o:30712 The Transdisciplinary Encounter of Narratology and Visual Art in MMORPGs en The aim of this paper is to present and analyze visual elements of MMORPG (Mas- sively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game) storyworlds as important aspects of both world-building and the immersion capacity of virtual worlds. MMORPGs are characterized by multi-user environments called ‘open worlds’, in which maps and geography of space play an important role. Geography and maps that represent these geographical forms in the game play a significant role in creating the worldness of virtual space and the narratives located in them. The same goes for the features of architecture, natural or outer space expanses. Visual elements contribute to the narrative in numerous ways, which is analyzed in detail using a transdisci- plinary approach – the narratological apparatus and especially the shift towards postclassical narratology. Another, but not less important visual aspect that will be presented in the paper is the importance of character appearance, as well as clothing (armors) and equipment in the context of building character identity for themself (the player) and the way they present themselves to other players. All of these aspects indicate that visual space (geographical and architectural) as well as visual characteristics of the characters have an important role in story- telling, supporting the transmedial praxis of contemporary narrative forms. transdisciplinarity; transmediality; MMORPGs; visual storytelling; storyworld; visual art 1552099 10.25038/am.v0i27.495 1552101 2217-9666 2023-08-31T09:56:07.703Z 44 yes 46 Biljana Mitrović Fakultet dramskih umetnosti u Beogradu 0000-0002-9369-8967 46 Marija Tavčar Fakultet savremenih umetnosti application/pdf 232334 https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:30712 no yes 1 70 92000001 2022-02-01 111A01 AM Journal of Art and Media Studies 27 103 114 Karađorđeva 65 11000 Belgrade Faculty of Media and Communications, Singidunum University 2022 https://fmkjournals.fmk.edu.rs/index.php/AM/article/view/289/14