| within gameplay: Storyplaying Sebastian Domsch, 2013-08-28 Incontestably, Future Narratives are most conspicuous in video games: they combine narrative with the major element of all games: agency. The persons who perceive these narratives are not simply readers or spectators but active agents with a range of choices at their disposal that will influence the very narrative they are experiencing: they are players. The narratives thus created are realizations of the multiple possibilities contained in the present of any given gameplay situation. Surveying the latest trends in the field, the volume discusses the complex relationship of narrative and gameplay. |
| within gameplay: Interactive Storytelling Alex Mitchell, Clara Fernández-Vara, David Thue, 2014-09-25 This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Interactive Storytelling, ICIDS 2014, Singapore, Singapore, November 2014. The 20 revised full papers presented together with 8 short papers 7 posters, and 5 demonstration papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 67 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on story generation, authoring, evaluation and analysis, theory, retrospectives, and user experience. |
| within gameplay: Computer Games Diane Carr, 2006-03-31 Computer games are one of the most exciting and rapidly evolving media of our time. Revenues from console and computer games have now overtaken those from Hollywood movies; and online gaming is one of the fastest-growing areas of the internet. Games are no longer just kids' stuff: the majority of players are now adults, and the market is constantly broadening. The visual style of games has become increasingly sophisticated, and the complexities of game-play are ever more challenging. Meanwhile, the iconography and generic forms of games are increasingly influencing a whole range of other media, from films and television to books and toys. This book provides a systematic, comprehensive introduction to the analysis of computer and video games. It introduces key concepts and approaches drawn from literary, film and media theory in an accessible and concrete manner; and it tests their use and relevance by applying them to a small but representative selection of role-playing and action-adventure games. It combines methods of textual analysis and audience research, showing how the combination of such methods can give a more complete picture of these playable texts and the fan cultures they generate. Clearly written and engaging, it will be a key text for students in the field and for all those with an interest in taking games seriously. |
| within gameplay: Every Game Is an Island Riccardo Fassone, 2017-02-23 Despite the pervasive rhetorics of immersion and embodiment found in industrial and social discourses, playing a video game is an exercise in non-linearity. The pervasiveness of trial and error mechanics, unforgiving game over screens, loading times, minute tweakings of options and settings, should lead us to consider video games as a medium that cannot eschew fragmentation. Every Game is an Island is an analysis and a critique of grey areas, dead ends and extremities found in digital games, an exploration of border zones where play and non-play coexist or compete. Riccardo Fassone describes the complexity of the experience of video game play and brings integral but often overlooked components of the gameplay experience to the fore, in an attempt to problematize a reading of video games as grandiosely immersive, all-encompassing narrative experiences. Through the analysis of closures and endings, limits and borders, and liminal states, this field-advancing study looks at the heart of a medium starting from its periphery. |
| within gameplay: Digital Zombies, Undead Stories Lawrence May, 2021-01-14 Through analysis of three case study videogames – Left 4 Dead 2, DayZ and Minecraft – and their online player communities, Digital Zombies, Undead Stories develops a framework for understanding how collective gameplay generates experiences of narrative, as well as the narrative dimensions of players' creative activity on social media platforms. Narrative emergence is addressed as a powerful form of player experience in multiplayer games, one which makes individual games' boundaries and meanings fluid and negotiable by players. The phenomenon is also shown to be recursive in nature, shaping individual and collective understandings of videogame texts over time. Digital Zombies, Undead Stories focuses on games featuring zombies as central antagonists. The recurrent figure of the videogame zombie, which mediates between chaos and rule-driven predictability, serves as both metaphor and mascot for narrative emergence. This book argues that in the zombie genre, emergent experiences are at the heart of narrative experiences for players, and more broadly demonstrates the potential for the phenomenon to be understood as a fundamental part of everyday play experiences across genres. |
| within gameplay: Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment Dennis Reidsma, 2014-06-20 This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment, INTETAIN 2014. The 8 full papers presented together with 4 special session papers, 4 panels and 6 extended abstracts were carefully selected from 26 submissions. The papers present interdisciplinary research, covering topics such as creativity applied to technology, AI, cognition and models of engagement and play. The special session papers address the topic of humor in intelligent environments. |
| within gameplay: Interface Cultures Christa Sommerer, Laurent Mignonneau, Dorothée King, 2015-07-15 From media art archeology to contemporary interaction design – the term interface culture is based on a vivid and ongoing discourse in the fields of interactive art, interaction design, game design, tangible interfaces, auditory interfaces, fashionable technologies, wearable devices, intelligent ambiences, sensor technologies, telecommunication and new experimental forms of human-machine, human-human and machine-machine interactions and the cultural discourse surrounding them. This book's aim is to give an overview of the current state of interactive art and interface technology as well as an outlook on new forms of hybridization in art, media, scientific research and every-day media applications. |
