Arthur Antônio Soares de Oliveira (Federal University of Espírito Santo) Many widely successful and influential historical videogames present their narrative in a rather simplistic manner: the player’s action guide a…
Enrique Torres-Hergueta (University of Seville) The concept of enemy is inherent to societies. That “other” means a threat, so the “we”/“they” dichotomy has built identities since tribal conflicts. Throughout the…
James Baillie (Austrian Academy of Sciences) Connections between people are vital to the movement of information and the creation of social status and identity in modern and medieval societies alike.…
John Giebfried (University of Vienna) Transcript: Hello. Today I will discuss a Reacting to the Past game I co-wrote: “The Remaking of the Medieval World, 1204.” First, what is Reacting…
Adam Bierstedt (Ludohistory) One research trend in game studies deals with the relationship between a player and their “avatar” in the world. Players tend to model their avatars on themselves,…
Jéssica Iolanda Costa Bispo (Nova University of Lisbon) A Plague Tale: Innocence is a video game focusing on stealth mechanics that presents the player a narrative taking place in Medieval…
Field of Glory: Kingdoms provides a lot opportunity for interesting cooperation and conflict between human players. The game is unique in being a simultaneous turn-based game, not alternating. It’s a…
Field of Glory: Kingdoms is all about cooperation and conflict between the various nations, factions and characters. This often involves warfare, but there’s a lot more to it. Warfare is…
Making the art for Field of Glory: Kingdoms was a lot of fun but had some very challenging aspects – especially when it came to combining the style and feel…
Field of Glory: Kingdoms is a historical strategy game where you preside over the development of a nation in Europe or the Middle East over two centuries. You will have…
Arthur Antônio Soares de Oliveira 
Enrique Torres-Hergueta 
James Baillie 
John Giebfried 
Adam Bierstedt 
Jessica Iolanda Costa Bispo 
Slitherine Games