Repositori URV

Identifier: TDX:1194

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX1194

Authors:
Navarro Remesal, Victor

Abstract:
‘Directed Freedom: Formal Analysis of the Videogame as a System, its Structure and its Avatarness’ This dissertation belongs in the field of Game Studies (and, specifically, Game Design Theory). Its main object is the freedom of action within the videogame system, understood as “directed freedom”. This freedom arises from the combination of the “avatarness” (representation of the player) and the flexibility of the game structure (its possibilities and the order engraved in its design). This dissertation develops a theoretical and methodological model for the analysis of these two aspects, describing the authorship of the play process as something shared by the designer and the player. Between them there is a playable pact that delimits the offered freedom. Four cases, corresponding to four combinations, are studied: closed representation and structure in ‘Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater’, closed representation and open structure in ‘Catherine’, open representation and structure in ‘Mass Effect 3’ and open representation and closed structure in ‘3D Dot Game Heroes’