| within gameplay: The Palgrave Handbook of Violence in Film and Media Steve Choe, 2022-11-09 The chapters contained in this handbook address key issues concerning the aesthetics, ethics, and politics of violence in film and media. In addition to providing analyses of representations of violence, they also critically discuss the phenomenology of the spectator, images of atrocity in international cinema, affect and documentary, violent video games, digital infrastructures, cruelty in art cinema, and media and state violence, among many other relevant topics. The Palgrave Handbook of Violence in Film and Media updates existing studies dealing with media and violence while vastly expanding the scope of the field. Representations of violence in film and media are ubiquitous but remain relatively understudied. Too often they are relegated to questions of morality, taste, or aesthetics while judgments about violence can themselves be subjected to moral judgment. Some may question whether objectionable images are worthy of serious scholarly attention at all. While investigating key examples, the chapters in this handbook consider both popular and academic discourses to understand how representations of violence are interpreted and discussed. They propose new approaches and raise novel questions for how we might critically think about this urgent issue within contemporary culture. |
| within gameplay: Games as Stealth Assessments McCreery, Michael P., Krach, S. Kathleen, 2023-11-01 In the world of assessment, traditional methods often fall short, providing limited insight into individuals' skills and abilities while being susceptible to response biases. Recognizing these shortcomings, researchers have delved into the realm of stealth assessments, a novel approach that embeds traditional measurement techniques within a game-based environment. By seamlessly integrating assessment into gameplay, stealth assessments offer a contextually rich and unobtrusive method of data collection, allowing for a comprehensive understanding of the constructs being assessed. Games as Stealth Assessments unveils the promising field of stealth assessment, exploring its design considerations, research methods, and practical applications. Drawing upon a foundation of psychometrically-sound assessment practices, this book delves into the intersection of thoughtful game design and empirical support for the use of stealth assessments. It justifies the adoption of stealth assessments in academic disciplines such as mathematics, science, and literacy, as well as in the assessment of psychological constructs like aggression, social skills, and self-regulation. |
| within gameplay: 5th EAI International Conference on IoT Technologies for HealthCare Pedro R. M. Inácio, Ana Duarte, Paulo Fazendeiro, Nuno Pombo, 2019-12-13 This book presents papers from HealthyIoT 2018, the fifth edition of an international scientific event series dedicated to Internet of Things and Healthcare. The papers discuss leveraging a set of existing and emerging technologies, notions and services that can provide many solutions to delivery of electronic healthcare, patient care, and medical data management. HealthyIoT brings together technology experts, researchers, industry and international authorities contributing towards the design, development and deployment of healthcare solutions based on IoT technologies, standards, and procedures. HealthyIoT 2018 is part of the 4th annual Smart City 360 ̊Summit, promoting multidisciplinary scientific collaboration to solve complex societal, technological and economic problems of emerging Smart Cities. The event is endorsed by the European Alliance for Innovation, an international professional community-based organisation devoted to the advancement of innovation in the field of ICT. Features practical, tested applications in IoT for healthcare; Includes application domains such as eHealth Systems, smart textiles, smart caring environments, telemedicine, wellness, and health management, etc; Applicable to researchers, academics, students, and professionals. |
| within gameplay: Two Editions One Tale Barrett Williams, ChatGPT, 2025-01-09 Unlock the enchanting world of Dungeons & Dragons with Two Editions One Tale, where the legendary journey of the game's 1st and 2nd Editions comes to life. Whether you're a seasoned RPG veteran or a curious newcomer, this eBook offers a captivating exploration of the origins and evolution of a cultural phenomenon that has shaped the imagination of millions. Dive into the dawn of D&D as Chapter 1 unveils the birth of a legend. Discover how the 1st Edition set the stage for epic quests and mythical adventures, and how its transition to the 2nd Edition refined the magic. Witness the transformation of core mechanics as Chapters 2 and 3 meticulously detail the evolution of character classes, combat, and spells. For those who have stepped behind the screen as Dungeon Masters, Chapter 4 is your guide to mastering the art of storytelling. Learn how these early editions shaped the role of the DM, providing time-tested techniques that continue to influence modern masters of the craft. Explore the iconic adventures and modules that defined each edition in Chapter 5, and uncover how they contributed to the expanding universe of D&D. Chapter 6 delves into the artwork that brought these worlds to life, illustrating the visual evolution of the game’s identity. Venture into Chapter 7, where the community and culture fostered by D&D are brought to the fore, highlighting the lasting legacy and cultural shifts brought on by the 2nd Edition. Advanced players can delve into Chapters 8 and 9, examining mechanical innovations and the progression of rulebooks and supplements. Travel through time with Chapters 10 to 14 as they document industry impact, fan contributions, and the controversies and critiques that shaped the game’s journey into the digital age. Finally, reflect on the lasting legacy of these foundational editions in Chapter 15. Two Editions One Tale is more than a history lesson; it’s an homage to the creativity, imagination, and unyielding spirit that D&D continues to inspire in the world of gaming and beyond. |
