Zoned NPCs
Video game concept
NPCs are restricted to their personal zones from where they will never leave even if they had good reason to. Or behave like they're leashed to a spot and never go beyond certain distance from it.
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Alternate names: Leashed NPCs
Name variations: NPC leash, Mob leash, Leashed mobs, Leashed monsters, Leashed enemies
Especially common in MMOs. Also common in platformers where each NPC is trapped on its own platform.
This is mainly for NPCs whose "zone" is smaller than any individual level, map or other location which is bordered by a map transition or similar.
This is mainly for NPCs whose "zone" is smaller than any individual level, map or other location which is bordered by a map transition or similar.
Parent group
Games by year
The first Zoned NPCs video game was released on October 10, 1993.
Monolith Productions published all these games.
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