Elisabeth Scrivener and the Great Library: Translating a Literary Work into a Digital Game

Author

• Erin Farmer

Date of Award

2021

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Ruest, Annina

Abstract

This thesis has two components: a practical part and a written part. The practical part is a 2D side-scrolling game titled Elisabeth Scrivener and the Great Library. It is an adaptation of the bestselling novel Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson. Like the novel, the game is set in the Great Library of Summershall. This is a place where magical grimoires of varying strength and benevolence or alignance are managed and contained. The player character is Elisabeth, an apprentice librarian and the player follows her as she progresses through the library taking advice from benevolent grimoires and defeating and containing not so benevolent grimoires. The written component of the thesis provides background information on the game itself, how the game functions as a literary adaptation and details the creative process of the making of the game.

Comments

Thesis (B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, 2021

Recommended Citation

Farmer, Erin, "Elisabeth Scrivener and the Great Library: Translating a Literary Work into a Digital Game" (2021). Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2020 - Present. 90.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_honors/90

Extent

24 p.

Identifier

FAUHT00168