break;

break; is an allegorical and reflexive first person video-game that invites the player to reflect on escapism by offering a fragmented view of broken systems and abuse. In break; the player looks through the eyes of a boy who chooses to disconnect and to live in an isolated reality of his own making

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George Hulm

Robert Poncelet

Vitor Rodrigues

Graham Donnelly

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Publication date: July 2016

Publication date (Print): July 2016

Pages: 1-2

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[0001]Designer, Technical Artist

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[0002]Programmer

15 Clayton Avenue, Hassocks

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[0003]Art Director

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[0004]Sound Designer

Riverside Court, Riverside Road, Ferndown

BH22 OLE

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2016.53

SO-VID: 55b50eda-dc6c-4d9c-87a3-e3c9b3e36f79

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Conference name: Proceedings of the 30th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference

Conference acronym: HCI

Conference number: 30

Conference location: Bournemouth University, Poole, UK

Conference date: 11 - 15 July 2016

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Fusion

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1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

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C. Hocking 2007 Ludonarrative Dissonance in BioShock Click Nothing. Available at: http://clicknothing.typepad.com/click_nothing/2007/10/ludonarrative-d.html Accessed Nov 23 2015
M. Sicart 2011 Against Procedurality Game Studies 11 3 Available at: http://gamestudies.Org/1103/articles/sicart_ap Accessed Jan 26 2016
J. Yorke 2013 Into the Woods London Particular
E. Zimmerman 2004 Narrative, Interactivity, Play, and Games: Four Naughty Concepts in Need of Discipline First Person: New Media as Story, Performance, and Game N. Wardrip-FruinP. Harrigan Cambridge The MIT Press

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[1] J. Chen 2007 Flow in Games 1st [ebook] Available at: http://www.jenovachen.com/flowingames/Flow_in_games_final.pdf Accessed 26 Apr 2016

[2] C. Hocking 2007 Ludonarrative Dissonance in BioShock Click Nothing. Available at: http://clicknothing.typepad.com/click_nothing/2007/10/ludonarrative-d.html Accessed Nov 23 2015

[3] M. Sicart 2011 Against Procedurality Game Studies 11 3 Available at: http://gamestudies.Org/1103/articles/sicart_ap Accessed Jan 26 2016

[4] J. Yorke 2013 Into the Woods London Particular

[5] E. Zimmerman 2004 Narrative, Interactivity, Play, and Games: Four Naughty Concepts in Need of Discipline First Person: New Media as Story, Performance, and Game N. Wardrip-FruinP. Harrigan Cambridge The MIT Press

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