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Ögren, Erik. "Hopelessness in Video Games : Motivating the player." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för speldesign, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-411097.
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This bachelor thesis details the study and analysis of hopelessness, motivation, and personality types concerning game design. It offers definitions for hopelessness based on previous studies and explains what makes people experience hopelessness in games. The thesis compares previously conducted studies on hopelessness and motivation, confirms their validity, and applies the conclusion to theories of game design, such as MDA.
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Koffi, Cole Mahoukau. "Video game development with 3D Studio Max and the XNA framework." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3228.
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The purpose of this project on game design and development is to experiment with actual technology tools used in computer games and get experience in three deminsional game development using 3D Studio Max and Microsoft XNA.
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Wibom, Martin. "Exploration of smell rehabilitation video games." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-45926.
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This project explores opportunities in designing hybrid digital/physical smell rehabilitation video games using no unique game peripherals. During a 13-week process, three major iterations were created and externally tested on a small user group. The first two iterations contained five simple minigames that served to explore different types of game concepts. For the final iteration, two minigames were fully developed, a slow- and fast-paced game. The main findings were that slow-paced better-facilitated smell training than fast-paced games; aesthetics increased the player’s focus on small training; not utilising unique game peripherals limited the design opportunities and implementation of smell mechanics.
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Zagal, José Pablo. "Supporting learning about games." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/24814.
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It seems like teaching about games should be easy. After all, students enjoy engaging with course content and have extensive experience with videogames. However, games education can be surprisingly complex. I explore the question of what it means to understand games by looking at the challenges and problems faced by students taking games-related classes. My findings include realizing that extensive prior videogame experience often interferes with students abilities to reason critically and analytically about games, and that students have difficulties articulating their experiences and observations about games. In response to these challenges, my research explores how we can use online learning environments to support learning about games by (1) helping students get more from their experiences with games, and (2) helping students use what they know to establish deeper understanding.
I explore these strategies through the design and use of two online learning environments: GameLog and the Game Ontology Wiki. GameLog is an online blogging environment designed to help students reflect on their game playing experiences. The Game Ontology wiki provides a context for students to contribute and participate legitimately and authentically in the Game Ontology Project. The Game Ontology Project is a games studies research project that is creating a framework for describing, analyzing and studying games. GameLog and the Game Ontology Wiki were used in university level games-related classes. Results show that students found that participating in these online learning environments was a positive learning experience that helped them broaden and deepen their understanding of videogames. Students found that by reflecting on their experiences playing games they began to understand how game design elements helped shape that experience. Most importantly, they stepped back from their traditional role of gamers or fans and engaged in reasoning critically and analytically about the games they were studying. With GameLog, I show how blogging about experiences of gameplay can be a useful activity for supporting learning and understanding about games. For the Game Ontology Wiki, I show how it is possible to design learning environments that are approachable to learners and allow them to contribute legitimately to external communities of practice.
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Rasmussen, Gaute. "Creative expression as the objective in video games." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2014. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/75647/2/Gaute_Rasmussen_Thesis.pdf.
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This study explores the idea of video games where the players are not just allowed to express themselves creatively, but are challenged to do so and are judged based on the quality of their creative expression. The outcome of the research is a series of six games which comment on this idea. The study also raises further questions regarding how current video games are constructed and designed in comparison with non-computer games, and invites a further evolution of the craft of video game design in a direction that focuses more on interpreting and reacting to what the player is doing.
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Asad, Mariam. "Making it difficult: modernist poetry as applied to game design analysis." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/39617.
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The process of reading a modernist poem is just as much a process of deconstructing it: the language is designed to make meaning through inefficient means, like the aforementioned fragmentation and assemblage. The reader must decode the text. This is what I want to extract as a point of entry to my videogame analysis. The process of reading is not unlike the process of playing. Instead of linguistic structures, a player must navigate a game‟s internal rule system. The pleasure for both the reader and player comes from decoding the poem and game, respectively. I am not making claims that relationships between modernist poetry and videogames are inherent or innate. Similarly, I am not providing a framework to apply one medium to the other. Instead I want to investigate how each medium uses its affordances to take advantage of its potential for creative expression. I do not consider poetry or literature to be superior to videogames, nor am I invoking the argument that videogames should imitate earlier media. My goal is to compare specific modernist poems and videogames to see how each medium makes meaning through its respective processes.
