Videogames and Agency

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Understanding Agency; Agency in Game Studies; Agency in Game Design; Toward a Conceptualisation of Agency; 2. A Multidimensional Heuristic Framework for Analysing Player Agency; Agency Afforded in Space: The Spatial-Explorative Dimension; Agency Afforded in Time: The Temporal-Ergodic Dimension; Agency Over the Avatar and its Surroundings: The Configurative-Constructive Dimension; Agency and Narrativity: The Narrative-Dramatic Dimension; 3. An "Active Cinematic Experience": Naughty Dog's Uncharted Series; Naughty Dog and the Uncharted Franchise; Developing Uncharted 4: A Thief's End; Agency and a "Cinematic Feel"; 4. "A Compelling Story with Choices That Matter": BioWare's Mass Effect Series; BioWare and the Mass Effect Franchise; Developing Mass Effect: Andromeda; Narrativity, Eventfulness, and Agency; 5. "The World is Your Play-Doh": System Era Softworks and Astroneer; Independent Games: Definitions and Trends
Developing Astroneer; Agency and Playfulness; Conclusion; Index

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interactive narrative analysis;digital media theory;player decision-making;ludology frameworks;spatial storytelling;independent games research;multidimensional agency in digital games