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world state en · NOUN

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1. The state of a gameworld at a given time, comprising all player locations, object states, narrative variables, etc.
   • Players can edit their decisions from previous games they have played to affect the world state in the newest game in the series: Dragon Age: Inquisition. 2017, Tyler Paulley, "The Official Rulebook for Choice in Video Games: An Examination of Choice in Modern Narrative Games", thesis submitted to Bellarmine University, page 12
   • The game will come up with a default world state and give you a description about what’s been going on. 2013 December, Sam Smith, “Dragon Age: Inqusition”, in Play, page 43:
   • Skyrim presents players with a variety of actions that they can perform to change the game’s world state. 2018, John Drake, "Planning For Non-Player Characters By Learning From Demonstration", dissertation submitted to the University of Pennsylvania, page 10

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