“It’s just part of being a person”— Sincerity, Support & Self Expression in Vignette Games

Authors

  • Thryn Henderson
  • Ioanna Iacovides

Keywords:

personal games, vignettes, diy, self expression, design

Abstract

Personal vignettes are encapsulated game works with minimal interactions, focused on aspects of lived experiences. Often created by under-represented games creators, they draw on techniques of poetry, art and theatre to tell diverse and complex stories in small spaces. This study explores the experiences of personal vignette creators and their creative processes. The study conducted a thematic analysis of 16 interviews with creators, focusing on how they engaged with their practice and their audiences. The findings suggest that facilitation, experimentation, disruption and expression are cornerstones of the vignette game ethos; a form of game creation under the creator's own terms, which utilises design through positive restriction, as a playful creativity and for self expression.

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Published

2020-01-01

Bibtex

@Conference{digra1260, title ="“It’s just part of being a person”— Sincerity, Support & Self Expression in Vignette Games", year = "2020", author = "Henderson, Thryn and Iacovides, Ioanna", publisher = "DiGRA", address = "Tampere", howpublished = "\url{https://dl.digra.org/index.php/dl/article/view/1260}", booktitle = "Proceedings of DiGRA 2020 Conference: Play Everywhere"}