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Af, Malmborg Harald. "Evaluation of Car Engine Sound Design Methods in Video Games." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-84627.
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Realistic interactions with sound objects in video games are a contributing factor to the overall immersion. Car engine sound design is an area where the auditory feedback from driving would have an impact on that immersion. For this study, three methods for designing car engine sounds are evaluated. A traditional method in the game sound industry is to use several sampled audio recordings for the reproduction of engine sounds, which is in this study represented as a sample-based model. The sample-based model is evaluated together with a model using granular synthesis in an in-game scenario. A less common method is to use physical modeling, which is in this study evaluated together with the other two models in a listening test. Results show the granular synthesis model to be the most realistic, and the physical model to be the least preferred.
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Zagal, José Pablo. "Supporting learning about games." Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/24814.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008.Committee Chair: Bruckman, Amy; Committee Member: Guzdial, Mark; Committee Member: Juul, Jesper; Committee Member: Kolodner, Janet; Committee Member: Mateas, Michael.
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Atanasov, Simeon. "Juiciness: Exploring and designing around experience of feedback in video games." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22264.
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This project aims to explore the effects of feedback over experience invideo games. It acts as a part of a discussion around the concept of “Juiciness”, byattempting to define it both in theory and practice. The text describes a positionon “Juiciness” in relation to experience design and “Experiential qualities”, anddiscusses the role of aesthetics in the context of feedback. The practical aspect ofthe project is aimed towards finding where “Juiciness” can enrich a designprocess and this is done through the design, development and analysis of a videogame prototype. The project also takes a critical standpoint towards “Juiciness”,in order to question and expand on the current definitions of the concept.
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Warden, James. "Senses, Perception, and Video Gaming: Design of a College for Video Game Design and Production." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2005. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1116113863.
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Perry, Allison. "Women and Video Games: Pigeonholing the Past." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/135.
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Academic work dealing with the overlap between video games and female representation is limited in both volume and proper research. Most texts agree on three supposed flaws with video games: they alienate female participants, there are no games for female players, and female players cannot relate to female characters. This thesis sheds light on these points, not only citing specific counter-examples, but also showing how many of these issues reflect on a larger societal problems.
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Asplund, Ingeborg. "Songs of Transistor : A study of sound design in video games." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Medieteknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-32944.
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While there is a lot of research about other aspects of game design, there are fairly few studies about music and sound in video games. Since music and sound are components of next to all games, it is interesting to investigate how this aspect affects the perceived immersion of gamers. The aim of this study is to investigate how sound and music affect player sense of presence in a video game, Transistor [19], which was chosen due to its distinct and strongly emotional music and sound. Five video prototypes were made using gameplay and sound from the game. The videos presented different variations of the soundscape. These were tested by a web survey with questions from the PENS questionnaire [15], providing the users a seven point Likert scale by which they could rate their experience. The answers were analyzed with a mixed model regression and compared with an estimated image of which degree of immersion would be experience for each of the videos. The result of the study showed that the complete soundscape was significantly more immersive than all the other soundscapes, while silence was significantly less immersive than the other soundscapes. The conclusions were the more complete the soundscape is, the more immersive it is, and that even a small part of the total soundscape is more immersive than complete silence.
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Watson, William R. "Formative research on an instructional design theory for educational video games." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3278250.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, School of Education, 2007.Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-09, Section: A, page: 3816. Adviser: Charles M. Reigeluth. Title from dissertation home page (viewed May 8, 2008).
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Léo, Smith. "The Effect of Dynamic Music in Video Games : An Overview of Current Research." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för speldesign, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-414409.
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Kestner, Randolph. "The Impact and Creation of Level Music for Video Games." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/326.
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This thesis explores the creation of music for a video game level utilizing industry tools for music compositions as well as level design. Music as an element of game design and its resulting impact is also examined.
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Bonetti, Federico. "Designing Video Games to Crowdsource Linguistic Annotations." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trento, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/11572/342492.
