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The Consultant's Quest: Expansion Game for the Opera The Prophecies
Mälardalen University, School of Education, Culture and Communication, Educational Sciences and Mathematics.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6501-5946
University of Kristianstad, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5878-1936
2023 (English)Artistic output (Unrefereed)
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Description [en]

The Consultant's Quest is an expansion game for the ludo-immersive opera The Prophecies, in which the visitor can consult a singing oracle who responds with a personal prophecy. The Prophecies is set in a temple-like and uncanny place, where the ritualistic game is played in a separate room at the entrance before the visitor can meet the oracle. It is recommended to play the game with the guidance from a non-player character appearing as the oracle’s minion.

The game was introduced as an option for participant interaction at the performances of The Prophecies by the independent opera company Operation Opera in Halmstad and Skövde in October 2023.

Abstract [en]

How can ludic play frame and assist the participants' interactions in an immersive opera? The Consultant's Quest was developed as an artistic response to the idea and the challenge of integrating articulated game-playing as a both methodic and affective instrument in relation to operatic elements. Presented as a card-driven board game in connection to the operatic experience The Prophecies, The Consultant's Quest became an introductory and preparatory project on site for the participating visitors who could follow the rules to interact with the fictional characters in the work in a structured way. The game was designed to enhance the immersivity of the artistic event by activating and occupying the visitor with ludic tasks. Through the ludic investment from the visitor, oblivion of the outside world and an increasing commitment to the fictional situation could be induced. As a product of artistic research, The Consultant's Quest manifests and examplifies the applicability of game design in the artistic context of contemporary opera.

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2023.
Keywords [en]
game design, board game, opera, interaction, immersion, immersivity, mythology, rituality
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Design
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-64557OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-64557DiVA, id: diva2:1811131
Available from: 2023-11-10 Created: 2023-11-10 Last updated: 2023-11-14Bibliographically approved

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