✎ en:patterns:equipment [Design of location-based mobile games]

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====== Equipment ======
This is another {{tagpage>non-pattern}} and is more related to {{tag>general game design}} issues.

It concerns the game-related **equipment** that is available to the players. The players use the **equipment** to perform action in the context of the game. **Equipment** refers to the physical device and its capabilities. When used in a game, it is referred to as [[en:patterns:tool|tool]].

The term **equipment** may refer to:
  - physical equipment, usually devices such as smartphones, mobile phones, tablets, glasses etc. These devices might have some or all of the capabilities bellow:
    * QR scanning device, NFC or RFID scanner
      * the accompanying QR tags, NFC or RFID tags
    * Proximity sensors
    * Geographical positioning sensors
       * Indoor positioning sensors
    * Accelerometers
    * Cameras, which may be able to recognize patterns
    * Display screens
    * Augmented reality
    * Sound, may include speech synthesis and recognition
      * Sound emission in conjunction with a proximity sensor
    * Communication capabilities (voice, sms, chat etc.)
    * Tactile feedback

The inclusion of this {{tag>non-pattern}} is due to the different capabilities of the **equipment**. It has consequences in the design of a game and so it is an important factor to take into account.

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=== Related patterns ===
[[en:patterns:tool|tool]]

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=== Related heuristics ===
[[en:heuristics:heuristics#3.6]]

[[en:heuristics:heuristics#5.2]]

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