Players as Authors: Conjecturing Online Game Creation Modalities and Infrastructure

Submitted by Jason Rutter on Mon, 09/04/2007 - 10:50.

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Publication Type		Proceedings Article
Year of Publication		2005
Authors		Tavares,José; Gil,Rui; Roque,Licinio
Conference Name		DiGRA 2005 Conference: Changing Views--Worlds in Play
Key Words		Player as Author; Player Roles; Game Development; Moding; Emancipatory Paradigm
Abstract		As we outline a movement beyond the apparent creative stagnation in the videogames industry we envision possible transformations, beyond the gridlock a producer-consumer dichotomy, that propose to mobilize players as creative actors in a holistic experience. We propose to recognize the authoring roles players develop in their relation to the industry and the gaming community, that configure an emancipation from the current producer-consumer dichotomy. Building on this conjecture we review possible meanings of a player as author perspective and conjecture modalities of authorship and participation. We close by outlining some of the design challenges for an infrastructure to support those roles.
URL		http://www.digra.org/dl/db/06278.49263.pdf

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