| within gameplay: Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Healthy and Active Aging Qin Gao, Jia Zhou, 2020-07-10 This three volume set of LNCS 12207, 12208 and 12209 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2020, held as part of the 22nd International Conference, HCI International 2020, which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July 2020. The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The total of 1439 papers and 238 posters have been accepted for publication in the HCII 2020 proceedings from a total of 6326 submissions. ITAP 2020 includes a total of 104 regular papers which are organized in topical sections named: Involving Older Adults in HCI Methodology , User Experience and Aging, Aging and Mobile and Wearable Devices, Health and Rehabilitation Technologies, Well-being, Persuasion, Health Education and Cognitive Support, Aging in Place, Cultural and Entertainment Experiences for Older Adults, Aging and Social Media, Technology Acceptance and Societal Impact. |
| within gameplay: Game Audio Mixing Alex Riviere, 2023-07-19 Game Audio Mixing offers a holistic view of the mixing process for games, from philosophical and psychological considerations to the artistic considerations and technical processes behind acoustic rendering, interactive mixing, mastering, and much more. This book includes a comprehensive overview of many game audio mixing techniques, processes, and workflows, with advice from audio directors and sound supervisors. Through a series of accessible insights and interviews, the reader is guided through cutting-edge tips and tricks to equip them to improve their own mixing practice. As well as covering how to plan and create a mix that is clear, focused, and highly interactive, this book provides information about typical mixing tools and techniques, such as dealing with bus structure, frequency spectrum, effects, dynamic, volume, 2D and 3D spaces, and automations. Key information about how to deal with a large number of sounds and their prioritization in the mix is also included, from high-level mixing visions to in-depth designs with sound categorizations at the core. Game Audio Mixing is essential reading for all game audio professionals, including those new to the industry, as well as experienced professionals working on AAA and indie titles, in addition to aspiring professionals and hobbyists. |
| within gameplay: Applied Cyberpsychology A. Attrill, C. Fullwood, 2016-04-29 Cyberpsychology is an emerging area of psychological study that aims to understand and explain all facets of online behaviour. This book brings together overviews from a number of leading authorities in the field, to suggest how academic theory and research can be applied to a variety of online behaviours. Both positive and negative behaviours are considered, including topics as diverse as parenting the online child, age-related internet usage and cultural considerations in online interactions. Psychological research can no longer view online and offline worlds as different entities, but must consider online behaviours as equally distinct as offline activities. This is especially apparent when looking at online dating, the role that social networks play in organisations and online consumer behaviours, and in a consideration of the role that psychological research plays in underpinning the multi-billion pound gaming industry. Focusing on these personal applications of the Internet, insight is also offered into the role that theory and research plays in training military personnel as well as the use of psychometric testing to select and retain employees. |
| within gameplay: Behind the Screens Barrett Williams, ChatGPT, 2025-01-04 Discover the captivating world of Dungeons & Dragons like never before with Behind the Screens, an explorative eBook that delves into the intricate mechanics and rich history of a game that redefined storytelling and imagination. Unearth the roots of tabletop role-playing games by tracing the origin of Dungeons & Dragons from its early inspirations in wargames and fantasy to the pioneering creativity of Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. Delve into the foundational game mechanics that revolutionized the genre, from the mysterious allure of dice mechanics to the complex character creation systems that bring your alter ego to life. Explore the evolution of combat systems, where grid-based tactical battles and the iconic hit point system paved the way for innovative spellcasting mechanics. Learn how the delicate balance between luck and probability shapes the strategic depth of the game. Behind the Screens also takes you beyond combat, examining the non-combat systems that enhance character depth through skills, proficiencies, and a touch of diplomacy. Journey through various campaign settings, from official modules to bespoke homebrew worlds, to appreciate the narrative framework within which adventures unfold. Navigate through the influences of various D&D editions and witness the dynamic interplay of class and race dynamics, where player customization reigns supreme. Discover how storytelling and gameplay mechanics intertwine to create immersive experiences. From visual aids like maps and miniatures to the latest virtual tabletop tools, this eBook offers a comprehensive overview of the tools that bring D&D adventures to life. It confronts the controversies and innovations that have shaped the game, exploring the critical role of community feedback in iterative design and the burgeoning influence of online play. Embark on a journey through the design of monsters, encounter balancing, and the economical dynamics within the game. Finally, peer into the future of Dungeons & Dragons, speculating on new mechanics and emerging technologies poised to shape the next era of role-playing adventures. Unlock the secrets Behind the Screens and take your understanding of Dungeons & Dragons to unrivaled heights. |
