Agency

Stacey’s agency research explores the relationship between choices and narrative immersion in games and interactive narratives. People often claim that choices in hypertext narratives draw the reader out of the narrative experience. Games, however, frequently require the player to make choices, which serve to strengthen the player’s relationship with the avatar. How, then, do we reconcile the link between agency and narrative immersion?

“Captivating Choices: Reconciling Agency and Immersion”. Electronic Literature Organization Conference. Morgantown, WV, USA. June 22, 2012.

Photo: “Map: Agency” created in Tinderbox (2012).