--- key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-distorting-glass type: mechanic id: game-mechanics--gm-distorting-glass lang: en title: Distorting glass summary: Glass refracts the view of objects behind it. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-distorting-glass/ jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-distorting-glass.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-distorting-glass.md aliases: [] tags: - Game design techniques - Immersion - Visual effects sourceIds: - source-5d2d15007019c378 - source-6b49b6108e1d5eb3 - source-e891620a7024c21b - source-b6120049ccd2f818 sources: - id: source-5d2d15007019c378 title: 'Game Mechanics: Distorting glass' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/distorting-glass' verifiedAt: null - id: source-6b49b6108e1d5eb3 title: 'Condemned: Criminal Origins (2006)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/distorting-glass/game/condemned-criminal-origins verifiedAt: null - id: source-e891620a7024c21b title: 'F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (2009)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/distorting-glass/game/f-e-a-r-2-project-origin verifiedAt: null - id: source-b6120049ccd2f818 title: Outlast (2013) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/distorting-glass/game/outlast' verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: game-mechanics id: gm-distorting-glass title: Game design techniques url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/game-mechanics/#gm-distorting-glass' categoryIds: - gm-category-immersion - gm-category-visual-effects supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Distorting glass description: Glass refracts the view of objects behind it. image: src: images/mechanics/atmosphere-distorting-glass.webp width: 800 height: 444 game: 'F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin' sourceUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/distorting-glass' originalUrl: 'https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/fear_2_distorted_glass.webm' sourceFrameSeconds: 1.35 credit: Monolith Productions; frame from clip 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 door’s glass blurs the view of the room beyond alt: >- F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin: A door’s glass blurs the view of the room beyond. markers: - x: 49 'y': 47 label: Glass between the camera and the adjacent room tips: - >- Preserve useful silhouettes when an important target is behind the glass. examples: - title: 'F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/distorting-glass' 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 --- # Distorting glass id: game-mechanics--gm-distorting-glass type: mechanic key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-distorting-glass lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-distorting-glass/ Glass refracts the view of objects behind it. ## At a glance ![F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin: A door’s glass blurs the view of the room beyond.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/atmosphere-distorting-glass.webp) [F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/distorting-glass) · 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. [Source recording](https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/fear_2_distorted_glass.webm), 1.35 s 1. Glass between the camera and the adjacent room - Preserve useful silhouettes when an important target is behind the glass. - [F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/distorting-glass) ## How it works Glass refracts the view of objects behind it. ## Variants ### How the technique works - Glass refracts the view of objects behind it. ## 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: Distorting glass](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/distorting-glass) (id: source-5d2d15007019c378) - [Condemned: Criminal Origins (2006)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/distorting-glass/game/condemned-criminal-origins) (id: source-6b49b6108e1d5eb3) - [F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (2009)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/distorting-glass/game/f-e-a-r-2-project-origin) (id: source-e891620a7024c21b) - [Outlast (2013)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/distorting-glass/game/outlast) (id: source-b6120049ccd2f818) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors