Transmedia storytelling, music and videogames : the case of "Los ríos de Alice" by Vetusta Morla and Delirium Studios

Abstract

Los ríos de Alice is an app-videogame produced by Delirium Studio and Vetusta Morla, a paradigmatic band of self-management and self-publishing in the Spanish music panorama. This application, which is available for different platforms, is the mothership that has given rise, among other contents, to a physical and digital phonogram, several music videos and numerous videos generated by users that are hosted on the internet and that expand the audiovisual narration of the videogame. The aim of this article is to analyze the production and the transmedia expansion of an application that combines music and videogames. In this sense, the specific objectives point to analyzing how this videogame has been produced from a musical base; then, we will observe if the expansion of the story has been developed in the different platforms related to Alice's story. Finally, we will pay attention to the participation of users in order to analyze what kind of narrative expansion is display in the videos.