Research output per year
Research output per year
Project Details
Description
This is a professional doctorate research project, which is part of the Professional Doctorate Arts + Creative pilot. The research revolves around parasocial relationships to NPCs in video games and how to increase their strength and likelihood through game design.
| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 1/02/24 → 31/01/28 |
Funding
- SIA
Keywords
- Parasocial Relationships
- NPCs
- game design
- narrative games
- digital narratives
- doctoral studies
- Professional Doctorate
- PD
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Games about Caring: What Non-Player Characters can teach us about the human capacity for bonding
Pastoors, J. K., 28 Aug 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Increasing attachment to NPCs through Game Design
Pastoors, J. K., 30 Jun 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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XCOM 2 vs Darkest Dungeon : The alchemy of attachment in NPC-design
Pastoors, J. K. & Effinger, L., 3 Dec 2025, In: Substack Jonas Pastoors.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
Open Access
Activities
- 1 Guest lectures/talks/presentations (not at a conference)
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Topic Introduction - Increasing parasocial interaction with individuals in ensemble casts of NPCs.
Pastoors, J. K. (Invited speaker)
14 Jun 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures/talks/presentations (not at a conference)
Press/Media
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Ep.4: Bleeding Edge with Jonas Pastoors and Raymond Vermeulen (Interview on podcast soundcloud.com)
Pastoors, J. K. & Vermeulen, R.
30/06/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media