Public graduation presentation, Cania Antariksa
- The Implementation of the Richness and the Subtleties of Islamic Principles in Video Games
- Date
- Friday 30 June 2023
- Time
- Address
- Gravensteen building
Pieterskerkhof 6
2311SR Leiden - Room
- 0.11
- Language
- English
- Access
- Public for everyone
- Duration
- 50 minutes total
The Implementation of the Richness and the Subtleties of Islamic Principles in Video Games — Cania Antariksa
How would one go about creating a video game using the narrative of religion to make a personal, spiritual experience for the player? As someone who is a devout believer in Islam and an avid video game player, I would like to experience a game that could resonate with me personally and spiritually. However, as both Islam and video games are expansive in scope, I aim to use research by design to create a Resonant Game to learn how to narrow down my options. I do this by choosing which of the richness and intricacies of Islamic principles to portray a subtle narrative and gameplay. This project aims to reach two specific goals: 1) to learn more of these rich but nuanced Islamic principles as I create the game and 2) to learn about the medium of video games as an experience that can be used to portray a personal and spiritual experience for the player. By looking into other religious video games as well as current portrayals of Islam in the video game medium, this project aims to achieve all these goals by creating two versions of the video game “Salaam in the Afterlife”, using the platforms Twine and Unity 2D to create a video game that implements the richness and the subtleties of certain Islamic principles for a personal, spiritual experience.
Thesis advisors: Maarten Lamers & Marcello Gómez-Maureira (University of Twente)
Presentation
Media Technology MSc graduation presentations follow a classic conference format. Each student presents their work in 20 minutes. With the primary advisor acting as a conference session chair, the presentation is followed by a moderated public discussion.
Public Discussion
Although everyone can ask questions in the discussion (~15 minutes), the right to ask the first questions is for the two invited critics. These were personally invited by the graduate to read their thesis before the presentation, and to formulate one or two questions for the discussion. Ambitious students have been known to invite high-profile academic critics.