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The squares contain icons representing items he is wearing and items he is carrying on his adventure. Statistics such as his health and experience are also listed.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Celeste_screenshot_00.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Celeste_screenshot_00.png/220px-Celeste_screenshot_00.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Celeste_screenshot_00.png/330px-Celeste_screenshot_00.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Celeste_screenshot_00.png/440px-Celeste_screenshot_00.png 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>The player-controlled character of <a href="/wiki/Madeline_(Celeste)" title="Madeline (Celeste)">Madeline</a> (left) talks to a <a href="/wiki/Non-player_character" title="Non-player character">non-player character</a> outside a building in the game <i><a href="/wiki/Celeste_(video_game)" title="Celeste (video game)">Celeste</a>.</i></figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>player character</b> (also known as a <b>playable character</b> or <b>PC</b>) is a fictional <a href="/wiki/Character_(arts)" title="Character (arts)">character</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Video_game" title="Video game">video game</a> or tabletop <a href="/wiki/Role-playing_game" title="Role-playing game">role-playing game</a> whose actions are controlled by a player rather than the rules of the game. The characters that are not controlled by a player are called <a href="/wiki/Non-player_character" title="Non-player character">non-player characters</a> (NPCs). The actions of non-player characters are typically handled by the game itself in video games, or according to rules followed by a <a href="/wiki/Gamemaster" title="Gamemaster">gamemaster</a> refereeing <a href="/wiki/Tabletop_role-playing_game" title="Tabletop role-playing game">tabletop role-playing games</a>. The player character functions as a fictional, alternate body for the player controlling the character.<sup id="cite_ref-believer_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-believer-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Video games typically have one player character for each person playing the game. Some games, such as <a href="/wiki/Multiplayer_online_battle_arena" title="Multiplayer online battle arena">multiplayer online battle arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hero_shooter" title="Hero shooter">hero shooter</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Fighting_game" title="Fighting game">fighting games</a>, offer a group of player characters for the player to choose from, allowing the player to control one of them at a time. 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Historical figures and leaders may sometimes appear as characters too, particularly in <a href="/wiki/Strategy_game" title="Strategy game">strategy</a> or <a href="/wiki/4X" title="4X">empire building</a> games such as in <a href="/wiki/Sid_Meier" title="Sid Meier">Sid Meier</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Civilization_(computer_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Civilization (computer game)">Civilization</a></i> series. Such a player character is more properly an <a href="/wiki/Avatar_(computing)" title="Avatar (computing)">avatar</a> as the player character's name and image typically have little bearing on the game itself. Avatars are also commonly seen in <a href="/wiki/Casino" title="Casino">casino</a> game simulations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blank_characters">Blank characters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Player_character&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Blank characters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In many video games, and especially <a href="/wiki/First-person_shooter" title="First-person shooter">first-person shooters</a>, the player character is a "blank slate" without any notable characteristics or even <a href="/wiki/Backstory" title="Backstory">backstory</a>. <a href="/wiki/Pac-Man_(character)" title="Pac-Man (character)">Pac-Man</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crono_(Chrono_Trigger)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crono (Chrono Trigger)">Crono</a> from <i><a href="/wiki/Chrono_Trigger" title="Chrono Trigger">Chrono Trigger</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Link_(The_Legend_of_Zelda)" title="Link (The Legend of Zelda)">Link</a> from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda" title="The Legend of Zelda">The Legend of Zelda</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Chell_(Portal)" title="Chell (Portal)">Chell</a> from <i><a href="/wiki/Portal_(series)" title="Portal (series)">Portal</a></i>, and <a href="/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_III" title="Grand Theft Auto III">Claude</a> from <i><a href="/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_III" title="Grand Theft Auto III">Grand Theft Auto III</a></i> are examples of such characters. These characters are generally <a href="/wiki/Silent_protagonist" title="Silent protagonist">silent protagonists</a>. </p><p>Some games will go even further, never showing or naming the player character at all. This is somewhat common in first-person videogames, such as in <i><a href="/wiki/Myst" title="Myst">Myst</a></i>, but is more often done in <a href="/wiki/Strategy_video_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Strategy video games">strategy video games</a> such as <i><a href="/wiki/Dune_2000" title="Dune 2000">Dune 2000</a>,</i> <i><a href="/wiki/Emperor:_Battle_for_Dune" title="Emperor: Battle for Dune">Emperor: Battle for Dune</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer" title="Command & Conquer">Command & Conquer</a></i> series. In such games, the only real indication that the player has a character (instead of an omnipresent status), is from the <a href="/wiki/Cutscene" title="Cutscene">cutscenes</a> during which the character is being given a mission briefing or debriefing; the player is usually addressed as "general", "commander", or another military rank. </p><p>In gaming culture, such a character was called Ageless, Faceless, Gender-Neutral, Culturally Ambiguous Adventure Person, abbreviated as AFGNCAAP; a term that originated in <i><a href="/wiki/Zork:_Grand_Inquisitor" title="Zork: Grand Inquisitor">Zork: Grand Inquisitor</a></i> where it is used satirically to refer to the player.