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The '''Game Mode''' decides what events and occurrences will happen during the round, and what goals everyone has. It can be changed by admins or by the round going into a [[mulligan]].

==Events==

===Admin Events===

A vote was taken, buttons were pushed and one of the [[admin|admins]] has announced that they're taking the server for a ride. What will this entail? No one knows for sure except the admin running the event. Maybe the station will be invaded by space pirates. Maybe diplomats from the Clown Planet are here for a summit. Whatever happens, don't be afraid to play along and have fun! If you are unsure of what to do or whether the round is an event, don't be afraid to ask the admins!

===[[Random events]]===

[[Random events]] are events which may happen during another round type. They include meteor waves, virus outbreaks and more.

==In Rotation==

''<code>'''Enemy communication intercepted.''' Security Level Elevated.</code>''

YogStation gamemodes will be secret by default. This means that it will randomly select from gamemodes in the rotation, which can either lead to variety or hilarious back-to-back-to-back Nuclear Emergency rounds, and then display it as secret no matter what gets chosen. Special circumstances may change this, such as [[Random events|random events]], [[mulligan]], or combined rounds (such as traitor and blood brother or traitor and changeling).

===[[File:Sword.gif|link=Traitor]] [[Traitor]]===

The most common game mode. In Traitor, one or more crew members are Syndicate agents and are given an [[Syndicate_Items#Uplink|uplink]] to provide them with [[Syndicate Items|useful tools]] to help them [[Traitor#Your_Objectives|complete their goal]]. The crew must find out who the traitors are and [[Security_Officer|the security team]] should stop them from reaching their goal.  

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.

*If a traitor has completed all objectives, they get greentext.

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===[[File:Changeling.gif|link=Changeling]] [[Changeling]]===

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.

*If a changeling has completed all objectives, they get greentext.

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===[[File:Sword.gif|link=Traitor]][[File:Changeling.gif|link=Changeling]] [[Traitor]][[Changeling|ling]]===

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.

*If a traitor or a changeling has completed all objectives, they get greentext.

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===[[File:Sword.gif|link=Traitor]][[File:Vampire.png|link=Vampire]] [[Traitor]][[Vampire|vamp]]===

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.

*If a traitorling has completed all objectives, they get greentext.

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===[[File:Assistant geared.png|32px|link=Traitor]][[File:Generic engineer.png|32px|link=Traitor]] [[Traitor#Blood_Brothers|Blood Brothers]]===

Blood brother objectives are usually a small selection of the following:

*Assassinate or maroon a specific crew member.

*Steal a restricted item.

*Have all their blood brothers group be the only ones on the Emergency Shuttle when it leaves or escape alive together.

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In Internal Affairs, crew members are Syndicate agents and are given an [[Syndicate_Items#Uplink|uplink]] to provide them with [[Syndicate Items|useful tools]] to help them [[Traitor#Your_Objectives|complete their goal]]. Their objectives always concern killing another Internal Affairs Agent, so don't expect to find a buddy to help you out!

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.

*If an internal affairs agent has completed all objectives, they get greentext.

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A vile magic '''cult of brainwashed acolytes''' has infiltrated the station, and it is up to Security and the Chaplain to stop them. Somewhat similar to revolution, with some exceptions:

*There are no defined "Cult heads" unless one gets chosen, all cultists are equal; each original cultist starts with 10 runed metal and a cult dagger.

*Cultists draw runes by using their cult dagger.

*The shuttle is possible to call and will end the round with a cult loss. Cultists can delay the shuttle for three minutes twice (for a total of 6 minutes) using a shuttle curse.

*Cultists will have to sacrifice a specific target on an offering rune to gain the ability to summon Nar'Sie.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*If the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command, the crew wins.

*Summoning Nar'Sie will automatically end the round with a cult win.

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===[[File:Clockwork_slab.gif|40px|link=Clockwork Cult]] [[Clockwork Cult]]===

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*If the Ark is destroyed, the crew wins.

*If the Ark does not get destroyed, the Cult wins.

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===[[File:Nuke.gif|link=Syndicate guide]] [[Syndicate guide|Nuclear Emergency]]===

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*If the Emergency Shuttle leaves with the disk on board, the crew wins a Major Victory.