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This PhD thesis explores gamification strategies concerning video games for crowdsourcing, in particular for linguistic annotation. First, a categorization of the current approaches is proposed. In doing so, a new framework is provided to analyse and understand different game design strategies and their impact on linguistic annotation tasks. Two artefacts are developed to test and validate the framework: Spacewords, a 2D space shooter game, and High School Superhero, a 3D role-playing game. In particular, research questions and hypotheses concerning so-called orthogonal mechanics are tested, which are defined by previous research as game mechanics that although being similar to those found in commercial games, can hinder the annotation process by adding a layer of challenge and unpredictability. The artefacts are employed for three tasks: synonymy, linguistic acceptability and abusive language annotation. It is found that some challenging game-like features slightly improves Precision measure in certain circumstances. Experiments also suggest that motivation to play may be improved by in-game resources or collectible elements. Finally, in High School Superhero a mismatch is observed between the judgements given by linguists and players. The approach adopted in this work is intended to pave the way to a more insightful use of gaming elements inspired by entertainment games in the context of games with a purpose for linguistic annotation.
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Stockburger, Axel. "The rendered arena : modalities of space in video and computer games." Thesis, University of the Arts London, 2006. http://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/6507/.
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During the last 30 years computer and videogames have grown into a large entertainment industry of economic as well as cultural and social importance. As a distinctive field of academic inquiry begins to evolve in the form of Game Studies, the majority of approaches can be identified as emerging either from a background of literary theory which motivates a concentration on narrative structures or from a dedicated focus on the rules of video and computer games. However, one of the most evident properties of those games is their shared participation in a variety of spatial illusions. Although most researchers share the view that issues related to mediated space are among the most significant factors characterising the new medium, as of yet, no coherent conceptual exploration of space and spatial representation in video and computer games has been undertaken. This thesis focuses on the novel spatial paradigms emerging from computer and video games. It aims to develop an original theoretical framework that takes the hybrid nature of the medium into account. The goal of this work is to extend the present range of methodologies directed towards the analysis of digital games. In order to reveal the roots of the spatial apparatus at work an overview of the most significant conceptions of space in western thought is given. Henri Lefebvre's reading of space as a triad of perceived, conceived and lived space is adopted. This serves to account for the multifaceted nature of the subject, enables the integration of divergent spatial conceptions as part of a coherent framework, and highlights the importance of experiential notions of spatiality. Starting from Michel Foucault's notion of the heterotopia, game-space is posited as the dynamic interplay between different spatial modalities. As constitutive elements of the dynamic spatial system mobilized by digital games the following modalities are advanced: the physical space of the player, the space emerging from the narrative, the rules, the audiovisual representation and the kinaesthetic link between player and game. These different modalities are examined in detail in the light of a selected range of exemplary games. Based on a discussion of film theory in this context an original model that serves to distinguish between different visual representational strategies is presented. A chapter is dedicated to the analysis of the crucial and often overlooked role of sound for the generation of spatial illusions. It is argued that sound has to be regarded as the privileged element that enables the active use of representational space in three dimensions. Finally the proposed model is mobilised to explore how the work of contemporary artists relates to the spatial paradigms set forth by digital games. The critical dimension of artistic work in this context is outlined. The thesis concludes with a discussion of the impact of the prevalent modes of spatial practice in computer and video games on wider areas of everyday life.
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Westerlund, Anton. "Using Video Communication in Online Multiplayer Games : The effects of adding a video chat overlay on the game experience in online multiplayer video games - a quasi-experimental design." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för datavetenskap och medieteknik (DM), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-105928.
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The focus of this thesis is to investigate whether adding video communication inonline multiplayer video games will affect the game experience. The work uses usercentered design and a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. Literaturereview, pre-study questionnaire and semi-structured interviews are used to create aprototype of a video chat overlay that can be used in games. The prototype is thenused in a quasi-experiment to test if adding a video chat will result in better gameexperience. Participants in the experiment play the same online multiplayer videogame without and with video chat overlay and fill out a game experiencequestionnaire after each condition. The GEQ scores after the two conditions arecompared using a Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test. Results showed that adding videochat did not improve the game experience significantly. If a video chat would becreated for use in video games, it is important to keep it simple and easy to use.Regarding the effect of video chat on game experience, with the prototype designedfor this work, the null hypothesis could not be rejected since there was no significantdifference in the game experience.