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Character_action_games">Character action games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Player_character&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Character action games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Action_game" title="Action game">Action game</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Prince_of_Persia_1_-_MS-DOS_-_Level_1_-_Sword.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Prince_of_Persia_1_-_MS-DOS_-_Level_1_-_Sword.png/220px-Prince_of_Persia_1_-_MS-DOS_-_Level_1_-_Sword.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Prince_of_Persia_1_-_MS-DOS_-_Level_1_-_Sword.png/330px-Prince_of_Persia_1_-_MS-DOS_-_Level_1_-_Sword.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Prince_of_Persia_1_-_MS-DOS_-_Level_1_-_Sword.png/440px-Prince_of_Persia_1_-_MS-DOS_-_Level_1_-_Sword.png 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>1989 platformer game <i><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Persia_(1989_video_game)" title="Prince of Persia (1989 video game)">Prince of Persia</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>Character <a href="/wiki/Action_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Action games">action games</a> (also called character-driven games, character games or just action games) are a broad category of action games, referring to a variety of games that are driven by the physical actions of player characters. The term dates back to the <a href="/wiki/Golden_age_of_arcade_video_games" title="Golden age of arcade video games">golden age of arcade video games</a> in the early 1980s, when the terms "action games" and "character games" began being used to distinguish a new emerging genre of character-driven action games from the space <a href="/wiki/Shoot_%27em_ups" class="mw-redirect" title="Shoot 'em ups">shoot 'em ups</a> that had previously dominated the <a href="/wiki/Arcade_game" title="Arcade game">arcades</a> in the late 1970s. Classic examples of character action games from that period include maze games like <i><a href="/wiki/Pac-Man" title="Pac-Man">Pac-Man</a></i>, platformers like <i><a href="/wiki/Donkey_Kong_(arcade_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Donkey Kong (arcade game)">Donkey Kong</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Frogger" title="Frogger">Frogger</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-RG80s_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RG80s-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Williams_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williams-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Side-scrolling" class="mw-redirect" title="Side-scrolling">Side-scrolling</a> character action games (also called "side-scrolling action games" or "side-scrollers") are a broad category of character action games that were popular from the mid-1980s to the 1990s, which involve player characters defeating large groups of weaker enemies along a side-scrolling playfield.<sup id="cite_ref-Williams_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williams-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Examples include <a href="/wiki/Beat_%27em_ups" class="mw-redirect" title="Beat 'em ups">beat 'em ups</a> like <i><a href="/wiki/Kung-Fu_Master_(video_game)" title="Kung-Fu Master (video game)">Kung-Fu Master</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Double_Dragon" title="Double Dragon">Double Dragon</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Ninja" title="Ninja">ninja</a> action games like <i><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Kage" title="The Legend of Kage">The Legend of Kage</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Shinobi_(series)" title="Shinobi (series)">Shinobi</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Williams_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williams-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> scrolling platformers like <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros." title="Super Mario Bros.">Super Mario Bros.</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog" title="Sonic the Hedgehog">Sonic the Hedgehog</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Run_and_gun_video_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Run and gun video game">run and gun</a> shooters like <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Thunder_(video_game)" title="Rolling Thunder (video game)">Rolling Thunder</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Williams_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williams-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Gunstar_Heroes" title="Gunstar Heroes">Gunstar Heroes</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Character action games" is also a term used for 3D <a href="/wiki/Hack_and_slash" title="Hack and slash">hack and slash</a> games modelled after <i><a href="/wiki/Devil_May_Cry" title="Devil May Cry">Devil May Cry</a></i>, which represent an evolution of arcade character action games. Other examples of this sub-genre include <i><a href="/wiki/Ninja_Gaiden" title="Ninja Gaiden">Ninja Gaiden</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/God_of_War_(series)" class="mw-redirect" title="God of War (series)">God of War</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Bayonetta" title="Bayonetta">Bayonetta</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fighting_games">Fighting games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Player_character&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Fighting games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Fighting_game" title="Fighting game">Fighting games</a> typically have a larger number of player characters to choose from, with some basic moves available to all or most characters and some unique moves only available to one or a few characters. Having many distinctive characters to play as and against, all possessing different moves and abilities, is necessary to create a larger gameplay variety in such games. