Shaping the past : counterfactual history and game design practice in digital strategy games / Ylva Grufstedt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grufstedt, Ylva, author.

Series:

Video games and the humanities ; Volume 7.

Video games and the humanities ; Volume 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strategy--Data processing.

Strategy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2022]

Summary:

Ylva Grufstedt investigates the role of counterfactuals in uses of history through game designers and through digital strategy games. It discusses the content, form and perspectives that define different types of counterfactuals in the context of game-making – an effort to outline and detail the values and frameworks that shape the past in this popular media.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

Preface

Contents

Introduction

Chapter One: Opening up the Design – Europa Universalis IV and Hearts of Iron IV Overviews

Chapter Two: Shaping the Past: The Surround and Practice of Making Games about the Past

Chapter Three: Counterfactuals: Uses, Shapes and Problems in Europa Universalis IV and Hearts of Iron IV

Chapter Four: Approximately History and Ambivalent Desires

Conclusions

Appendix 1: DLC and Content Packs Installed and Used for the Study

Appendix 2: Interviews with Developers and Beta Testers

Appendix 3: Game Analysis and Technical Reading

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3-11-069248-1