A influência do design sistêmico na geração de narrativas emergentes para jogos

Abstract

Interactivity is the pillar of every game experience and the main factor that sets them apart from other forms of entertainment media. However, although video game graphics have seen significant advancements in the past few decades, the approach to narrative has evolved far less in comparison. Despite progressing at a slower pace, some recent games have begun implementing means to develop a more dynamic, more interactive approach to narrative. Systemic design stands out among them for making it possible to meaningfully associate gameplay and narrative due to it strongly incentivizing situational interactions between game elements. This work aims to investigate which are the main characteristics that define a systemic game, what games implement these characteristics and how the players perceive them. To that end, the following steps were taken: gathering reference that establishes systemic design, selecting games which at least partially implement systemic design, and developing and conducting surveys about the chosen games within those games’ communities.