Financial, Aesthetic and Cultural Independence: A Selective History of Independent Games

Jesper  Juul; Dooley Murphy

Financial, Aesthetic and Cultural Independence: A Selective History of Independent Games

Institut for Visuelt Design

Publikation: Konferencebidrag › Konferenceabstrakt til konference › Forskning › peer review

Abstract

Do independent video games exist, and how? By looking at the history of independent game festivals, this paper argues that independent game institutions have gone through
three main phases: 1) an early financially independent phase of focusing on the economic conditions of development, 2) an aesthetically independent phase where independent games acquire a specific style to become a distinct type of video game, and 3) a culturally independent phase where independent games are claimed to embody cultural and political change as well as a more healthy way of developing video games.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Publikationsdato	15 aug. 2018
Status	Udgivet - 15 aug. 2018
Begivenhed	History of Games Conference 2018 - IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Danmark Varighed: 16 aug. 2018 → 17 aug. 2018 https://gameconference.itu.dk/gameshistory.html

Konference

Konference	History of Games Conference 2018
Lokation	IT University of Copenhagen
Land/Område	Danmark
By	Copenhagen
Periode	16/08/2018 → 17/08/2018
Internetadresse	https://gameconference.itu.dk/gameshistory.html

Kunstnerisk udviklingsvirksomhed (KUV)

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