@inproceedings{bc0b8bf311e94338a553bdbecb701c86,
title = "Playing between Opposite Ideologies with Focalization and Agency: A Look at Ideological Perspective in Narrative-driven Games",
abstract = "This paper examines the unique set-up of two concurrent opposite ideologies in narrative-driven games both as a structure and as a technique for game narrative design. Through close analysis of two distinct games - Ghost of Tsushima and Red Dead Redemption 2, both with a strikingly similar dual ideology design, we observe a range of narrative design strategies that allow the player to build her player character's ideology with agency at both local and global levels. Among them focalization, specifically internal focalization, has stood out as a prominent approach. Our analysis contributes to the broader theoretical discussion of how narrative perspective exits in games, with detailed findings on techniques of ideological perspective design and the use of focalization in games. ",
keywords = "Agency, Focalization, Game design, Game narrative design, Ghost of Tsushima, Ideology, Interactive narrative, Perspective, Red Dead Redemption 2",
author = "Huaxin Wei and Leung, {Teresa H.M.}",
note = "Funding Information: We would like to thank the reviewers of this paper and the conference organizers. We also acknowledge the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong for their funding support of this work through the General Research Fund (Project No. 15603619) as well as The Hong Kong Polytechnic University for their general research support. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 ACM.; 16th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, FDG 2021 ; Conference date: 02-08-2021 Through 06-08-2021",
year = "2021",
month = aug,
day = "3",
doi = "10.1145/3472538.3472564",
language = "English",
series = "ACM International Conference Proceeding Series",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
editor = "Allan Fowler and Johanna Pirker and Canossa, {Alesandro Alessandro} and Arya, {Ali Ali} and Casper Harteveld",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, FDG 2021",
}