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Vernacademia 13 -- Engendering Emortional Engagement
In this cast we talk about the idea of creating emotional investment in game concepts and how to do so well and poorly.
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Cliff Notes:
00:04 Introduction
00:17 Spoilers
00:33 Through the Lens of Loss
00:53 Emotion and Thematic Dissonance
01:27 Prince Rurik and Dissonant Emotional Investment
02:58 Star Fox and Dissonant Emotional Investment
04:23 Escort Quests and Mechanical Dissonance
05:00 Dad of Boy and Good Escort Quests
06:26 Producing Congruent Emotional Response
06:44 Pre-Searing Ascalon's Congruent Emotional Response
07:55 Final Fantasy 7 and Effective Loss
09:14 Tales of Symphonia, Kratos and Zelos
10:23 Tales of Symphonia, First and Second Act Characters
11:15 Fire Emblem Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn
12:13 Recap and Investment Cash In
13:00 Narvisaud Build Up to Mechanical Cash In
14:06 Give the player a Functional Reason to care
14:35 But Don't forget the Narvisaud Identity
14:56 Wrap Up and Sign Off
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Cliff Notes:
00:04 Introduction
00:17 Spoilers
00:33 Through the Lens of Loss
00:53 Emotion and Thematic Dissonance
01:27 Prince Rurik and Dissonant Emotional Investment
02:58 Star Fox and Dissonant Emotional Investment
04:23 Escort Quests and Mechanical Dissonance
05:00 Dad of Boy and Good Escort Quests
06:26 Producing Congruent Emotional Response
06:44 Pre-Searing Ascalon's Congruent Emotional Response
07:55 Final Fantasy 7 and Effective Loss
09:14 Tales of Symphonia, Kratos and Zelos
10:23 Tales of Symphonia, First and Second Act Characters
11:15 Fire Emblem Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn
12:13 Recap and Investment Cash In
13:00 Narvisaud Build Up to Mechanical Cash In
14:06 Give the player a Functional Reason to care
14:35 But Don't forget the Narvisaud Identity
14:56 Wrap Up and Sign Off
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