--- key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-environmental-fire-hazards type: mechanic id: game-mechanics--gm-environmental-fire-hazards lang: en title: Environmental fire hazards summary: A burning area threatens characters and affects route choice. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-environmental-fire-hazards/ jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-environmental-fire-hazards.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-environmental-fire-hazards.md aliases: - Environmental fire hazard tags: - Game design techniques - Fire sourceIds: - source-8a99296e843c9cef - source-a87e788c2a328782 - source-dc7eaca9776b6686 - source-b7db52c0e3d85849 - source-4e1e358de0ccd409 - source-364534b3a342ae93 sources: - id: source-8a99296e843c9cef title: 'Game Mechanics: Environmental fire hazards' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/environmental-fire-hazards' verifiedAt: null - id: source-a87e788c2a328782 title: Montezuma's Revenge (1984) url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/environmental-fire-hazards/game/montezumas-revenge verifiedAt: null - id: source-dc7eaca9776b6686 title: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2002) url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/environmental-fire-hazards/game/tom-clancys-splinter-cell verifiedAt: null - id: source-b7db52c0e3d85849 title: Doom 3 (2004) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/environmental-fire-hazards/game/doom-3' verifiedAt: null - id: source-4e1e358de0ccd409 title: 'Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/environmental-fire-hazards/game/tomb-raider-underworld verifiedAt: null - id: source-364534b3a342ae93 title: 'F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (2009)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/environmental-fire-hazards/game/f-e-a-r-2-project-origin verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: game-mechanics id: gm-environmental-fire-hazards title: Game design techniques url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/game-mechanics/#gm-environmental-fire-hazards categoryIds: - gm-category-fire supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Environmental fire hazard description: A burning area threatens characters and affects route choice. image: src: images/mechanics/impact-environmental-fire-hazards.webp width: 514 height: 322 game: Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell sourceUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/environmental-fire-hazards' originalUrl: 'https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/splinter_cell_fire.webm' sourceFrameSeconds: 2.05 credit: Ubisoft Montréal; 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: Flames constrain the route through a building alt: >- Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Flames constrain the route through a building. markers: - x: 53 'y': 37 label: Burning area along the hero’s route tips: - Match the visible flame boundary to the damage area. examples: - title: Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/environmental-fire-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 --- # Environmental fire hazards id: game-mechanics--gm-environmental-fire-hazards type: mechanic key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-environmental-fire-hazards lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-environmental-fire-hazards/ A burning area threatens characters and affects route choice. ## At a glance ![Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Flames constrain the route through a building.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/impact-environmental-fire-hazards.webp) [Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/environmental-fire-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/splinter_cell_fire.webm), 2.05 s 1. Burning area along the hero’s route - Match the visible flame boundary to the damage area. - [Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/environmental-fire-hazards) ## How it works A burning area threatens characters and affects route choice. ## Variants ### How the technique works - A burning area threatens characters and affects route choice. ## 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: Environmental fire hazards](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/environmental-fire-hazards) (id: source-8a99296e843c9cef) - [Montezuma's Revenge (1984)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/environmental-fire-hazards/game/montezumas-revenge) (id: source-a87e788c2a328782) - [Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2002)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/environmental-fire-hazards/game/tom-clancys-splinter-cell) (id: source-dc7eaca9776b6686) - [Doom 3 (2004)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/environmental-fire-hazards/game/doom-3) (id: source-b7db52c0e3d85849) - [Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/environmental-fire-hazards/game/tomb-raider-underworld) (id: source-4e1e358de0ccd409) - [F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (2009)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/environmental-fire-hazards/game/f-e-a-r-2-project-origin) (id: source-364534b3a342ae93) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors