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Interpreting and Animating the Tāwhaki Myth Cycle in a Video Game

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Date

2019

Authors

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Eklund, Tof

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Thesis

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Master of English and New Media Studies

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Auckland University of Technology

Abstract

This exegesis explores the ways in which the Tāwhaki myths may be interpreted in a video game. The Tāwhaki myths were chosen because of their relative obscurity in the modern era (Mead, 1996). I examine three possible ways these myths may be interpreted using digital media. I then build a video game prototype based on one of these interpretations. I conclude with a discussion about the creation process of building this prototype, focusing primarily on writing issues which pertain to the retelling of the Tāwhaki myths.

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Tāwhaki, Video game, Game writing, Māori myths, Pūrākau

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https://hdl.handle.net/10292/12277

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