DiGRA '05 - Proceedings of the 2005 DiGRA International Conference: Changing Views: Worlds in Play
, 2005
Volume: 3
ISBN / ISNN: ISSN 2342-9666
This paper deals with the basic spatial configurations in videogames from early games until today, focusing on how they position the player with respect to the playfield, and how they affect gameplay. The basic spatial configurations are defined by a few basic features (cardinality of gameplay, cardinality of gameworld and representation) which combined can account for most videogame spaces.
cardinality, historical evolution, spaces, spatial configuration, spatial representation, theory, videogames