One of the first things I did when I started at my current company was take an assessment that helped me understand my gaming style or type. I realized that I never really shared this out, and I find it very telling about myself and my RP/game style and key motivations.
I’m an Immersed Storywriter: I like to hold my character’s actions and fate in my hands, allowing me to feel completely engrossed in the role-play experience. I like feeling a sense of control and freedom as well as an emotional connection to my characters. For me playing a character provides me an opportunity to explore, engage, and achieve in ways that isn’t possible in everyday live or in the realities of this world.
Distinguishing motivations:
- Have an emotional connection to a story
- Feel completely engrossed in the setting/story/game
- Feel like I’m an integral part of the story
- Be someone else
- Do something I can’t in real life
- Have an emotional response to an experience
Unfortunately the link to the assessment isn’t something I’m able to share out, however I felt sharing the results would be interesting nonetheless.