Indirect Control

Consider the following three categories of indirect control within videogames:

1. In which there are one or more non-player actors which, when given a command by the player, are expected to respond in a predictable manner (barring simulations of mood/trust/etc. that may have them act otherwise), as in Lemmings, Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures and Hey You, Pikachu!;
2. In which a player character or environment under the player's direct control is used to direct a dependent object, as in Bubble Ghost and Cameltry; and
3. In which a player character controls its own player character(s) without that control transfered directly to the player—those with a secondary player character (SPC), perhaps, that borrows the will of the player character, instead of (directly) that of the player. Examples include Illbleed, Mischief Makers and Shadow of the Colossus.

• SB thread: Lemmings. (or: indirect control)
• SB thread: Indirect Control of a Secondary Player Character