--- key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-electrical-hazards type: mechanic id: game-mechanics--gm-electrical-hazards lang: en title: Electrical hazards summary: >- Contact with a conductor or discharge creates a damage threat. Light, sound and sparks warn of the dangerous area in advance. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-electrical-hazards/ jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-electrical-hazards.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-electrical-hazards.md aliases: [] tags: - Game design techniques - Environmental hazards sourceIds: - source-9a2d3e9fcb7ad232 - source-67c5586379f83f0e - source-a0b2d7388a4e3075 - source-15c823aaf08af3d2 - source-fc1d86481813f00d - source-ea4c9de3003483f1 - source-2845b41cdc4911e9 - source-f47b7ebb41464c5a - source-9743ae5e1bd76ab0 sources: - id: source-9a2d3e9fcb7ad232 title: 'Game Mechanics: Electrical hazards' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/electrical-hazards' verifiedAt: null - id: source-67c5586379f83f0e title: Half-Life 2 (2004) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/electrical-hazards/game/half-life-2' verifiedAt: null - id: source-a0b2d7388a4e3075 title: Dead Space (2008) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/electrical-hazards/game/dead-space' verifiedAt: null - id: source-15c823aaf08af3d2 title: Bulletstorm (2011) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/electrical-hazards/game/bulletstorm' verifiedAt: null - id: source-fc1d86481813f00d title: 'Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/electrical-hazards/game/deus-ex-human-revolution verifiedAt: null - id: source-ea4c9de3003483f1 title: Dead Island (2011) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/electrical-hazards/game/dead-island' verifiedAt: null - id: source-2845b41cdc4911e9 title: Dying Light (2015) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/electrical-hazards/game/dying-light' verifiedAt: null - id: source-f47b7ebb41464c5a title: Prey (2017) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/electrical-hazards/game/prey' verifiedAt: null - id: source-9743ae5e1bd76ab0 title: Far Cry 5 (2018) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/electrical-hazards/game/far-cry-5' verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: game-mechanics id: gm-electrical-hazards title: Game design techniques url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/game-mechanics/#gm-electrical-hazards categoryIds: - gm-category-environmental-hazards supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Electrical hazards description: >- Contact with a conductor or discharge creates a damage threat. Light, sound and sparks warn of the dangerous area in advance. image: src: images/mechanics/interaction-electrical-hazards.webp width: 498 height: 278 game: Half-Life 2 sourceUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/electrical-hazards' originalUrl: 'https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/half_life2_electric_fence.webm' sourceFrameSeconds: 1.49 credit: Valve; 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: An electrical discharge on fence contact alt: >- Electrical arcs flare on a metal fence beside a zombie pressed against it in Half-Life 2. markers: - x: 44 'y': 31 label: Discharge on the conducting fence - x: 53 'y': 46 label: Character contact with the hazardous object tips: - Match the damage area to the visible conductor or discharge. - Give hazard deactivation a distinct state change. examples: - title: Half-Life 2 url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/electrical-hazards' 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 --- # Electrical hazards id: game-mechanics--gm-electrical-hazards type: mechanic key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-electrical-hazards lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-electrical-hazards/ Contact with a conductor or discharge creates a damage threat. Light, sound and sparks warn of the dangerous area in advance. ## At a glance ![Electrical arcs flare on a metal fence beside a zombie pressed against it in Half-Life 2.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/interaction-electrical-hazards.webp) [Half-Life 2](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/electrical-hazards) · 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/webm/half_life2_electric_fence.webm), 1.49 s 1. Discharge on the conducting fence 2. Character contact with the hazardous object - Match the damage area to the visible conductor or discharge. - Give hazard deactivation a distinct state change. - [Half-Life 2](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/electrical-hazards) ## How it works Contact with a conductor or discharge threatens a character. ## Variants ### How the technique works - Contact with a conductor or discharge threatens a character. ## 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: Electrical hazards](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/electrical-hazards) (id: source-9a2d3e9fcb7ad232) - [Half-Life 2 (2004)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/electrical-hazards/game/half-life-2) (id: source-67c5586379f83f0e) - [Dead Space (2008)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/electrical-hazards/game/dead-space) (id: source-a0b2d7388a4e3075) - [Bulletstorm (2011)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/electrical-hazards/game/bulletstorm) (id: source-15c823aaf08af3d2) - [Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/electrical-hazards/game/deus-ex-human-revolution) (id: source-fc1d86481813f00d) - [Dead Island (2011)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/electrical-hazards/game/dead-island) (id: source-ea4c9de3003483f1) - [Dying Light (2015)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/electrical-hazards/game/dying-light) (id: source-2845b41cdc4911e9) - [Prey (2017)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/electrical-hazards/game/prey) (id: source-f47b7ebb41464c5a) - [Far Cry 5 (2018)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/electrical-hazards/game/far-cry-5) (id: source-9743ae5e1bd76ab0) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors