TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wolf, Mark J. P.
T1  - Theorizing navigable space in video games
JF  - DIGAREC Series
N2  - Space is understood best through movement, and complex spaces require not only movement but navigation. The theorization of navigable space requires a conceptual representation of space which is adaptable to the great malleability of video game spaces, a malleability which allows for designs which combine spaces with differing dimensionality and even involve non-Euclidean configurations with contingent connectivity. This essay attempts to describe the structural elements of video game space and to define them in such a way so as to make them applicable to all video game spaces, including potential ones still undiscovered, and to provide analytical tools for their comparison and examination. Along with the consideration of space, there will be a brief discussion of navigational logic, which arises from detectable regularities in a spatial structure that allow players to understand and form expectations regarding a game’s spaces.
Y1  - 2011
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-49809
SN  - 1867-6219
SN  - 1867-6227
IS  - 6
SP  - 18
EP  - 49
ER  - 
TY  - BOOK
A1  - Aarseth, Espen
A1  - Manovich, Lev
A1  - Mäyrä, Frans
A1  - Salen, Katie
A1  - Wolf, Mark J. P.
ED  - Günzel, Stephan
ED  - Liebe, Michael
ED  - Mersch, Dieter
T1  - DIGAREC Keynote-Lectures 2009/10
N2  - The sixth volume of the DIGAREC Series holds the contributions to the DIGAREC Keynote-Lectures given at the University of Potsdam in the winter semester 2009/10. With contributions by Mark J.P. Wolf (Concordia University Wisconsin), Espen Aarseth (Center for Computer Games Research, IT University of Copenhagen), Katie Salen (Parsons New School of Design, New York), Laura Ermi and Frans Mäyrä (University of Tampere), and Lev Manovich (University of Southern California, San Diego).
T3  - DIGAREC Series - 06 
KW  - Computerspiele
KW  - Spieledesign
KW  - Medienphilosophie
KW  - Soziale Netzwerke
KW  - Datenvisualisierung
KW  - Computer Games
KW  - Game Design
KW  - Media Philosophy
KW  - Social Networks
KW  - Data Visualization
Y1  - 2011
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-49780
SN  - 978-3-86956-115-8
PB  - Universitätsverlag Potsdam
CY  - Potsdam
ER  -