| within gameplay: The Routledge Handbook of Role-Playing Game Studies José P. Zagal, Sebastian Deterding, 2024-06-27 This Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the latest research on role-playing games (RPGs) across disciplines, cultures, and media in one single, accessible volume. Collaboratively authored by more than 40 key scholars, it traces the history of RPGs, from wargaming precursors to tabletop RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons to the rise of live-action role-play and contemporary computer RPG and massively multiplayer online RPG franchises, like Baldur’s Gate, Genshin Impact, and World of Warcraft. Individual chapters survey the perspectives, concepts, and findings on RPGs from key disciplines, like performance studies, sociology, psychology, education, economics, game design, literary studies, and more. Other chapters integrate insights from RPG studies around broadly significant topics, like worldbuilding, immersion, and player-character relations, as well as explore actual play and streaming, diversity, equity, inclusion, jubensha, therapeutic uses of RPGs, and storygames, journaling games, and other forms of text-based RPGs. Each chapter includes definitions of key terms and recommended readings to help students and scholars new to RPG studies find their way into this interdisciplinary field. A comprehensive reference volume ideal for students and scholars of game studies and immersive experiences and those looking to learn more about the ever-growing, interdisciplinary field of RPG studies. |
| within gameplay: Cases on the Societal Effects of Persuasive Games Ruggiero, Dana, 2014-06-30 This book investigates the connection between multimedia technologies and game-based learning for an improved understanding of the impact and effectiveness of serious games in modern societies, offering examples from the fields of education, business, healthcare, and more--Provided by publisher. |
| within gameplay: Games and Gaming Larissa Hjorth, 2011-02-15 The computer games industry has rapidly matured. Once a preoccupation only of young technophiles, games are now one of the dominant forms of global popular culture. From consoles such as Nintendo Wii and Sony Xbox to platforms such as iPhones and online gaming worlds, the realm of games and their scope has become all-pervasive. The study of games is no longer a niche interest but rather an integral part of cultural and media studies. The analysis of games reveals much about contemporary social relations, online communities and media engagement. Presenting a range of approaches and analytical tools through which to explore the role of games in everyday life, and packed with case material, Games and Gaming provides a comprehensive overview of this new media and how it permeates global culture in the twenty-first century. |
| within gameplay: Journey to the Oriental Realms Barrett Williams, ChatGPT, 2024-12-25 Step into a captivating world where the mystical meets the historical, where fantasy challenges the familiar, and where cultural diversity enriches the realm of adventure. Journey to the Oriental Realms invites RPG fans and history enthusiasts alike to explore the intricate tapestry of Eastern influences in the iconic game of Dungeons & Dragons. This immersive guide uncovers how the revered Oriental Adventures supplement forever transformed the landscape of role-playing games. Begin your journey by examining the roots of Dungeons & Dragons and the pivotal role Oriental Adventures played in its evolution. Delve into the fascinating cultural framework that inspired this supplement, from the mythos of samurai and shoguns to the spiritual philosophies that shape its mystical narratives. Discover how D&D has balanced fantasy with historical authenticity while navigating stereotypes and representation challenges. Venture further into the realms where Eastern spirituality, mysticism, and martial arts come alive. Explore the philosophical teachings of monks and mystics and the cultural symbolism behind martial arts, all seamlessly woven into fantasy worlds. Uncover the geographical and cartographic inspirations from East Asia that enrich the game’s world-building, and learn about the dynamic integration of cultural landscapes in RPGs. Journey to the Oriental Realms examines important topics such as language, naming conventions, religion, and mythology in crafting authentic and respectful narratives. Gain insights into the art of representation, from traditional Eastern art to designing monsters, lore, and the interplay of visual elements in fantasy. As you progress, engage with modern perspectives on Oriental Adventures, addressing ethical considerations around cultural appropriation and Orientalism. This comprehensive guide concludes by envisioning the future of role-playing games, advocating for inclusive game design and global cultural exchange through RPGs. Embark on this profound exploration to appreciate role-playing games as a medium for understanding and connectivity, and join the call for a more inclusive gaming future. Whether you’re a gamer, storyteller, or cultural enthusiast, Journey to the Oriental Realms promises to be your definitive companion on this extraordinary odyssey. |
| within gameplay: Experimental Games Patrick Jagoda, 2020-12-07 In our unprecedentedly networked world, games have come to occupy an important space in many of our everyday lives. Digital games alone engage an estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide as of 2020, and other forms of gaming, such as board games, role playing, escape rooms, and puzzles, command an ever-expanding audience. At the same time, “gamification”—the application of game mechanics to traditionally nongame spheres, such as personal health and fitness, shopping, habit tracking, and more—has imposed unprecedented levels of competition, repetition, and quantification on daily life. Drawing from his own experience as a game designer, Patrick Jagoda argues that games need not be synonymous with gamification. He studies experimental games that intervene in the neoliberal project from the inside out, examining a broad variety of mainstream and independent games, including StarCraft, Candy Crush Saga, Stardew Valley, Dys4ia, Braid, and Undertale. Beyond a diagnosis of gamification, Jagoda imagines ways that games can be experimental—not only in the sense of problem solving, but also the more nuanced notion of problem making that embraces the complexities of our digital present. The result is a game-changing book on the sociopolitical potential of this form of mass entertainment. |
