In this presentation, I delineate the interactive experience of videogames (playing videogames from the perspective of a player) through a series of three experiential steps: initial involvement, immersion, and finally, investment. I then apply these steps as an interpretative lens of my own playing experience of the videogame Ico.

1. Interactivity in Ico
Involvement,
Immersion,
Investment
Drew
Davidson

2. Rhetoric
of
Games
• Involvement
• Immersion
• Investment

3. Involvement
• the
start
of
the
game
• uncertainty
• initial
experience

4. Immersion
• comfortable
with
the
gameplay
• going
to
continue
playing
• into
the
world
and
experience

5. Investment
• mastered
the
gameplay
•
comfort
within
the
world
• going
to
finish
• successful
completion

6. Gameplay
• expressive
motion
• sound
design

7. Gameplay
• the
boy
and
the
girl
• developing
trust
• hints

8. Gameplay
• story
and
mechanics
• saving
progress

9. Gameplay
• holding
hands
• haptic
feedback
• meaningful
mechanic

10. Diagram

11. Diagram

12. Diagram

13. Meaningful
Play
• Involvement
• Immersion
• Investment

14. Thanks!
• questions?