A Quest?!: The Secret Life of Gameworld Punctuation-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A Quest?!: The Secret Life of Gameworld Punctuation

Published:2023-09-29 Issue:CHI PLAY Volume:7 Page:526-557
ISSN:2573-0142
Container-title:Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
language:en
Short-container-title:Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

Author:

LaLone Nicolas¹^ORCID,Toups Dugas Phoebe O.²^ORCID,Cormier Michelle V.²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, USA

2. Monash University, Clayton, Australia

Abstract

At times, the interfaces of videogames -- gameworlds -- contain tiny details that go unnoticed. One such detail is how designers employ ! and ? to communicate to players. These punctuation marks have existed in videogames since their creation, yet remain undiscussed by designers. They are used as ways to promote curiosity, as objects, as ways to symbolize excitement, and as a prompt to react. Their varied history is deserving of attention, so we present a chronicle of two pieces of gameworld punctuation: ! and ?. We discuss current and past uses and identify more ways that these could be used in the future. These symbols may present a useful space of inquiry not only for games and games research, but more generally, in terms of the rapid communication of complex information.

Funder

National Science Foundation

National Department of Education

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Subject

Computer Networks and Communications,Human-Computer Interaction,Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

Link

https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3611040

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