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hero_shooters">Hero shooters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Player_character&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Hero shooters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Similarly to MOBAs, <a href="/wiki/Hero_shooter" title="Hero shooter">hero shooters</a> emphasize pre-designed "hero" characters with distinctive abilities and weapons that are not available to the other characters.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hero shooters strongly encourage <a href="/wiki/Teamwork" title="Teamwork">teamwork</a> between players on a team, guiding players to select effective combinations of hero characters and coordinate the use of hero abilities during a match.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Multiplayer_online_battle_arena">Multiplayer online battle arena</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Player_character&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Multiplayer online battle arena"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Multiplayer_online_battle_arena" title="Multiplayer online battle arena">Multiplayer online battle arena</a> games offer a large group of <a href="/wiki/Game_balance" title="Game balance">viable</a> player characters for the player to choose from, each of which having distinctive abilities, strengths, and weaknesses to make the game play style different. Characters can learn new abilities or augment existing ones over the course of a match by collecting experience points. Choosing a character who complements the player's teammates and counters their opponents opens up a strategy before the beginning of the match itself.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Playable characters blend a variety of fantasy tropes, featuring numerous references to <a href="/wiki/Popular_culture" title="Popular culture">popular culture</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Mythology">mythology</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Role-playing_games">Role-playing games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Player_character&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Role-playing games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In both tabletop role playing games such as <i><a href="/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons" title="Dungeons & Dragons">Dungeons & Dragons</a></i> and role-playing video games such as <i><a href="/wiki/Final_Fantasy" title="Final Fantasy">Final Fantasy</a>,</i> a player typically creates or takes on the identity of a character that may have nothing in common with the player. The character is often of a certain (usually fictional) race and class (such as <a href="/wiki/Zombie" title="Zombie">zombie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Berserker" title="Berserker">berserker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rifleman" title="Rifleman">rifleman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elf" title="Elf">elf</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Clergy" title="Clergy">cleric</a>), each with strengths and weaknesses. The attributes of the characters (such as magic and fighting ability) are given as numerical values which can be increased as the gamer progresses and gains rank and experience points through accomplishing goals or fighting enemies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports_games">Sports games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Player_character&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sports games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In many <a href="/wiki/Sports_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports games">sports games</a>, player characters are often modelled after real-life <a href="/wiki/Athletes" class="mw-redirect" title="Athletes">athletes</a>, as opposed to fictional characters. This is particularly the case for sports <a href="/wiki/Simulation_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Simulation games">simulation games</a>, whereas many <a href="/wiki/Arcade_genre" class="mw-redirect" title="Arcade genre">arcade-style</a> sports games often have fictional characters instead. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Secret_characters"><span class="anchor" id="hidden_character"></span>Secret characters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Player_character&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Secret characters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Alternate_character" title="Alternate character">Alternate character</a></div> <p>A secret or <a href="/wiki/Unlockable_(gaming)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unlockable (gaming)">unlockable</a> character is a playable character in a video game available only after either completing the game or meeting another requirement. In some video games, characters that are not secret but appear only as <a href="/wiki/Non-player_character" title="Non-player character">non-player characters</a> like <a href="/wiki/Boss_(video_games)" title="Boss (video games)">bosses</a> or enemies become playable characters after completing certain requirements, or sometimes <a href="/wiki/Cheating_in_video_games" title="Cheating in video games">cheating</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Player_character&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alternate_character" title="Alternate character">Alternate character</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avatar_(computing)" title="Avatar (computing)">Avatar (computing)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-player_character" title="Non-player character">Non-player character</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Player_character&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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