Sammenligning af Player Agency i Forudbestemt og Meningsfuld interaktion i Virtual Reality
Translated title
Comparison of Player Agency in Scripted and Meaningful Interactions in Virtual Reality
Author
Tanderup, Stefan Hvarregaard
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2019
Submitted on
2019-05-27
Pages
68
Abstract
“Agency” handler her om oplevelsen af at kunne handle på egen hånd. I spil betyder “spillerens agency” (handlingsfrihed), at spillere føler, de kan træffe meningsfulde valg og gøre en forskel. Når spil understøtter denne følelse, bliver oplevelsen ofte mere tilfredsstillende. Spildesign bruger ofte forgrenede historier for at skabe handlingsfrihed. Denne afhandling foreslår en anden tilgang: den meningsfulde interaktion. En meningsfuld interaktion er en afgrænset sekvens, hvor spilleren aktivt kan ændre udfaldet. Dette sammenlignes med en scriptet interaktion, en forudbestemt sekvens, hvor spillerens handlinger ikke ændrer udfaldet. I et studie rapporterede spillere en markant større oplevelse af at påvirke historien i den meningsfulde tilstand end i den scriptede. Det peger på meningsfulde interaktioner som en gyldig metode til at øge spillerens handlingsfrihed.
Agency here means the feeling and ability to act on one’s own. In games, player agency is the sense that players can make meaningful choices and take actions that matter. When games support this feeling, the experience is often more satisfying. Game designers often try to build agency with branching storylines. This thesis proposes another approach: the meaningful interaction. A meaningful interaction is a self-contained sequence whose outcome the player can actively change. I compare this to a scripted interaction, a predefined sequence whose outcome does not change based on the player’s actions. In a study, players reported a significantly higher sense of impact on the story in the meaningful interaction condition than in the scripted one. These results support meaningful interactions as a valid way to increase player agency.
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