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key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-fog
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title: Fog
summary: Airborne haze limits viewing distance.
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    title: Fog
    description: Airborne haze limits viewing distance.
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      caption: Distant gravestones disappear into fog
      alt: 'Silent Hill 2: Distant gravestones disappear into fog.'
      markers:
        - x: 54
          'y': 38
          label: The distant view gradually disappears
    tips:
      - Match viewing distance to required landmarks and threats.
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  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.
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# Fog

id: game-mechanics--gm-fog
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-fog
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-fog/

Airborne haze limits viewing distance.

## At a glance

![Silent Hill 2: Distant gravestones disappear into fog.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/atmosphere-fog.webp)

[Silent Hill 2](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fog) · 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. The distant view gradually disappears

- Match viewing distance to required landmarks and threats.

- [Silent Hill 2](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fog)

## How it works

Airborne haze limits viewing distance.

## Variants

### How the technique works

<a id="gm-fog-rule"></a>

- Airborne haze limits viewing distance. <a id="gm-fog-definition"></a>

## 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: Fog](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fog) (id: source-171f9eb2dced82c0)
- [Silent Hill 2 (2001)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fog/game/silent-hill-2) (id: source-3a630976d90b920f)
- [Silent Hill 2 (2024)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fog/game/silent-hill-2-2024) (id: source-e85209d1903f91d5)

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