--- key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-artificial-progression-gate type: mechanic id: game-mechanics--gm-artificial-progression-gate lang: en title: Artificial progression gate summary: >- A scripted condition blocks passage regardless of the character's physical capabilities. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-artificial-progression-gate/ jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-artificial-progression-gate.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-artificial-progression-gate.md aliases: [] tags: - Game design techniques - Low agency - Immersion killers sourceIds: - source-2998b86d92d6fc9e - source-0734a66bc61c6ed5 - source-39237c18771bec72 sources: - id: source-2998b86d92d6fc9e title: 'Game Mechanics: Artificial progression gate' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/artificial-progression-gate' verifiedAt: null - id: source-0734a66bc61c6ed5 title: Dead Island 2 (2024) url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/artificial-progression-gate/game/dead-island-2 verifiedAt: null - id: source-39237c18771bec72 title: 'Clive Barker''s Hellraiser: Revival (2026)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/artificial-progression-gate/game/clive-barkers-hellraiser-revival verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: game-mechanics id: gm-artificial-progression-gate title: Game design techniques url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/game-mechanics/#gm-artificial-progression-gate categoryIds: - gm-category-immersion-killers - gm-category-low-agency supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Artificial progression gate description: >- A scripted condition blocks passage regardless of the character's physical capabilities. image: src: images/mechanics/impact-artificial-progression-gate.webp width: 1287 height: 1440 game: Dead Island 2 sourceUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/artificial-progression-gate' originalUrl: 'https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/dead_island_2_gate.jpg' credit: Dambuster Studios / Deep Silver; image via GameMechanics.org rights: >- Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. caption: A code panel locks passage through a fence alt: >- Two Dead Island 2 views: a closed fence above and a panel requiring a code below. markers: - x: 48 'y': 23 label: Fence and closed passage - x: 45 'y': 75 label: The panel requires an access code tips: - Match the code requirement to actual ways of bypassing the obstacle. examples: - title: Dead Island 2 url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/artificial-progression-gate' endsAt: null provenance: >- Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/game-mechanics --- # Artificial progression gate id: game-mechanics--gm-artificial-progression-gate type: mechanic key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-artificial-progression-gate lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-artificial-progression-gate/ A scripted condition blocks passage regardless of the character's physical capabilities. ## At a glance ![Two Dead Island 2 views: a closed fence above and a panel requiring a code below.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/impact-artificial-progression-gate.webp) [Dead Island 2](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/artificial-progression-gate) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. 1. Fence and closed passage 2. The panel requires an access code - Match the code requirement to actual ways of bypassing the obstacle. - [Dead Island 2](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/artificial-progression-gate) ## How it works A scripted condition blocks passage regardless of the character's physical capabilities. ## Variants ### How the technique works - A scripted condition blocks passage regardless of the character's physical capabilities. ## Context and limits All 199 Game Mechanics entries at the check date: player actions, systems, presentation techniques and contested patterns. Entries are grouped by their first source-card category; all categories appear in their descriptions. Definitions use original wording. References link to game-specific galleries; images and videos remain at the source. ## Connected materials ## Sources and provenance Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. - [Game Mechanics: Artificial progression gate](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/artificial-progression-gate) (id: source-2998b86d92d6fc9e) - [Dead Island 2 (2024)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/artificial-progression-gate/game/dead-island-2) (id: source-0734a66bc61c6ed5) - [Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival (2026)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/artificial-progression-gate/game/clive-barkers-hellraiser-revival) (id: source-39237c18771bec72) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors