RPG Model: Add ERPG Place Above CRPG?
I have a whole document I'm working on for trying to more firmly standardize all of our terminology throughout all papers, but I'll start here with just one area for now, since it is potentially the most complicated.
I've been using CRPG for Computer-based role-playing game to cover most variants that include: personal computer, laptop, server, game consoles, mobile devices, augmented reality, virtual reality, etc.
And that was working adequately. Until I just came across "Audio Games" and "Audio Role-Playing Game" from Greece.
Also as I've been working on some modeling diagrams I created back in 2004, and I was reminded of P2P and both its postal mail and digital forms.
Though nowadays audio is most likely played with a computer-based device, it could be an audio cassette or other analog electronics, and I now seem to recall long ago there were some 8-track based RPG-like games that I had (kind of like audio choose your own adventures). These fall more under "Electronic" than "Computer" and create a differentiation between analog (as in full frequency/spectrum electromagnetic spectrum signals) versus digital signaling.
In this case, CRPG would be a sub-type of ERPG under digital signaling. But I am not aware of anyone ever using ERPG. Though not previously used, it seems a more accurate top of the hierarchy of this classification, so I am strongly considering it.
Would love as much feedback as possible. Here are a few (very early far from complete) draft diagrams to help with context (some of the content goes back to my early work in 2004 that I am trying to bring more up to date) (there are a lot of placeholder sections not placed anywhere in particular yet, and missing categories I will add later), so ignore the placement and connection, other than just the general logic of categorization under the ERPG setion (diagram 2).
Broad view of core RPG components
Here is diagram 1 level above the ERPG format:
And then here is diagram 2 focusing on ERPG: https://www.rpgresearch.com/research/archives/public/rpg-research/diagrams/rpg-modalities-and-variants-scheme-hierarchal-diagram-20181204e-p2.gif/view
Brainstorm of components and variables for consideration in additional model variants and drill-down details.
Appreciate your thoughts on the idea of making ERPG above CRPG.
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