Event Based

Ludic Temporal Structure termination · event_based

Process progress is triggered by events or state changes – not by time or number of rounds. A boss is defeated, a quest completed, a territory conquered. Event Based can terminate the process (endgame trigger) or transform it (open a new chapter).

Design question – Does your game end or change when a certain event occurs – and can players influence that event?

Reference example – Chess: checkmate ends the game, however many moves it took. Cluedo: the correct accusation ends the game. Super Mario Bros.: when Bowser falls, the world is cleared.

Compatible with

• Eruption (DU-04) – The triggering event as a peak of intensity.
• Crescendo (DU-01) – Events as escalation steps.
• Rupture (DU-12) – Unexpected events break the Ductus.
• Branching Narrative (NA-10) – Events as switches.
• Hero’s Journey (NA-02) – Key events as structural pillars.