eal-world time(events taking place in the physical world), gameworld time(events within the represented gameworld, including eventsassociated with gameplay actions), coordination time (eventsthat coordinate the actions of players and agents), and fictivetime (applying sociocultural labels to events, as well asnarrated event sequences)
I can see why these would be relevant
or example, based on Juul’sstudy, Hitchens extends, modifies, and presents a new modelfor game time, including playing time, game world time,engine time and game progress time
I don't have a clear idea of what engine time could be
Juul proposes two timeschemes for games:play timeandfictional time
time spent completing a task and game defined day?
Genette’s temporalcategories are simply not effective here
a conclusion based on the analysis of evidence
“themovement from the beginning to the winning or someother situation,” and “in cases where another time schemeis invented, it is not as important as the first one”
Is this one of the perspectives?
Previous studies of game time have considered similarideas yet using different perspectives.
how was this tested?
ndefiniteness (i.e., events are partiallyordered)andtemporal multiplicity (i.e., events are orderedin multiple sequences). “Polychrony” is related to the notionof “achrony” but with bigger scope
It's useful to know what these terms mean
order,duration,andfrequency[17]. These threecategories have been very popular and adopted by numerousworks in narrative analysis
sounds like it can be applied to gamplay
As Bridgeman pointsout, in oral narratives, discourse time can be the time oftelling; whereas in written narratives, since we cannot accessthe act of writing, discourse time can be generally referredtoasthetimeofreadin
for games, is it the amount of time spent on gameplay?
To put it simply, story is aboutwhatis depicted in a narrative and discourse is abouthowitis told.
this reminds me of fan theories that discuss the hidden meanings of games
A game’s storyworld will not be complete withoutplayers’ mental (re)construction activities that help bridgethe gaps left in the computer-generated virtual world.
the player drives the story
mimesis (storyas acted) and diegesis (story as told)
thank you for the definitions
a form of understanding of the events a playercauses, triggers, and encounters inside a video game space
can this include branching in games where the player's decisions affect the outcome?
mental maps of the narrative action and the story space
I think I have used a similar thought process when creating a story world
anintegrated view of narrative, with time and space being twoimportant and complementary aspects
I agree with this idea
This opinion about time/space opposition,
why do people think that space and time are not closely related?
there has been more discussion ontemporality than spatiality.
why?
After an overview of the foundational concepts we use forgame narrative analysis, we will delineate in detail how theseaspects characterize narrative time and space in games, andhow time and space converge in the construction of the plot.
how will the studies be conducted? Through trial and error?
a phe-nomenological category tailor-made for games
I looked up phenomenological
A mindful adaptation ofnarrative theory for game studies
how will people go about this process?
topological spatial structures
I also had to look this up
there is no systematic accountof how time and space are structured in game narratives
I think this is because people are still testing the limits to the space/time formula in games
cyclicprogression
I don't know what cyclic progression means, so I looked it up
due to the dynamic nature of ludicgameplay, augmented by the power of computation, time indigital games also has unique characteristics that facilitate ormediate both the gameplay and the associated narrative.
Is this referring to how a day in the game is drastically different to a day in real life.
a temporal medium—where players drive thegameplay forward to completion while the game narrativeunfolds over time.
thanks for the definition
architectural approaches
how well do you need to know architecture to use the method?
time in games can be stopped, reversed, or altered in otherway
this sounds like you have time powers
player’s experiential point of view
how the player experiences the environment as time passes?
spatial stories can evoke pre-existing narrative association
is this based on the player's previous knowledge or experience in a similar environment?
fifteen types of game space
that's a lot of types
theclassification of a computer game can be based on how itrepresents or, perhaps, implements space
I think the space in the game is determined by the pacing of the game
It is obviousthat in order to design a game it is necessary to designa space.
what step of game making would this be, cause I learned that a game should be built around the game mechanics.
more effective approaches
like what?
he temporaland spatial design of a game, therefore, determines theways that players engage with the game
This reminds me of interior design and space efficiency
Indeed, inthe construction of any kind of narrative, time and space playa crucial role, not only in the process of narrative authoring,but also in the process of narrative comprehension.
I think this might be referring to suspension of disbelief
Assassin’s Creedseries, thePrinceof Persiaseries, and theFableseries, as well as Mateas andStern’s noncommercial titleFac ̧ade
I have not played any of these if I am honest. I want to make games, but I hardly play any of them.
This effort has quietly addressed the issue and hassignificantly advanced the power of storytelling to enhancethe audience’s experience
I wonder if books will also go digital with branching in the story like they do in video games.
digital games have undoubtedly receivedmost attention and popularity, and have become the mostsuccessful application of interactive narrative
Would the tabletop game Dungeons and Dragons count as interactive media or is it only referring to digital media?
hypertexts
I honestly though this word was the same as saying flavor text from video games
heir vehicles for expres-sion
fancy way to say platforms, I guess
Thanks to the rapid innovation in computational tech-nologies
Thanks to everyone who put in the time and effort