This report examines the history and future application of irrevocability in video games. Decision making is an essential part of playing video games and irrevocability negates replayability by disallowing alternate decisions. We found that successful games with this theme exhibit irreversibility in both story and game mechanics. Future games looking to use irrevocability well must create an ownership that the player feels towards the experience by balancing these two mechanics.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Grossfeld, Michael Lee
• White, Daniel J.

Subject

• Culture
• Computing
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042612-121725

关键词

• Video games
• Augmented reality

Advisor

• Moriarty, Brian J.

Year

• 2012

Date created

• 2012-04-26

地点

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright