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  An in-game device has a desktop, applications and windows. The player solves
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    title: Operating system and programs
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      An in-game device has a desktop, applications and windows. The player
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      rights: © Team Salvato / Serenity Forge. All rights reserved.
      caption: The in-game desktop in DDLC Plus
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          label: Files makes files part of the game’s own interface
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      - Preserve window state when switching programs.
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  preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire
  classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and
  editorial review.
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# Operating system and programs

id: electronic-devices--family-g04
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/electronic-devices--family-g04
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/electronic-devices--family-g04/

An in-game device has a desktop, applications and windows. The player solves tasks by switching between programs.

## At a glance

![The in-game desktop in DDLC Plus](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/narrative-doki-plus-03.webp)

[Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1388880/) · © Team Salvato / Serenity Forge. All rights reserved.

1. Files makes files part of the game’s own interface

- Preserve window state when switching programs.

- [Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1388880/)

## How it works

Devices: Computer; Smartphone; Terminal.

## Variants

### Variants and applications

<a id="family-g04-variants"></a>

- Launch the application. Rule: Select the tool needed for the current task. <a id="variant-g04-01"></a>
- Install or remove a program. Rule: Open a new opportunity or free up system resources. <a id="variant-g04-02"></a>
- Update or roll back software. Rule: Get compatibility or return a working version. <a id="variant-g04-03"></a>
- Set up the system. Rule: Change time, language, brightness, sound and notifications for game effect. <a id="variant-g04-04"></a>
- Switch mode. Rule: Select a safe, autonomous, service or other operating mode. <a id="variant-g04-05"></a>
- Manage processes. Rule: Stop the interfering program or change the computation priority. <a id="variant-g04-06"></a>
- Change configuration. Rule: Edit parameters that determine the behavior of a program or device. <a id="variant-g04-07"></a>
- Change your work environment. Rule: Boot from another medium, open a virtual machine or an alternative OS. <a id="variant-g04-08"></a>

## Context and limits

Author's taxonomy of actions, task forms and end-to-end conditions for design. Categories overlap. References support individual families, not every variant.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on 2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and editorial review.

- [Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1388880/) (id: source-97967c9840cf314d)

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