Example: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, like other games in the series, includes a significant amount of Extra-Game Information about how to perform the actions in the game. This information is portioned out over the game so that the complexity of the gameplay is simple in the beginning and grows as the player becomes more experienced.
The primary use of Extra-Game Information is to provide instructions of the game or to show how the interface works, especially the mapping between the game controller and the player actions, but Extra-Game Information can also provide Strategic Knowledge. When not contained within Clues, it typically consists of Outstanding Features.
Extra-Game Information affects Immersion negatively, as it directs the players' attention outside the Game World. However, it allows instructions to be introduced when needed in the game, making it possible for the players to begin the game quickly as the more complex actions are gradually described later, thereby maintaining Right Level of Complexity of the interface for the player.
When provided through Storytelling, the delivery of Extra-Game Information can be used to explain aspects of an Alternative Reality or gameplay that may be difficult to explain otherwise inside a Consistent Reality Logic.
Extra-Game Information is often Clues on how to perform gameplay (for example, Combos), and as such can provide Smooth Learning Curves and the Right Level of Difficulty but also promote Memorizing. As any Clues, they are Illusionary Rewards, but since they can provide concrete information about how to perform actions within the game, they can give players an Illusion of Influence.
Instantiates: Strategic Knowledge, Smooth Learning Curves, Memorizing, Illusionary Rewards
Modulates: Illusion of Influence, Alternative Reality, Right Level of Complexity, Right Level of Difficulty
Instantiated by: Combos
Modulated by: Storytelling
Potentially conflicting with: Immersion, Consistent Reality Logic