Below is a template lens description that can be copied and pasted to create your own pattern. For an example of a filled out pattern, see [[lenses:juicy_feedback_lens|The Lens of Juicy Feedback]].
====== Title of the Lens ======
Provide a short explanation of the design principle of the lens and how it ties into which motivations.
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//Provide a short explanation of the example we see in the illustration.//
===== Focusing questions =====
  * Provide a list of questions that establish?
  * What are the relevant elements this design principle pertains to? 
  * What are ideal or problematic states of these elements or their relations with regard to the desired motivational effects?
  * How might one go about optimising them and/or their relations?
===== Can be instantiated by =====
Name the sub-patterns and sub-lenses that are more concrete instantiations or examples of this one.
===== Examples =====
==== Example name 1 ====
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Provide a short explanation of the example we see in the illustration.
==== Example name 2-n ====
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Provide a short explanation of the example we see in the illustration.
===== Considerations =====
Explain things and caveats to think about when using this pattern.
===Headlines===
Use headlines to call out each main consideration point.
===== Tool =====
If possible, provide a little exemplary worksheet, diagram, or similar together with instructions that a designer can work with to put the focusing questions of your lens into practice.
===== Metrics =====
Name and link main metrics that can be used to capture the effectiveness of the used lens (e.g. the PENS player experience of need satisfaction competence sub-scale for measuring competence). 
===== Validity =====
A lens can be either **speculative** (it is a new pattern you came up with) or **industry standard** (it is widely used across the game industry) and/or **empirically validated** (there are empirical studies demonstrating the effect of the pattern).
===== Categories =====
List the motivations and components this pattern belongs to.
===== References =====
List of scholarly and professional sources and references that serve as background or support to this pattern. Please reference using the [[https://www.library.cornell.edu/resrch/citmanage/apa|APA citation style]].
===== Authors =====
Name the authors who wrote this pattern in order of contribution. Make an author page for yourself linked from the list of [[about:contributors|contributors]].