Direct Controllable Unit

Entity direct_controllable_unit

An Entity that an agent controls directly – movement and action follow their input immediately. The generic profile of direct agent control; Avatar and Pawn are its specializations.

Design question – Which unit do your agents control directly? And what is at stake if it is lost?

Reference example – Rocket League: the car responds immediately to every input. Asteroids: the ship turns, fires and thrusts at the press of a button. Carrom: the striker is flicked directly with a finger.

Dimension profile

• mutability – variable (type-open)
• persistence – persistent (persists over the course)
• control – direct_agent_controlled (defining)
• visibility – open (usually visibly controllable)
• ownership – variable (usually personal, not necessarily)
• mobility – mobile (defining)
• interactivity – variable (often a means or target of action)
• value – variable (type-open)

Compatible with

• Self Controllable Unit (ENT-05) – Symmetric counterpart on the control axis (direct vs. controlled by Ludic Regulation).
• Indirect Controllable Unit (ENT-04) – Third control class (direct vs. indirect).