Narrativas em jogos digitais: imersão interativa através de storytelling aplicado a game design

Abstract

Seeing immersion through interactivity as a central pillar in gaming experiences and the characteristic that sets it apart from other entertainment media centered on storytelling, one notices the constant evolution of digital games as a prominent means of developing a story, owing to their graphic potential and gameplay mechanics that are suitable for the proposed narrative construction. This work aims to analyze the narrative structures used in the digital ludic medium, how some games implement these characteristics, and what results in terms of users' (players') perception when experiencing these works. To achieve this, the following steps were developed: gathering references that characterize evoked narrative structures, both linear and branching; selecting and exploring games in the Metroidvania category that implement these structures (to a considerable extent); and creating auxiliary videos to disseminate the results obtained from these analyses in a ludic simplification, aiming to encompass game developers and enthusiasts of game design in addition to the academic sphere.