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FDG '12: Proceedings of the International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games

Pages 235 - 237

https://doi.org/10.1145/2282338.2282384

Published: 29 May 2012 Publication History

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Prom Week places players in a typical high-school, abuzz with excitement over the upcoming prom. Players indirectly sculpt the social landscape by having these hapless highschoolers engage in social exchanges with each other. The results of these social exchanges are many and varied---ranging from mild fluctuations in respect to characters professing their eternal love for one another---and are informed by over 5,000 sociocultural considerations encoded in first order logic. Through massaging the interpersonal relationships and learning the personal intricacies of the characters, the player can solve a series of social puzzles; such as making the class-nerd the Prom King, or bringing peace between feuding jocks and preppies.

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FDG '12: Proceedings of the International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games

May 2012

332 pages

ISBN:9781450313339

DOI:10.1145/2282338

Conference Chair:
Magy Seif El-Nasr
Northeastern University
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Mia Consalvo
Concordia University
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Steven Feiner
Columbia University

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Published: 29 May 2012

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