| within gameplay: Digital Games as History Adam Chapman, 2016-05-05 This book provides the first in-depth exploration of video games as history. Chapman puts forth five basic categories of analysis for understanding historical video games: simulation and epistemology, time, space, narrative, and affordance. Through these methods of analysis he explores what these games uniquely offer as a new form of history and how they produce representations of the past. By taking an inter-disciplinary and accessible approach the book provides a specific and firm first foundation upon which to build further examination of the potential of video games as a historical form. |
| within gameplay: Number Match 2048 Puzzle Winning Moves Sebastian Hale, Number Match 2048 Puzzle Winning Moves brings logic and arithmetic together in an addictive match game. Sebastian Hale shows how to pair wisely, plan merges, and survive longer. Learn strategic tile placement and combo building to beat high scores in this numerical twist on the classics. |
| within gameplay: Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023 José Abdelnour Nocera, Marta Kristín Lárusdóttir, Helen Petrie, Antonio Piccinno, Marco Winckler, 2023-08-24 The four-volume set LNCS 14442 -14445 constitutes the proceedings of the 19th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2023, held in York, UK, in August/September 2023. The 71 full papers and 58 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 406 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: 3D Interaction; Accessibility; Accessibility and Aging; Accessibility for Auditory/Hearing Disabilities; Co-Design; Cybersecurity and Trust; Data Physicalisation and Cross-device; Eye-Free, Gesture Interaction and Sign Language; Haptic interaction and Healthcare applications; Self-Monitoring; Human-Robot Interaction; Information Visualization; Information Visualization and 3D Interaction; Interacting with Children; Interaction with Conversational Agents; Methodologies for HCI; Model-Based UI Design and Testing; Montion Sickness, Stress and Risk perception in 3D Environments and Multisensory interaction; VR experiences; Natural Language Processing and AI Explainability; Online Collaboration and Cooperative work; Recommendation Systems and AI Explainability; Social AI; Social and Ubiquitous Computing; Social Media and Digital Learning; Understanding Users and Privacy Issues; User movement and 3D Environments; User Self-Report; User Studies; User Studies, Eye-Tracking, and Physiological Data; Virtual Reality; Virtual Reality and Training; Courses; Industrial Experiences; Interactive Demonstrations; Keynotes; Panels; Posters; and Workshops. |
| within gameplay: Adaptive Instructional Systems Robert A. Sottilare, Jessica Schwarz, 2023-07-08 This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference, AIS 2023, held as part of the 25th International Conference, HCI International 2023, which was held virtually in Copenhagen, Denmark in July 2023. The total of 1578 papers and 396 posters included in the HCII 2023 proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 7472 submissions. The AIS 2023 proceeding helps to understand the theory and enhance the state-of-practice for a set of technologies (tools and methods) called adaptive instructional systems (AIS). AIS are defined as artificially intelligent, computer-based systems that guide learning experiences by tailoring instruction and recommendations based on the goals, needs, preferences, and interests of each individual learner or team in the context of domain learning objectives. |
| within gameplay: Cyberpunk and Visual Culture Graham Murphy, Lars Schmeink, 2017-10-24 Within the expansive mediascape of the 1980s and 1990s, cyberpunk’s aesthetics took firm root, relying heavily on visual motifs for its near-future splendor saturated in media technologies, both real and fictitious. As today’s realities look increasingly like the futures forecast in science fiction, cyberpunk speaks to our contemporary moment and as a cultural formation dominates our 21st century techno-digital landscapes. The 15 essays gathered in this volume engage the social and cultural changes that define and address the visual language and aesthetic repertoire of cyberpunk – from cybernetic organisms to light, energy, and data flows, from video screens to cityscapes, from the vibrant energy of today’s video games to the visual hues of comic book panels, and more. Cyberpunk and Visual Culture provides critical analysis, close readings, and aesthetic interpretations of exactly those visual elements that define cyberpunk today, moving beyond the limitations of merely printed text to also focus on the meaningfulness of images, forms, and compositions that are the heart and lifeblood of cyberpunk graphic novels, films, television shows, and video games. |
| within gameplay: Computer-Aided Architectural Design Futures (CAADFutures) 2007 Andy Dong, Andrew Vande Moere, John S. Gero, Asko Riitahuhta, 2007-11-19 Internationally refereed papers present the state of the art in computer-aided architectural design research. These papers reflect the theme of the 12th International Conference of CAADFutures, Integrating Technologies for Computer-Aided Design. Collectively, they provide the technological foundation for new ways of thinking about using computers to design. In addition, they address the education of designers themselves. |
| within gameplay: Scribblenauts Remix The Winning Tactics Sebastian Hale, Scribblenauts Remix The Winning Tactics unlocks the power of words and imagination. Sebastian Hale shows how to solve puzzles creatively, summon the right objects, and combine solutions for maximum efficiency. Learn how to complete levels with flair and fun while thinking outside the dictionary. |
