Comments on: Interactive Drama, a Private Affair? http://grandtextauto.org/2006/08/08/interactive-drama-a-private-affair/ A group blog about computer narrative, games, poetry, and art. Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:43:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Facade: a private pleasure? - Dramatech Space http://grandtextauto.org/2006/08/08/interactive-drama-a-private-affair/comment-page-1/#comment-91813 Facade: a private pleasure? - Dramatech Space Thu, 10 Aug 2006 05:42:37 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/?p=1258#comment-91813 [...] Facade: a private pleasure? 10 August Kim Flintoff01:41 pmAdd comment Grand Text Auto » Interactive Drama, a Private Affair? This is [...] [...]

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]]> By: Patrick http://grandtextauto.org/2006/08/08/interactive-drama-a-private-affair/comment-page-1/#comment-91642 Patrick Tue, 08 Aug 2006 22:10:23 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/?p=1258#comment-91642 Its an interesting question about goal-orientation, obviously its a powerful tool, and perhaps, at some level of subtlety, a requisite for compelling play. The frat guy is technically trying to win, but didn't frame it as such in his mind. This leads to the question of the commercial viability of nesting dramatic play into the infrastructure of a wider game, which is similar to what I'm doing. I imagine the fear of being seen as effeminate is lessened when the subject matter is a guerrilla war instead of a marital one; though the two design metaphors have a lot in common. I plan on using the same engine to do that school violence game I mentioned, with will be closer to "pure" interactive drama - I suspect the privacy factor will be greater there since the design metaphor is that much closer to home. This is heartening in that the 18-25 male demographic is typically the "conerstone" demo for any sort of entertainment product. Multiplayer dramatic play would work better, at least on first thrust, on a drama nested in a wider infrastructure, because there is a co-operative element to logistical and tactical synchronization. Collaborative play of Facade's nature, where actual pathos is on the table, is another order of magnitude more difficult to set up in multiplayer, though I'd love to see the digital equivilant of My Life With Master enter the world. Its an interesting question about goal-orientation, obviously its a powerful tool, and perhaps, at some level of subtlety, a requisite for compelling play. The frat guy is technically trying to win, but didn’t frame it as such in his mind. This leads to the question of the commercial viability of nesting dramatic play into the infrastructure of a wider game, which is similar to what I’m doing. I imagine the fear of being seen as effeminate is lessened when the subject matter is a guerrilla war instead of a marital one; though the two design metaphors have a lot in common. I plan on using the same engine to do that school violence game I mentioned, with will be closer to “pure” interactive drama – I suspect the privacy factor will be greater there since the design metaphor is that much closer to home.

This is heartening in that the 18-25 male demographic is typically the “conerstone” demo for any sort of entertainment product.

Multiplayer dramatic play would work better, at least on first thrust, on a drama nested in a wider infrastructure, because there is a co-operative element to logistical and tactical synchronization. Collaborative play of Facade’s nature, where actual pathos is on the table, is another order of magnitude more difficult to set up in multiplayer, though I’d love to see the digital equivilant of My Life With Master enter the world.

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