TIPC3: Alexandra Rive - Playing Dress-Up in the Past
2Presentation given by Alexandra Rive of the University of Dundee at The Interactive Pasts Conference 3 on May 25 2023.
Alexandra discusses the findings of my Digital Heritage MSc research exploring existing dress-up games representing clothing in the past. These games are often dismissed as simple and casual games for tween girls. They occupy a smaller portion of scholarly research than other 'serious' games, despite their popularity with players. Research on historically themed games, in particular, has often focused on combat or strategy. Yet clothing and avatar creation are often crucial in how we establish and embody the past we are playing, whether that's at the beginning of entering the game-world or as play in its own right.
The research included the creation of a fully playable 'Late Victorian' dress-up game using freely available software in order to establish the feasibility of small organisations utilising these styles of games. The game can be found at: https://meiker.io/play/14557/online.html
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