The White Room as a Narrative-Psychological Concept in a VideoGame

Abstract

Based on the ambiguity of the idea of the object of study complexity - videogames, the need to analyze them through the prism of several approaches, the subject of the study was an attempt to create a relatively universal narrative-psychological concept, which we called the "White Room". The universality of this concept lies in its applicability to various game contexts, however, this universality does not entail stereotypes, but implies the need to take into account three components when designing this concept in a game scenario: space, consciousness and simulacra. Space is where the game action takes place, consciousness is the game experience, the perception of the game process, simulacra - everything that fills the game world (objects, players, etc.), depending on the context, determines the interpretation of game events. Scientific novelty lies in the creation of a new narrative-psychological concept, which is based on the ideas of related disciplines and can be used for a wide range of tasks when creating a narrative video game design. The specificity of the concept of the White Room lies in the compositionally correct design of the space and the regulation of the game experience, its imposition on incoherent game scenes, the choice of the right simulacra, which are determined by the game context. The white room can act as the starting setting of the world, the setting, the creation of the world, the place of "psychological relief", self-digging, memories of the past to understand yourself today, the climactic scene, the whole game can also take place in it.