RACHEL C.
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Game modification is defined as the creation and addition of custom-created content into published games by players. Though game modification is a phenomenon often researched in game studies, there is little that goes in-depth about a player's experience when interacting with modded content.
Using Crawford et. Al's definition of experience, through this Interactive Website using data gathered from my dissertation, the aim of my Final Year Project is to define the various experiences players who use video game mods encounter, as well as to inform audiences of the reasons why players use modded content.
THE SIMS 4
Games curate and replicate parts of the real world into its virtual space. Dissatisfied by the developer's design choice of how they simulate reality, players turn to mods to make the game more realistic.
STARDEW VALLEY
Playing a game is a performance that consists of multiple actors. The player, the console they use, their actions and the environment. Through Quality of Life mods, Stardew players exercise agency and alter the game's mechanics to gameplay that is personally valuable to them.
MINECRAFT
To translate an experience, various elements are referenced from existing media and recreated into a game. Hungry for more content, Minecraft players who are fans of the Legend of Zelda franchise, use mods to relive the series within the environment of Minecraft.
