Interpretation as Play

This project is exploring the role of comprehension in digital games, where interpretation of narrative can be considered a form of play in itself. This project involves the investigation of discourse comprehension in cognitive psychology to understand how players interpret narrative, with a consequent focus on the operationalisation of this psychological understanding in approaches to practice in storytelling and game design that facilitate narrative interpretation as play.

Using psychology to understand how players interpret story in games, and creating approaches to game design to make games that focus on story as the main form of play.