Jogos narrativos de videogame: criação e manutenção do estado de imersão

Abstract

The objective of this research is to understand how the narrative game of adventure manages to attract and maintain the attention of the player, immersing him into the fictional world, despite the existence of countless stimuli available around him. It is suggested a definition to narrative game of adventure and to immersion, and then it is established a relationship between elements present in games and frameworks that attract the attention of the individual. The research uses material produced by the two main lines of games study: Narratology and Ludology. The theoretical content was compared and exemplified by the practice of different games, mainly of Sony Playstation 3. The concept of narrative game, the playing of games and the relationship between its elements and the attention tools revealed that the narrative game of adventure represents a powerful way to create and maintain the state of immersion of the player.