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Kuoppa, Andreas. "Design Decisions for Indie Development of Educational Video Games : A Case Study." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-74576.
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Educational video games – especially for the PC market – do not seem to perform as well commercially as games from other genres. We argue that there is room for independent – ’indie’ – developers to break into the marketplace, by identifying certain niches and innovating on the genre. This would generate commercial value for such actors and knowledge value for the players. Design decisions of high importance made during development of an educational video game demo at the small Swedish company Toleap Consulting AB were analysed in the pursuit of contributing to effective indie development of such games. Three main problems that arose during development were identified, and three design decisions where implemented to combat these respective problems; (1) Interpreted educational game pattern utilising XML, (2) Function-based game views and (3) Community created assets, open source, and no costly dependencies. In our case, the formulated design decisions effectively solved our problems, and we argue that they generalise. If a developer creating a similar game (educational video game) in a similar situation (independent development with limited resources) encounters one or more of these problems, the suggested design decisions may help the developer solve the problems, in turn making more educational video games available on the market, generating the aforementioned commercial and knowledge values.
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Hallros, Per, and Niklas Pålsson. "SIMULATING A SYSTEM : Using video games as tools to promote self-directed learning." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för speldesign, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-447884.
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As a response to finding innovative ways of using games as tools for learning we explore the design process of creating a game system meant to promote self-directed learning. This thesis explores what design pillars a game system needs to follow when making a game that is meant to promote self-directed learning through reflection on cause and effect relations. We use a theoretical framework based on procedural rhetoric and self-directed learning in video games to inform our design process when creating an eco-adapted game system that provides experimentation opportunities. We adapt an ecosystem as a simulated real life context for our game environment and identify the major design pillars that video games looking to promote self-directed learning needs to consist of. The major pillars we found most important were; 1, activate participation, to engage the player by allowing them to experiment with different perspectives and the game state. 2, avoid correlating rhetorical arguments, to not influence players as they set their own goals when playing in an informal setting. 3, provide observational clarity, to let players learn how the actions they perform affect the actors and events in the game system. 4, enable trial and error, to give players time to explore multiple approaches in a safe environment where they can fail and try again without penalties. This thesis focuses primarily on the design process and documentation around the creation of a game system that adapts self-directed learning principles as a central design directive. In our design documentation we provide an open discussion of our design process around the decisions, findings, and implementations that make our simulation.Som ett svar på att hitta innovativa sätt att använda spel som verktyg för lärande undersöker vi designprocessen för skapandet av ett spelsystem som är avsett att främja självstyrd inlärning. Denna uppsats undersöker vilka designpelare ett spelsystem behöver följa när man skapar ett spel som är avsett att främja självstyrd inlärning genom reflektion över orsaks- och påverkansrelationer. Vi använder ett teoretisk ramverk baserat på procedurell retorik och självstyrd inlärning i datorspel för att informera vår designprocess när vi skapar ett eko-adapterat spelsystem som ger experimenteringsmöjligheter. Vi anpassar ett ekosystem som en simulerad verklig omgivning till vår spelmiljö och identifierar viktiga designpelare som datorspel som vill främja självstyrd inlärning behöver bestå av. De huvudsakliga pelarna som vi fann viktigast är; 1, aktivera deltagande, för att engagera spelarna genom att låta dem experimentera med olika perspektiv och spelets tillstånd. 2, undvik korrelerande retoriska argument, för att inte påverka spelarna när de sätter sina egna mål medan de spelar i en informell miljö. 3, ge observationsklarhet, så att spelarna lär sig hur handlingarna de utför påverkar aktörerna och händelserna i spelsystemet. 4, möjliggör försök och misstag, för att ge spelarna tid att utforska flera tillvägagångssätt i en säker miljö där de kan misslyckas och försöka igen utan straff. Denna uppsats fokuserar främst på designprocessen och dokumentationen kring skapandet av ett spelsystem som tillämpar självstyrda inlärningsprinciper som ett centralt designdirektiv. I vår designdokumentation ger vi en öppen diskussion om vår designprocess kring de beslut, resultat och implementeringar som utgör vår simulering.
