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Love/Hate Relationships: New Approaches to Game Romances
Chris Dahlen @savetherobot
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ICEBREAKER
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MASS EFFECT
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PERSONA 4
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DRAGON AGE
(ANY OF THEM)
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FIRE EMBLEM: AWAKENING
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THE FORMULA
They Meet Cute
They’re Drawn Together
They’re Pulled Apart
They End Up Together
- HAPPY ENDING -
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TEAMWORK
SURPRISE
CHOICE
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Teamwork
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“What's needed, from a gameplay perspective, is a romantic partner who is sometimes also functionally the villain.”
- Emily Short, 2009, GameSetWatch
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Action Challenges
● Player is stronger in:
● Street smarts
● Love interest is stronger in:
● Hacking
● … and they’re evenly matched in:
● Athleticism
● Impulsiveness
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Banter Ideas
● Push-Pull
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● Putdowns
● Trade insults and cheap shots to stoke rivalry
● Trust exercises
● Challenge the player to trust the rival right when they think they shouldn’t
● Violate that trust, but for good reasons
● Intimacy opportunities
● Start with awkwardness and flirting; end with … look, we’re all adults
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You’re Stuck Together (Mostly)
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Surprise (!)
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A Simple Way to Mess With Your Players
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Choice
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SO, LIKE I WAS SAYING …