*If the Emergency Shuttle leaves with the disk still anywhere on the station, the Syndicates win a Minor Victory.

*If the nuke detonates in the station successfully and the Syndicate Shuttle escapes, the Syndicates win a Major Victory.

*If the nuke detonates in the station successfully but no Syndicates manage to escape, no-one wins.

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===[[File:Malf_AI.gif|link=Guide_to_malfunction]] [[Guide_to_malfunction|AI Malfunction]]===

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*If the AI can survive until the round timer elapses, the AI wins.

*If the AI dies, the crew win.

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===[[File:rev.png|link=Revolution]] [[Revolution]]===

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*If all of the [[Heads of Staff]] (Captain, Head of Personnel, Head of Security, Research Director, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Engineer) die or are exiled (leaving the station [[z-level]]), the Revolutionaries wins.

*If all of the Revheads die or abandon (leaving the station [[z-level]] or hiding in a locker counts as "Abandoned the station/Abandoned the cause", in which they are treated as dead) the station, the Heads of Staff win.

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===[[File:Gscans.png|link=Gang War]] [[Gang War]]===

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*The first gang to activate and successfully defend a dominator machine wins, all other gangs will lose.

*If the station is destroyed or evacuated, all gangs lose.

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===[[File:Wizhat.PNG|link=Wizard]] [[Wizard]]===

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*If the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command without the Wizard completing his objectives, the Wizard fails.

*If the Wizard completes his objectives, the Wizard wins.

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===[[File:Raginmages.png|link=Wizard]] [[Wizard|Ragin' Mages]]===

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*If the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command without the Wizard completing his objectives, the Wizard fails.

*If the Wizard completes his objectives, the Wizard wins.

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===[[File:Shadowbeing.png|link=Shadowling]] [[Shadowling]]===

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*If a Shadowling ascends, the Shadowlings win.

*If all Shadowlings are killed the crew wins.

*If the station is evacuated the crew wins.

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===[[File:Vampire.png|link=Vampire]] [[Vampire|Vampires]]===

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.

*If a Vampire has completed all objectives, they get greentext.

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=== [[File:Heretic_forbidden_book.png|link=Heretic]] '''[[Heretic]]''' ===

Similar to, but unaffiliated with Cults, '''heretics''' can advance upon '''unique ability trees''' by sacrificing crew members. With access to the paths of '''rust, ash and flesh''', they can choose to specialize in different abilities, building towards their eventual '''ascension'''.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.

*When a heretic completes their sacrifices and ascends.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.

==Other Game Modes==

Game modes which are not in rotation, but may show up if an admin sets it. They do not appear due to them still being in development, being too powerful to normally use or simply for being unfun and/or boring.

===[[File:Clownops.png|32px]] Clown Operatives===

Clown Operatives is a version of [[Nuclear Operative|nuclear emergency]]. The objectives remain the same as the Nuclear Operatives, however Clown Operatives must detonate a bananium bomb (rather than the traditional nuclear bomb) to achieve their epic prank on the station. Unlike Nuclear Operatives, Clown Operatives can not shoot any type of gun (like the normal [[Clown]]), however they spawn with a custom [[Syndicate_Items#Uplink|uplink]] that contains all the pranking devices a Clown Operative would need.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*If the Emergency Shuttle leaves with the disk on board, the crew wins a Major Victory.

*If the Emergency Shuttle leaves with the disk still anywhere on the station, the Clowns win a Minor Victory.

*If the nuke detonates in the station successfully and the Syndicate Shuttle escapes, the Clowns win a Major Victory and [[Honkmother]] spawns.

*If the nuke detonates in the station successfully but no Syndicates manage to escape, no-one wins.

'''Reason For Exclusion:'''

Clown Ops is intended more as a joke gamemode, rather than the more serious gamemodes that can occur through selection at the beginning of the round.

