{"id":13211,"date":"2024-06-18T11:49:38","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T11:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dei.fe.up.pt\/dev\/?p=13211"},"modified":"2024-06-25T09:19:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T09:19:47","slug":"phd-defense-in-digital-media-playing-differently-designing-asymmetry-in-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dei.fe.up.pt\/dev\/phd-defense-in-digital-media-playing-differently-designing-asymmetry-in-games\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD Defense in Digital Media: &#8221;Playing Differently: Designing asymmetry in games&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Candidate<\/strong><br \/>\nAbel Jo\u00e3o Gavinho Vaz Tavares Neto<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date, Time and Location<\/strong><br \/>\nJune 20, 14:30, Sala\u00a0Professor Joaquim Sarmento (G129), DEC, FEUP<\/p>\n<p><strong>President of the Jury<\/strong><br \/>\nAnt\u00f3nio Fernando Vasconcelos Cunha Castro Coelho, PhD, Associate Professor with Habilitation, Departamento de Engenharia Inform\u00e1tica, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Members<\/strong><br \/>\nMiguel Angel Sicart Vila, PhD, Full Professor, Digital Design Department da IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark;<br \/>\nTeresa Isabel Lopes Rom\u00e3o, PhD, Associate Professor, Departamento de Inform\u00e1tica, Faculdade de Ci\u00eancias e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa;<br \/>\nNelson Troca Zagalo, PhD, Full Professor, Departamento de Comunica\u00e7\u00e3o e Arte, Universidade de Aveiro;<br \/>\nPedro Jorge Couto Cardoso, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departamento de Comunica\u00e7\u00e3o e Arte, Universidade de Aveiro (Supervisor);<br \/>\nRui Pedro Amaral Rodrigues, PhD, Associate Professor, Departamento de Engenharia Inform\u00e1tica, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br \/>\nAsymmetry is widely present in contemporary games, allowing players to enjoy different experiences by playing the same game through diverse perspectives or by assuming alternative player roles. However, both scholars and game designers tend to discuss asymmetry only in its most pronounced expressions and to ignore instances in which it plays a more nuanced role in diversifying gameplay experiences. In this research, we offer a holistic approach to asymmetry. Asymmetry Bricks is a conceptual framework for the analysis of asymmetry in games, in regard to the ways it can express itself and the mechanisms through which it can emerge during play. The framework also acts as a design tool to guide designers in the process of ideation of asymmetric gameplay mechanics.<br \/>\nThe findings of this study aim to broaden discussions of asymmetry, offering a lens through which scholars can analyse it. The proposed terminology contributes to facilitating communication among game designers, players and other agents, while the design tool inspires all to explore asymmetry in new and interesting ways.<\/p>\n<p>Keywords: Asymmetry; Asymmetric Gameplay; Gameplay Mechanics, Game Design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Candidate Abel Jo\u00e3o Gavinho Vaz Tavares Neto Date, Time and Location June 20, 14:30, Sala\u00a0Professor Joaquim Sarmento (G129), DEC, FEUP President of the Jury Ant\u00f3nio Fernando Vasconcelos Cunha Castro Coelho, PhD, Associate Professor with Habilitation, Departamento de Engenharia Inform\u00e1tica, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto. Members Miguel Angel Sicart Vila, PhD, Full Professor, Digital [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":13243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,267,27,271],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-highlights","category-news","category-phd-defenses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dei.fe.up.pt\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dei.fe.up.pt\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dei.fe.up.pt\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dei.fe.up.pt\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dei.fe.up.pt\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13211"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dei.fe.up.pt\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13222,"href":"https:\/\/dei.fe.up.pt\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13211\/revisions\/13222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dei.fe.up.pt\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dei.fe.up.pt\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dei.fe.up.pt\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dei.fe.up.pt\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}