Games and Narrative: Theory and Practice / edited by Barbaros Bostan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bostan, Barbaros, Editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Computer Science (SpringerNature-11645)

International series on computer entertainment and media technology 2364-9488

International Series on Computer Entertainment and Media Technology, 2364-9488

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

User interfaces (Computer systems).

Human-computer interaction.

Multimedia systems.

Cognitive psychology.

User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.

Multimedia Information Systems.

Cognitive Psychology.

Local Subjects:

User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.

Multimedia Information Systems.

Cognitive Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XI, 347 pages) : 54 illustrations in color.

Edition:

1st ed. 2022.

Contained In:

Springer Nature eBook

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

This book provides an introduction and overview of the rapidly evolving topic of game narratives, presenting the new perspectives employed by researchers and the industry, highlighting the recent empirical findings that illustrate the nature of it. The first section deals with narrative design and theory, the second section includes social and cultural studies on game narrative, the third section focuses on new technologies and approaches for the topic, the fourth section presents practices and case studies, and the final section provides industry cases from professionals. .

Contents:

SECTION 1

Chapter 1: Six Degrees of Videogame Narrative

Chapter 2: Systemic NPC-side Branching in Linear AAA Video Game Stories

Chapter 3: Breaking the Fourth Wall in Video Games: A New Terminology and Methodology

Chapter 4: Gamifying Kindness: Toward a Praxis of the Ephemeral

Chapter 5: The Digital Lineage of Narrative: Analyzing Interactive Fiction to Further

Understand Game Narrative

Chapter 6: The Case for Naive and Low Fidelity Narrative Generation

SECTION 2: SOCIAL and CULTURAL STUDIES

Chapter 7: Azeroth Has a Workplace Gender Inequality Problem: Gendered Professions

Bias in Virtual Worlds

Chapter 8: Narrative Design in Turkish Video Games: History and Comparison

Chapter 9: The Games on Exhibition: Videogames as Contemporary Art

Chapter 10: Ethics of Interactive Storytelling

Chapter 11: The World Building in the Superhero Genre through Movies and Video

Games: The Interplay Between Marvel's Avengers and Marvel Cinematic Universe

SECTION 3: NEW TECHNOLOGIES and APPROACHES

Chapter 12: Academical: A Choice-Based Interactive Storytelling Game for Enhancing

Moral Reasoning, Knowledge, and Attitudes in Responsible Conduct of Research

Chapter 13: The Marriage of Quantum Computing and Interactive Storytelling

Chapter 14: A Shared Vocabulary for Interactive Digital Narrative (IDN) - an

Encyclopedia Project

Chapter 15: Narrative as a Game User Experience Dimension: An Experimental Study

SECTION 4: PRACTICES and CASE STUDIES

Chapter 16: An Analysis of the Use of Religious Elements in Assassin's Creed Origins

Chapter 17: Longform Video Essays as Critical Retellings of Video Game Narratives

Chapter 18: Heritage, Authenticity, and The Fiction/Nonfiction Dualism in Attentat 1942

Chapter 19: Using Heuristics for Evaluating Game Narrative: A Close Reading of Death

Stranding

Chapter 20: Allegation and world-building in video games

SECTION 5: TALES FROM THE INDUSTRY

Chapter 21: Changing Scope, Keeping Focus: Lessons Learned During the Development of

Frostpunk Narrative

Chapter 22: Wordless Storytelling in a Surreal World

Chapter 23: Details and Essentials of Virtual Narrative.

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Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-3-030-81538-7

9783030815387

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