ul>		</ul>

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	<h3>No-Inventory Level</h3>		<h3>No-Inventory Level</h3>
	<h5>Pokémon Mystery Dungeon</h5>		<h5>Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (2005)</h5>
	Stripping players of all items before entering specific dungeons, transforming familiar mechanics into tests of improvisation and resilience.		Stripping players of all items before entering specific dungeons, transforming familiar mechanics into tests of improvisation and resilience.

	<h3>Quick Health Deterioration</h3>		<h3>Quick Health Deterioration</h3>
	<h5>Dark Cloud</h5>		<h5>Dark Cloud (2000)</h5>
	Pressure by tying survival to indirect threats such as thirst, making progression feel hazardous and resource-dependent.		Pressure by tying survival to indirect threats such as thirst, making progression feel hazardous and resource-dependent.

	<h3>And Now for Someone Completely Different</h3>		<h3>And Now for Someone Completely Different</h3>
	<ul>		<ul>
	<li>Corpse Party		<li>Corpse Party (1996)
	<li>Fear Effect		<li>Fear Effect (2000)
	<li>Danganronpa V3		<li>Danganronpa V3 (2017)
	<li>Until Dawn		<li>Until Dawn (2015)
	</ul>		</ul>

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	Stripping players of all items before entering specific dungeons, transforming familiar mechanics into tests of improvisation and resilience.		Stripping players of all items before entering specific dungeons, transforming familiar mechanics into tests of improvisation and resilience.

	<h4>Quick Health Deterioration</h4>		<h3>Quick Health Deterioration</h3>
	<b>Dark Cloud</b>		<h5>Dark Cloud</h5>
	~~<br>~~Pressure by tying survival to indirect threats such as thirst, making progression feel hazardous and resource-dependent.		Pressure by tying survival to indirect threats such as thirst, making progression feel hazardous and resource-dependent.

	<h4>And Now for Someone Completely Different</h4>		<h3>And Now for Someone Completely Different</h3>
	<ul>		<ul>
	<li>Corpse Party		<li>Corpse Party

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	<h4>No-Inventory Level</h4>		<h3>No-Inventory Level</h3>
	<h5>Pokémon Mystery Dungeon</h5>		<h5>Pokémon Mystery Dungeon</h5>
	Stripping players of all items before entering specific dungeons, transforming familiar mechanics into tests of improvisation and resilience.		Stripping players of all items before entering specific dungeons, transforming familiar mechanics into tests of improvisation and resilience.

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	<h4>No-Inventory Level</h4>		<h4>No-Inventory Level</h4>
	<h5>Pokémon Mystery Dungeon</h5>		<h5>Pokémon Mystery Dungeon</h5>
	~~<br>~~Stripping players of all items before entering specific dungeons, transforming familiar mechanics into tests of improvisation and resilience.		Stripping players of all items before entering specific dungeons, transforming familiar mechanics into tests of improvisation and resilience.

	<h4>Quick Health Deterioration</h4>		<h4>Quick Health Deterioration</h4>

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	=Examples=		=Examples=

			<h4>No-Inventory Level</h4>
			<h5>Pokémon Mystery Dungeon</h5>
			<br>Stripping players of all items before entering specific dungeons, transforming familiar mechanics into tests of improvisation and resilience.

	<h4>Quick Health Deterioration</h4>		<h4>Quick Health Deterioration</h4>
	<b>Dark Cloud</b>		<b>Dark Cloud</b>
	<br>Pressure by tying survival to indirect threats such as thirst, making progression feel hazardous and resource-dependent.		<br>Pressure by tying survival to indirect threats such as thirst, making progression feel hazardous and resource-dependent.

	~~<h4>No-Inventory Level</h4>~~
	~~<b>Pokémon Mystery Dungeon</b>~~
	~~<br>Stripping players of all items before entering specific dungeons, transforming familiar mechanics into tests of improvisation and resilience.~~

	<h4>And Now for Someone Completely Different</h4>		<h4>And Now for Someone Completely Different</h4>

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	=Further Reading=		=Further Reading=
	Correia, Vanessa Filipa da Silva. 2022. Explorando fricção estética por dread: desenvolvimento de uma visual novel.		Correia, Vanessa Filipa da Silva. 2022. Explorando fricção estética por dread: desenvolvimento de uma visual novel.

			[[Category:Pattern]]

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	=Further Reading=		=Further Reading=
	Correia, Vanessa Filipa da Silva. 2022. ~~Explorando~~ fricção estética por dread: desenvolvimento de uma visual novel.		Correia, Vanessa Filipa da Silva. 2022. “Explorando fricção estética por dread: desenvolvimento de uma visual novel.” masterThesis. https://ria.ua.pt/handle/10773/39822.

	[[Category:Pattern]]		[[Category:Pattern]]