Object's details: Story beats in videogames as value-driven choice-based unit operations

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Title:
Story beats in videogames as value-driven choice-based unit operations
Creator:
Mochocki, Michał;
Koskimaa, Raine
Description:
We present a framework of story beats, defined as microunits of dramatic action, as a tool for the ludonarrative analysis of videogames. First, we explain the Goal - Action - Reaction - Outcome model of the story beat. Then, we present six types of story beats, Action, Interaction, Inaction, Mental, Emotion, and Sensory, providing videogame examples for each category. In the second half of the paper, we contextualise this framework in the classic game studies theory of videogame narrative and player action: unit operations, gamic action, anatomy of choice, and game design patterns, wrapping it up in the most recent trends in cognitive narratology. Ultimately, we present the story beat as a ludonarrative unit, working simultaneously as a ‘unit operation’ in the study of games as systems, and as a microunit of character action in narrative analysis. The conclusion outlines prospective directions for using story beats in formal, experiential, and cultural game research.
Object availability:
free access
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ;
Prawa autorskie (c) 2021 Mochocki Michał, Koskimaa Raine
Date:
2021.06.15
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
Artykuł recenzowany
Language:
English
Source:
Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication; Vol. 29 No. 38 (2021): The Special Issue: The Structure of Video Games; 5-31;
Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication; Tom 29 Nr 38 (2021): The Special Issue: The Structure of Video Games; 5-31;
2720-040X;
1731-450X
Format:
application/pdf
Publisher:
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/i/article/view/29815/26411
Subject:
transmedia;
narrative;
beat;
narratology;
character;
videogames;
game studies
Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/i/article/view/29815
Data provider:
Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM

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