Ulaş, Ekber Servet (2013) Virtual environment design and storytelling in video games. [Thesis]
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Abstract
Video games have been the focus of discussion by researchers of gaming and narratology regarding their narrative capabilities for quite some time. While some researchers argue that interactive media such as video games can not contain narratives due to their inherent nature, others suggest that when analyzing video games as a narrative medium a different approach may also be considered. Given that the sequence of events that are presented to the user are not as ordered as they are in traditional narratives, it can be surmisedthat the traditional definition of narrative (a sequence of events) would not apply in the case of video games. However this should not mean that the medium can not contain narrative qualities, it only raises the need to a new approach for the consideration of narratives in video games. In this thesis I suggest that instead of using the traditional narrative arc as a basis for evaluation for narratives in video games, one may also consider the indigenous qualities of the medium itself in terms of its narrative capabilities. Focusing on environment design in virtual worlds by examining how they are designed, authored and presented to the user; and how they are tied to the narrative design of a game, I aim to point out the ways in which game mise-en-scénes are used as storytellers in their own rights.
Item Type: | Thesis |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Virtual environments. -- Game design. -- Level design. -- Narrative. -- Video games. -- Sanal ortamlar. -- Oyun tasarımı. -- Bölüm tasarımı. -- Anlatı. -- Bilgisayar oyunları. |
Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics > P087-96 Communication. Mass media |
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Academic programs > Visual Arts & Communication Design |
Depositing User: | IC-Cataloging |
Date Deposited: | 18 Mar 2015 16:37 |
Last Modified: | 26 Apr 2022 10:04 |
URI: | https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/26789 |