Episodic Identity and Disjointed Player Experience

Student: Khilkovskaya Elizaveta

Educational Programme: Design (Bachelor)

Final Grade: 10

Year of Graduation: 2020

This study is a critical look at the generally accepted linearity of narration in games. By overviewing the phenomena that provide moments of the highest incoherence of the game narrative, I formulate a number of theoretical and practical methods and give an example of a game experience model based on the destruction of structurality. By rejecting a coherent narrative and abandoning predestination and patterns, we are able to discover new perspectives that have unlimited possibilities due to their specificity. And by translating my theoretical findings in an interactive way, I get the opportunity to make sure that they work and make my ideas accessible.

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