Petri Lankoski Staffan Björk In GDTW2008 Proceedings, Liverpool John Moores University, UK (12th – 13th Nov). ABSTRACT Contemporary computer and video games utilize characters in large extent. However, game research literature says only little about how to design gameplay so that it reflects characters’ personality; mainly focusing on the narration and graphical presentation of theContinue reading “Character-Driven Game Design: Characters, Conflict, and Gameplay”
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Meaningfull Play Conference Proceedings
Available on the Internet. Need to check at least following papers: SimDialog: A Visual Game Dialog Editor (Charles Owen, Frank Biocca, Corey Bohil and Jason Conley) Rules of Engagement: Influence of Co-Player Presence on Player Involvement in Digital Games (Brian Gajadhar, Yvonne de Kort and Wijnand IJsselsteijn) Game Design and the Challenge-Avoiding Impression Manager PlayerContinue reading “Meaningfull Play Conference Proceedings”
Papers Accepted
I have a short paper / demonstration accepted in Interactive Storytelling 08 conference titled Lies and Seductions (with Tommi Horttana). Then I have a long paper accepted to GDTW2008 conference titled Character-Driven Game Design: Characters, Conflict, and Gameplay (with Staffan Björk). With these two I have four papers accepted, and two in the process. IContinue reading “Papers Accepted”
Reading TODO
From quick reading, the paper A Preliminary Study Of Shy Males Interacting With A Virtual Female seems useful. I Need to reread it with time and think if I can use it in my dissertation. From Abstract of the paper: This paper describes a preliminary experiment that studied the reactions of male participants to anContinue reading “Reading TODO”
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Chen, Sande (2008). Towards More Meaningful Games: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Gamasutra. At http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3736/towards_more_meaningful_games_a_.php. In this thought-provoking design piece, writer Sande Chen (The Witcher) takes a look at how to ratchet up emotional intensity – through narrative design, visuals, and music – to create more meaningful games. (Gamasutra editors)
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Calleja, G. (2007) Digital Games as Designed Experience: Reframing the Concept of Immersion. PhD Thesis, Victoria University of Wellington. Available at http://www.gordoncalleja.com/phdthesis.html.
Cortex Connections Mapped
Hagmann, Cammoun et al (2008). Mapping the Structural Core of Human Cerebral Cortex In the human brain, neural activation patterns are shaped by the underlying structural connections that form a dense network of fiber pathways linking all regions of the cerebral cortex. Using diffusion imaging techniques, which allow the noninvasive mapping of fiber pathways, weContinue reading “Cortex Connections Mapped”
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Tychsen, A. (2008). Innovations In Character: Personalizing RPGs, Retaining Players (Gamasutra) Tychsen, A., Hitchens, M., & Brolund, T. (2008) Character Play — The use of game characters in multi-player Role-Playing Games. Computers in Entertainment.
“Games without Frontiers” by Järvinen
Aki Järvinen’s PhD thesis is now published (he will defend it at March). It is worth to read. I have been using draft version of it in teaching Introduction to Game Analysis course. Järvinen, A. (2008). Games without Frontiers: Theories and Methods for Game Studies and Design. Tampere: TUP, http://acta.uta.fi/english/teos.phtml?11046.
“Narrative, Games, and Theory” by Simons
Narrative, Games, and Theory by Simons The article Narrative, Games, and Theory by Simons reviews ludology–narrative debate and claims that Eskelinen’s, Aarseth’s, and Frasca’s anti-narrativist arguments are fallacious. In addition Simons looks game theory and makes comparisons between game theory and game studies approaches. The most interesting part for me is a section titled PlayersContinue reading ““Narrative, Games, and Theory” by Simons”
