Doki Doki Literature Club
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Plus: Next Week's Hype Makes an Ascent to the Starbase
Analysis of Steam Hype data and platform sales charts for late July 2021 reveals a busy release window dominated by high-profile indie and mid-tier titles.
- The Nintendo Switch digital ecosystem is shifting toward free-to-play titles like Pokémon Unite and Sky: Children of the Light, which is negatively impacting the discoverability and sales performance of new premium indie games.
- Starbase and The Ascent are the primary drivers of Steam consumer interest for late July 2021, with Starbase entering Early Access backed by 40,000 followers.
- Death’s Door achieved breakout success with a 92% positive review rate, while Cris Tales underperformed commercially due to technical instability and a $40 price point.
GameDiscoverCoJun 2021
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Is This Really Happening?: Game Mechanics as Unreliable Narrator
Game mechanics, together with audiovisual modes, can function as a non-personified "Game Narrator" capable of unreliable narration.
- The report argues that game mechanics combined with audiovisual modes can act as a non-personified "Game Narrator" capable of unreliable narration, shifting focus away from games with explicit narrators such as The Stanley Parable.
- Unreliability is generated through conflicting information, forced choices offered without context, and metaleptic breaches, leading players to repeatedly reconstruct the narrative and doubt their own actions, as seen in Tales from the Borderlands Episode 1.
- In Doki Doki Literature Club, Monika is the only character who breaches metaleptic boundaries, and her unnatural cues undermine players' initial assumptions about the game world.
DiGRAJan 2019
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