Shifting locale
Locations theme
Includes a locale, usually a dungeon or a labyrinth or such, that changes shape occasionally.
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games
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Alternate names: Reconfiguring locale, Re-arranging locale
DOS 1994
WIN 2007-10-30
WIN 2009-12-08
ODY2 1981
LIN 1994
LIN 2006
WIN 2007
Variations:
* Location maintains shape for extended periods of time, but is known to alter shape occasionally. (likely same as below, but alters shape less often than with each visit, allowing same configuration to be visited more than once)
* Location changes shape on each visit. (e.g. the place is re-generated with each visit)
* Location alters itself even while being visited (e.g. a constantly re-arranging maze).
The changes can cover the entire locale or only parts of it, such as a ravine changing its place from front of a castle to behind it, a kitchen changing from near a mess hall to next to the secret vault.
Note that this does not really require a map generator to be used, but it's likely the most common instance of it.
See also: changing environment (more subtle or realistic changes)
For non-video game examples, see:
* Labyrinth, a board game
* Location maintains shape for extended periods of time, but is known to alter shape occasionally. (likely same as below, but alters shape less often than with each visit, allowing same configuration to be visited more than once)
* Location changes shape on each visit. (e.g. the place is re-generated with each visit)
* Location alters itself even while being visited (e.g. a constantly re-arranging maze).
The changes can cover the entire locale or only parts of it, such as a ravine changing its place from front of a castle to behind it, a kitchen changing from near a mess hall to next to the secret vault.
Note that this does not really require a map generator to be used, but it's likely the most common instance of it.
See also: changing environment (more subtle or realistic changes)
For non-video game examples, see:
* Labyrinth, a board game