The Role of Interaction Design in Narrative-Driven Games with a First-Person Perspective in Fostering User Emotional Connection

Yingxi Cao

2025

Abstract

With the development of the gaming industry, video games have increasingly demonstrated emotional and social functions, in addition to providing entertainment experiences for players. This shift has gradually moved the focus from product-oriented design to a user-oriented approach centered on player emotional experience. This study investigates the impact of interactive features in narrative-driven games on emotional experiences. A questionnaire based on a Likert scale was used to survey and analyze players’ perceptions and thoughts on existing game interaction features. The study found that players generally prefer interactive features that offer autonomy in making choices and decisions, especially dialogue choices, branching storylines, and moral choices. These features significantly enhance their sense of agency and emotional experience within the game's narrative. Additionally, players hope that future games will provide more authentic and nuanced choices, reduce the occurrence of pseudo-choices, and more finely reflect the impact of player decisions on the direction of the story. However, complex interactive features, if poorly designed, may cause players to lose interest in the main storyline. This suggests that game designers need to strike a balance between enhancing player immersion and maintaining narrative clarity.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Cao Y. (2025). The Role of Interaction Design in Narrative-Driven Games with a First-Person Perspective in Fostering User Emotional Connection. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Data Science and Engineering - Volume 1: ICDSE; ISBN 978-989-758-765-8, SciTePress, pages 154-160. DOI: 10.5220/0013680300004670

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icdse25,
author={Yingxi Cao},
title={The Role of Interaction Design in Narrative-Driven Games with a First-Person Perspective in Fostering User Emotional Connection},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Data Science and Engineering - Volume 1: ICDSE},
year={2025},
pages={154-160},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013680300004670},
isbn={978-989-758-765-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Data Science and Engineering - Volume 1: ICDSE
TI - The Role of Interaction Design in Narrative-Driven Games with a First-Person Perspective in Fostering User Emotional Connection
SN - 978-989-758-765-8
AU - Cao Y.
PY - 2025
SP - 154
EP - 160
DO - 10.5220/0013680300004670
PB - SciTePress