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Levelling up the Narrative Evaluation Practices of Indie Video Game Developers
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6 takeaways- 01Indie narrative evaluation is primarily informal and opportunistic, relying on a progression from self-testing to peer feedback and community playtesting due to limited time, budget, and GUR expertise.See it on page 2
- 02Narrative evaluation is frequently delayed until late in development, often missing the window to influence core design because content like voice recording is already locked in.See it on page 2
- 03Developers face three primary hurdles: epistemic uncertainty in interpreting subjective narrative feedback, emotional attachment to their creative vision, and practical difficulties in recruiting target players for early-stage prototypes.See it on page 1
- 04Evaluation focus is typically narrow, prioritizing character believability, player comprehension of story beats, and alignment between intended and actual player experience.See it on page 2
- 05Indie developers struggle to translate feedback into action, as they must rely on personal judgment to filter data and prioritize patterns while managing the cognitive load of balancing creative intent with player critique.See it on page 3
- 06There is a significant disconnect between academic GUX frameworks and industry practice, with existing research methods often assuming the resource-heavy environments of AAA studios rather than the constraints of indie production.See it on page 1
Summary
Levelling up the Narrative Evaluation Practices of Indie Video Intelligent Games & Games Intelligence (IGGI) Abstract gameplay evaluation, narrative is temporal, interpretive, and dis- Narrative is a core component of many games but is difficult to tributed across multiple game systems [14], with player responses evaluate because it is subjective, distributed across game systems, ...
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