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===[[File:Monkey.png|32px]] Monkey===

At the start of the round one of the crew members is infected with a disease that, after a while, turns them into a monkey with the ability to spread the disease to other humans by biting them. Armor does not help and the transformation takes about a minute. The disease can be cured by eating bananas, which also provides immunity to any further monkey infections. Monkeys can use almost every weapon and tool, excluding guns. Humans cannot understand monkey-speak, which shows up as "chimpers" to humans, and monkeys cannot understand human speech, which shows up "l**e ***s". The game ends when the Emergency Shuttle leaves. Monkeys also have the ability to crawl though vents but cannot wear or carry anything when doing so. The AI does not consider monkeys to be human, and may kill/contain them with impunity.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*If the Emergency Shuttle leaves with no living monkeys aboard, the crew wins.

*If the Emergency Shuttle leaves with any living monkeys aboard, the monkeys win and spread their magic hoodoo monkeyism to Centcom.

'''Reason For Exclusion:'''

Monkey mode has undergone many iterations, and is now run as a rare admin-forced gamemode rather than in rotation.

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===[[File:Devil.gif|32px]] [[Devil|Devil/Devil Agents]]===

A Devil has been sent from hell! An infernal soul merchant is an agent from hell, sent to infiltrate humanity and tempt them into damnation. Although devils cannot knowingly directly harm one another, they are typically at odds with one another, as they are all competing over the same limited resources.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*A devil gaining 12 souls and ascending will automatically call the shuttle with a 3 minute arrival time.

*When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.

*If a devil has completed all objectives, they get greentext.

'''Reason for exclusion:'''

Too reliant upon roleplay and rounds tend to devolve into too much chaos.

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===Dynamic===

The dynamic game mode generates a threat number which is used to "buy" rulesets (rulesets are basically your antagonists). This means you can have rounds with for example traitors and cult. You can have up to three roundstart rulesets depending on the pop and threat level. Then there are latejoin and midround rulesets. The ''latejoin'' ruleset can assign late joining players as antagonists, and the ''midround'' ruleset assigns (prompts) ghosts or currently living players as antagonists.  

The threat level of the dynamic round is hinted by the "status summary" automatically printed by the communication consoles near roundstart:

*Peaceful Waypoint: Threat 0 to 19, no antagonists alive

*Core Territory: 0 to 19, with antagonists

*Black Orbit: 80 to 99

*Impending Doom: 100

'''Reason For Exclusion:'''

Experimental, still undergoing balancing.

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===[[File:Assimilate.png|32px]] [[Assimilation]]===

Several members of the crew wield several psionic powers and are actually the host of a powerful hivemind, with the sole goal of assimilating as many crewmembers as possible to be used as unwitting pawns and fuel for their many powers. Hivemind hosts are even stealthier than changelings and are just as likely to backstab each other due to their psychic sensing abilities! Security is the first line of defense against this silent menace, as not only do mindshields protect the crew from their dastardly mind control, they also grant the same sensory powers the hosts use to hunt each other down! If the crew fails to keep thee hosts in check, the One Mind may emerge and wreak havoc across the station.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.

*If a hivemind host has completed all objectives, they get greentext.

'''Reason For Exclusion:'''

The game mode's creator was driven away by "feedback" which mostly consisted of screeching and insults. The concept of a stealth conversion antag was also never really fun for anyone except the host.

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===[[File:Meteor.gif|link=Meteor_Guide]] [[Meteor_Guide|Meteor]]===

In Meteor the station gets beat to shit by a Meteor Shower and the crew must survive and eventually escape, either by repairing the damage to the station and creating safe areas, or going every-man-for-himself style and securing their own safety by any means. During Meteor rounds, the Emergency Shuttle cannot be called until a set amount of time has elapsed, usually around ten or twenty minutes.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*When the Emergency Shuttle, after the set amount of time has passed, leaves.

*Everyone present and alive on the shuttle at the end is considered to have won.

*Everyone left behind or dead at the end is considered to have lost.

'''Reason For Exclusion'''

Meteors can be a random event occurring in game, but otherwise are admin-only due to the predictability of most meteor rounds and that meteor rounds are very short. That, or you have a case of "We can fix it", or everyone migrating to lavaland. Also turns the server into one huge laggy mess.

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===[[File:Sword.gif|32px]] Overthrow===

The Syndicate has planted sleeper agents on board the station, and one agent with a special implanter is tasked to wake them up so that they can take control from the inside. However, rival Syndicate factions are also trying to wake these sleeper agents for their own objectives. Convert all the targets to gain control of the station!

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.

*The team that gained the most points by completing their objectives wins.

'''Reason For Exclusion:'''

A horribly confusing game mode that was unclear in its points system, unclear on the relationship between the other Syndicate teams, and numerous other issues. It was disliked by much of the player base and the creator does not show interest in working on it.

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===[[File:Raginmages.png|32px]][[File:Raginmages.png|32px]] Very Ragin' Bullshit Mages===

Very Ragin' Bullshit Mages functions exactly the same as [[Game_Mode#Ragin.27_Mages|Ragin' Mages]] except the wizards spawn at a much faster rate and also there are infinite wizard spawns.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*If the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command without the Wizard completing his objectives or if the Wizard dies, the Wizard fails.

*If the Wizard completes his objectives and survives on the Emergency Shuttle, the Wizard wins.

'''Reason For Exclusion:'''

The crew will never win on this gamemode. It creates far too much chaos for it to be considered normally.

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===Battle Royale===

Crew are put into a battle bus and must fight to be the last one alive. The fighting area shrinks every 4 minutes.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*The last person alive wins.

'''Reason For Exclusion:'''

Mass-chaos. More an event than a gamemode.

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===[[Darkspawn]]===

Still under development, you can check on the status of the mode [https://github.com/yogstation13/Yogstation/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+Darkspawn+is%3Aclosed+ here]. Occasional tests are currently ran to see what needs improving.

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===[[File:Sword.gif|link=Traitor]][[File:Changeling.gif|link=Changeling]] [[Traitor|Trust No]][[Changeling| One]]===

Traitor and Changelings gamemode, except mindshields are bypassed and anyone on the station can be an antagonist, even Security or the Captain. Trust no one.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.

*If a traitorling has completed all objectives, they get greentext.

'''Reason For Exclusion:'''

Doesn't work on secret, people will end up paranoid in normal traitorling rounds.

==Removed game modes==

Gamemodes that were once in rotation, but have since been taken out completely.

===[[File:Abductor.png|link=Abductor]] [[Abductor|Abduction]]===

Aliens have reached Space Station 13! Unlike their [[Xenomorph|lustier cousins]], these aliens simply want to, in classic extraterrestrial style, do research on human and lizardkind -- by kidnapping them and performing horrifying and exotic probing experiments aboard their alien ship.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*If the Abductor Scientist dies, the Abductors lose.

*If all the objectives have bin completed, the Abductors get greentext.

'''Reason For Exclusion:'''

This gamemode occurs as a midrount event rather than a gamemode now, because of the low threat.

===[[File:Blob.png|link=Blob]] [[Blob]]===

The Blob is a '''large, growing, sentient creature''' which destroys everything in its path, attacking whatever gets in the way. Destroy the blob before it '''consumes the entire station'''!

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*If the crew manage to destroy the blob core, the crew will win.

*If the blob manages to spread to a predetermined size, the crew will lose.

'''Reason for exclusion:'''

This gamemode occurs as a midrount event rather than a gamemode now.

===[[File:Sword.gif|link=Traitor]][[File:Abductor.png|link=Abductor]][[File:Changeling.gif|link=Changeling]] [[Traitor]] + [[Abductor]] + [[Changeling]]===

HNNNNNG- YAAAAAAA!! IT HURTS!!

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.

*If a traitor/ling has completed all objectives, they greentext.

*If an abductor has completed all objectives, whether they're dead or alive, they greentext.

'''Reason for exclusion:'''

This gamemode is no longer included in the gamemode rotation or admin force menu.

===Hand of God===

Two rival cults have taken root on the station!

This game mode is no longer being maintained.

===[[Nations]]===

Nations is an unorthodox game mode that relies almost entirely upon roleplaying, because of this it's very rare and devolves into fighting quickly. In Nations, departments become independent states and it is their goal to survive through control of station resources, diplomacy, and battle.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''

*When the Emergency Shuttle leaves.

'''Reason For Exclusion:'''

It usually just ends in grief and is better left as a planned admin event.

===Sandbox===

Like extended except you can spawn any item you want through the "Sandbox Panel" verb.

'''Reason For Exclusion:'''

Never used.

[[Category:Game Modes]]