| within gameplay: The Fundamentals of Video Game Literacy Ryan Zhao, 2025-04-16 This book posits a novel framework for sense‐making and meaning‐making in the play of video games. Extending a modern, process‐oriented, audience‐inclusive philosophy of artistic meaning generation, this book grapples with the question of how to personally and critically examine video games as artistic artifacts that do not have set, predetermined, standardized forms until live play is enacted. The resulting artistic product, live gameplay, expresses both the game’s developers and its players. This book argues that players hold three separate, concurrent perspectives during play: the embodied avatar within the simulated space, the role‐playing participant in the narrative fantasy, and the external strategist manipulating the game’s software affordances. The exciting dynamics that arise from live gameplay are the result of the tensions and harmonies between these three parallel layers of play. Video games are systems with designed behaviors capable of a great diversity of instantiated expressions. Players are brought into that system of instantiated generation to produce truly emergent and personal gameplay. As such, players directly impact the shape and form of the gameplay artifact itself. This creates a relationship between the art, the player, and its meaning radically different from all previous art forms. This book builds around this central premise with examinations of related subjects pertaining to video game meaning‐making, such as the ways in which video games facilitate play that is expressive of their players and the ways in which it is appropriate to compare and contextualize the differences in players’ instantiated play activities. These subjects are designed to give readers an in‐depth understanding of the dynamics of gameplay in order to facilitate richer, more meaningful encounters with video games as cultural artifacts. This book: Provides a useful framework for enriching players’ experiences with video game play. Helps players identify and distinguish aspects of their own and game developers’ expression in gameplay. Posits a novel framework examining the role of player as embodied avatar, role‐player, and strategist. Gives players appropriate questions to better interrogate the generation of meaning from within and surrounding the system of gameplay. |
| within gameplay: Game Engines Decoded Barrett Williams, ChatGPT, 2025-01-29 Unlock the secrets to creating captivating virtual worlds with Game Engines Decoded, your comprehensive guide to the dynamic realm of game development. Whether you're an aspiring developer or a seasoned pro, this eBook offers invaluable insights into the technology driving today's interactive experiences. Dive into the history and evolution of game engines and discover their pivotal role in shaping the gaming landscape. Navigate through the core architecture of these engines, unveiling the components that drive performance and flexibility. Delve deep into the mechanics of game loops and grasp why modularity is essential for crafting seamless and scalable gaming environments. Unearth the intricacies of graphics rendering, exploring the magic behind 3D visuals, shaders, and advanced lighting techniques. Learn how physics engines breathe life into virtual worlds by simulating realistic interactions and collisions. Experience how immersive audio design and dynamic soundscapes enhance player engagement. The future of game development lies in AI, and this eBook unravels the complexities of artificial intelligence in game engines, from NPC behavior to pathfinding algorithms. Master the art of implementing game logic with scripting languages, achieve cross-platform consistency, and tackle networking challenges for multiplayer experiences. Venture into the forefront of technology with virtual reality adaptations and explore cutting-edge trends like cloud-based game engines and AI-driven innovations. This guide also weighs the pros and cons of open source versus proprietary engines, providing you with a clear understanding of legal frameworks and strategic advantages. Finally, equip yourself with an essential toolkit, complete with skills, resources, and community networks to propel your game development journey forward. Game Engines Decoded is your gateway to unlocking unlimited creative potential in building the next generation of gaming experiences. Dive in and begin your adventure today. |
| within gameplay: Augmented and Mixed Reality for Communities Joshua A. Fisher, 2021-07-14 Using mixed and augmented reality in communities is an emerging media practice that is reshaping how we interact with our cities and neighbors. From the politics of city hall to crosswalks and playgrounds, mixed and augmented reality will offer a diverse range of new ways to interact with our communities. In 2016, apps for augmented reality politics began to appear in app stores. Similarly, the blockbuster success of Pokémon Go illustrated how even forgotten street corners can become a magical space for play. In 2019, a court case in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, extended first amendment rights to augmented reality. For all the good that these emerging media provide, there will and have been consequences. Augmented and Mixed Reality for Communities will help students and practitioners navigate the ethical design and development of these kinds of experiences to transform their cities. As one of the first books of its kind, each chapter in the book prepares readers to contribute to the Augmented City. By providing insight into how these emerging media work, the book seeks to democratize the augmented and mixed reality space. Authors within this volume represent some of the leading scholars and practitioners working in the augmented and mixed reality space for civic media, cultural heritage, civic games, ethical design, and social justice. Readers will find practical insights for the design and development to create their own compelling experiences. Teachers will find that the text provides in-depth, critical analyses for thought-provoking classroom discussions. |
