The Rise of the Roguelite (eBook, ePUB)

Inside a Gaming Phenomenon
Redaktion: Cartlidge, James

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses the wave of roguelite games that has appeared over the past decade, putting them in historical context and informing readers about their development out of and relation to the roguelike genre that inspired them.

The book includes discussions of the historical development and significance of roguelites, critical perspectives on topics such as gender, politics, philosophy, analyses of the influence of roguelikes on roguelites, and discussions of design and mechanics.

This book will appeal to those wishing to study and learn more about the roguelites, games studies students and researchers, and game designers interested in this genre.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040333082
• Artikelnr.: 73379536

Autorenporträt

James Cartlidge is a post-doctoral researcher with a background in philosophy, specializing in phenomenology, existentialism, post-structuralism, and the philosophy of video games and virtual worlds. He has held fellowships at the Slovak Academy of Sciences (Bratislava), the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM, Vienna), the Vita-Salute San-Rafaelle University (Milan), and teaching positions at the Central European University (Vienna), and the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE, Budapest).

Inhaltsangabe

1) Introduction: The Rise of the Roguelite. 2) When Darwin Met Lovecraft:
Generating Mystery and Discovery in The Curious Expedition . 3) What Makes
a Good Roguelite?. 4) Roguelites and the Problem of Ludonarrative
Dissonance. 5) Players' Will and Characters' Deeds: Agency and Legacy. 6)
The Chain of Power: Foucault's Philosophy and Vampire Survivors-like
Roguelites. 7) Historicising the Roguelite: The Legacy of Neoliberalism and
the Dawn of Social Media. 8) Edit Wands Always: Experimentation, Modding
and Metagaming in Noita. 9) Simulation Gaps, Failures, and the Potential
for Queer Game Design. 10) Roguelites, Romance, and the Power of
Genre-Bending in Boyfriend Dungeon11) Hades, the Queerness of Roguelites,
and the Recursivity of Trauma . Appendix: Roguelike Research: A Short
Introduction and Guide. Glossary. Index.