| within gameplay: Playing the Middle Ages Robert Houghton, 2023-08-24 The Middle Ages have provided rich source material for physical and digital games from Dungeons and Dragons to Assassin's Creed. This volume addresses the many ways in which different formats and genre of games represent the period. It considers the restrictions placed on these representations by the mechanical and gameplay requirements of the medium and by audience expectations of these products and the period, highlighting innovative attempts to overcome these limitations through game design and play. Playing the Middle Ages considers a number of important and timely issues within the field including: one, the connection between medieval games and political nationalistic rhetoric; two, trends in the presentation of religion, warfare and other aspects of medieval society and their connection to modern culture; three, the problematic representations of race; and four, the place of gender and sexuality within these games and the broader gaming community. The book draws on the experience of a wide-ranging and international group of academics across disciplines and from games designers. Through this combination of expertise, it provides a unique perspective on the representation of the Middle Ages in modern games and drives key discussions in the fields of history and game design. |
| within gameplay: Violence | Perception | Video Games Federico Alvarez Igarzábal, Michael S. Debus, Curtis L. Maughan, 2019-11-07 This volume compiles papers from the Young Academics Workshop at the Clash of Realities conferences of 2017 and 2018. The 2017 workshop – Perceiving Video Games – explored the video game medium by focusing on perception and meaning-making processes. The 2018 workshop – Reframing the Violence and Video Games Debate – transcended misleading claims that link video games and violent behavior by offering a range of fresh topical perspectives. From BA students to postdoctoral researchers, the young academics of this anthology stem from a spectrum of backgrounds, including game studies, game design, and phenomenology. This volume also features an entry by renowned psychologist Christopher J. Ferguson. |
| within gameplay: Social Interactions in Virtual Worlds Kiran Lakkaraju, Gita Sukthankar, Rolf T. Wigand, 2018-07-05 This cross-disciplinary exploration of MMOs and other complex online worlds melds work from computer science, psychology and social science. |
| within gameplay: Gamification: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications Management Association, Information Resources, 2015-03-31 Serious games provide a unique opportunity to engage students more fully than traditional teaching approaches. Understanding the best way to utilize games and play in an educational setting is imperative for effectual learning in the twenty-first century. Gamification: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications investigates the use of games in education, both inside and outside of the classroom, and how this field once thought to be detrimental to student learning can be used to augment more formal models. This four-volume reference work is a premier source for educators, administrators, software designers, and all stakeholders in all levels of education. |
| within gameplay: Cognitive Benefits of Technologies Applied to Learning in Education Beatriz Peña-Acuña, Yolanda Navarro Abal, Pedro Román-Graván, Pedro Tadeu, Manuel León-Urrutia, Javier Ávila-López , Rafael Crismán Crismán Pérez, Carmen M. Toscano-Fuentes, Carmen María Martín Del Pino, 2025-03-12 In general, scientific inquiry about the benefits of digital gadgets focused on learning at all stages of Education is providing cognitive, affective, and attitudinal variables. However, cognitive effects stand out among these effects. In this topic of inquiry that we propose, we intend to investigate the phenomenon from a simple discipline to a multidisciplinary point of view, that is, from interventions that work transversally on some transversal theme in different disciplines or with a review approach from various points of view. We also propose it to deepen the phenomenon with interventions that are investigated from an interdisciplinary perspective, taking into account the qualitative and/or quantitative study of a variable from one discipline and another variable from another discipline. Likewise, other studies of the cognitive effects of technologies in learning with paradigms or innovative approaches and evaluation of more complex interventions can be considered. We are in a moment of transition from the use of analogue materials to digital tools (platforms, applications, gadgets, tablets, mobiles, etc.) and advanced technology formats (immersive realities and artificial intelligence). This is a moment of technological transformation in which the benefits of new technologies in learning are beginning to be investigated both in interventions with grouping in individual perspective or in an interactive and collaborative perspective among equals. It also coincides with the development of neuroscience and psychology applied to Education. This research topic aims to contribute to deepen this topic and provide a global vision. It also intends to indicate to what extent the development of the cognitive is relevant, as well as to extend the variables that must be considered. |
| within gameplay: HCI in Games Xiaowen Fang, 2022-06-16 This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on HCI in Games, HCI in Games 2022, held as part of the 23rd International Conference, HCI International 2022, which was held virtually in June/July 2022. The total of 1271 papers and 275 posters included in the HCII 2022 proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 5487 submissions. The HCI in Games 2022 proceedings intends to help, promote and encourage research in this field by providing a forum for interaction and exchanges among researchers, academics, and practitioners in the fields of HCI and games. The Conference addresses HCI principles, methods and tools for better games. |
| within gameplay: Technologies of the Gothic in Literature and Culture Justin D. Edwards, 2015-02-11 This volume, a collection with contributions from some of the major scholars of the Gothic in literature and culture, reflects on how recent Gothic studies have foregrounded a plethora of technologies associated with Gothic literary and cultural production. The engaging essays look into the links between technologies and the proliferation of the Gothic seen in an excess of Gothic texts and tropes: Frankensteinesque experiments, the manufacture of synthetic (true?) blood, Moreauesque hybrids, the power of the Borg, Dr Jekyll’s chemical experimentations, the machinery of Steampunk, or the corporeal modifications of Edward Scissorhands. Further, they explore how techno-science has contributed to the proliferation of the Gothic: Gothic in social media, digital technologies, the on-line gaming and virtual Goth/ic communities, the special effects of Gothic-horror cinema. Contributors address how Gothic technologies have, in a general sense, produced and perpetuated ideologies and influenced the politics of cultural practice, asking significant questions: How has the technology of the Gothic contributed to the writing of self and other? How have Gothic technologies been gendered, sexualized, encrypted, coded or de-coded? How has the Gothic manifested itself in new technologies across diverse geographical locations? This volume explores how Gothic technologies textualize identities and construct communities within a complex network of power relations in local, national, transnational, and global contexts. It will be of interest to scholars of the literary Gothic, extending beyond to include fascinating interventions into the areas of cultural studies, popular culture, science fiction, film, and TV. |
| within gameplay: Exploring the Collective Unconscious in the Age of Digital Media Schafer, Stephen Brock, 2016-01-28 For decades we have witnessed the emergence of a media age of illusion that is based on the principles of physics—the multidimensionality, immateriality, and non-locality of the unified field of energy and information—as a virtual reality. As a result, a new paradigm shift has reframed the cognitive unconscious of individuals and collectives and generated a worldview in which mediated illusion prevails. Exploring the Collective Unconscious in a Digital Age investigates the cognitive significance of an altered mediated reality that appears to have all the dimensions of a dreamscape. This book presents the idea that if the digital media-sphere proves to be structurally and functionally analogous to a dreamscape, the Collective Unconscious researched by Carl Jung and the Cognitive Unconscious researched by George Lakoff are susceptible to research according to the parameters of hard science. This pivotal research-based publication is ideally designed for use by psychologists, theorists, researchers, and graduate-level students studying human cognition and the influence of the digital media revolution. |
| within gameplay: The Philosophy of Computer Games John Richard Sageng, Hallvard J Fossheim, Tarjei Mandt Larsen, 2012-07-10 Computer games have become a major cultural and economic force, and a subject of extensive academic interest. Up until now, however, computer games have received relatively little attention from philosophy. Seeking to remedy this, the present collection of newly written papers by philosophers and media researchers addresses a range of philosophical questions related to three issues of crucial importance for understanding the phenomenon of computer games: the nature of gameplay and player experience, the moral evaluability of player and avatar actions, and the reality status of the gaming environment. By doing so, the book aims to establish the philosophy of computer games as an important strand of computer games research, and as a separate field of philosophical inquiry. The book is required reading for anyone with an academic or professional interest in computer games, and will also be of value to readers curious about the philosophical issues raised by contemporary digital culture. |
| within gameplay: Game Design Essentials Virversity Online Courses, 2025-03-28 Embark on a journey into the exciting world of game design with our comprehensive course, Game Design Essentials. This course offers you the tools and knowledge to understand the intricacies of game design, empowering you to create immersive and engaging experiences for players. By the end, you will have the skills to develop your own game design projects and a portfolio to showcase your talent. Master The Fundamentals Of Game Design Understand core game design principles and elements Enhance player engagement with effective techniques Develop intricate game mechanics and balanced systems Create captivating game environments and narratives Strategically manage game development processes and economics Compile a professional game design portfolio with a final project Comprehensive Course on Game Design Fundamentals and Advanced Techniques The course begins with fundamental lessons on understanding game design principles and breaking down the essential elements of a game. You'll explore how these core concepts impact the player's experience and engagement, ensuring that your designs captivate and motivate players effectively. Through in-depth study and exploration, you'll master creating game mechanics, learning to develop the rules and systems that define gameplay, and balancing games to offer both fairness and challenge. As you progress, you'll delve into the creation of immersive and interactive game environments and learn the importance of storytelling to enhance the player's journey. Our lessons cover key aspects of game art, aesthetics, and level design, ensuring you can craft visually appealing and coherent player experiences. You'll also receive guidance on user interface and experience design, which are crucial for intuitive player interaction. Understanding the business side of game design is essential, and you'll obtain insights into monetization, game economics, and project management to align your creative vision with viable business models. The course culminates in a capstone project where you conceptualize and develop a game design prototype, applying everything you've learned. Throughout, you'll partake in prototyping and playtesting to refine your ideas through iterative testing, preparing your concepts for real-world application. Upon completion of Game Design Essentials, you will transform into a skilled game designer with the ability to influence player experiences imaginatively and technically. Equipped with a portfolio that showcases your unique game design vision, you'll be ready to enter the dynamic field of game development with confidence. |
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