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Chen, Renee Chia-Lei. "Autoethnographic Research through Storytelling in Animation and Video Games." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1461270639.
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BELÉM, Maria Eduarda Nery da Fonseca. "Uma Análise da Cenografia em Games Realistas." Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2012. https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/11577.
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Esta pesquisa busca estabelecer um paralelismo entre aspectos de cenografia real e a cenografia virtual de games 3D a partir de uma análise da cenografia do MMORPG World of Warcraft. Em um primeiro momento demonstraremos o quanto a cenografia virtual ainda é vista somente como uma representação bidimensional e tratada como uma ilustração ou uma imagem fotográfica. Em seguida traçaremos uma retrospectiva histórica da cenografia que nos fornecerá parâmetros para compreender sua natureza e função, que seguirá até o ponto onde, ao cruzar a mesma com a história dos games, estabelecerá uma relação analítica com a cenografia virtual tal qual fosse ela um cenário tridimensional real – considerando para isso o seu caráter imersivo e tratando de questões referentes ao uso da perspectiva e do hibridismo estético.
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Whitlock, Katherine Lynne. "Theatre and the video game beauty and the beast /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1086119742.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2004.Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 264 p.; also includes grafics (some col.). Includes abstract and vita. Advisor: Lesley K. Ferris, Dept. of Theatre. Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-264).
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Haglund, Vira. "Behind the Mechanics : the Conveyance of Political Messages Through Video Games." Thesis, Högskolan på Gotland, Institutionen för speldesign, teknik och lärande, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hgo:diva-1721.
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This study is a response to the growing demand for more critical examinations of the video game as a communicative as well as interactive medium of mass culture. It reflects the game in regard to its potentials and abilities conveying a message to its audience and sets it into a broader discourse of mass communication. The analysis focuses on opinion forming games and their agendas whilst scrutinizing the methods through which certain messages are delivered to the player. The study is primarily based on qualitative research and analyzes the mechanisms of manipulation through examples with an emphasis on the mechanics and rules of the game, its visual aesthetics, its narrative structure and the emotional dimensions of the gameplay. The analysis illustrates that games are effectively used to render the image of war and to frame the enemy in a stereotypical manner in order to match certain political interests. They also function as a recruitment tool for the military as well as for political and ethnic fractions. In addition the study demonstrates the positive potentials of the medium by referring to serious games which offer complex perspectives and profound knowledge about certain topics and encourage the player to aim for creative and constructive solutions in order to finish the game successfully. The results of the study demonstrate that video games can no longer be categorized as a subculture of entertainment for young men. With the growing acceptance of the medium as a part of mass culture its influence especially on young people had been taken into account by certain groups which made use of the video game to convey their messages to an audience. The analysis shows the inner complexity of the medium and gives examples for attempts to use its potentials by concluding that these efforts are far from being utilized fully. In this regard the study offers impulses for further research which should fill the void and explore the possibilities games provide and how we can make good use of them.
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Flensburg, Allan, and Simon Nilsson. "Player-Driven UI Design for FPS-Games." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-20143.
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This paper explores the appeal of customizable user interfaces (UI) in video games, and the choices players make when this option is available to them. In the video game industry at present, players aren't given much choice in regards to the UI, even though it is usually a vital element that will support them throughout their whole experience. To determine the value of customizable UIs, players were provided a testing environment with tools that allowed them to modify their UI, and quantitative data was collected during this test. A qualitative study has also been conducted with a focus on the players attitude towards the subject. The results of the study show a high favor for UI customization among the players. It does however show that players are split on several aspects within the topic and further research is required. This can hopefully lead to developers adapting more uses of user experience (UX) and implementing UI customization within their games.
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Ali, U. "A practice-based exploration of natural environment design in computer & video games." Thesis, University of Salford, 2016. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/39394/.
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I offer this thesis as an original and substantial contribution to knowledge in virtual natural environment design practice within computer and video games, by identifying areas of strong/weak practice and to develop a new design framework that utilises a cross-disciplinary approach for practitioners/students/researchers. The thesis combines theoretical frameworks as well practical guidance within a new design framework for virtual natural environment design. The themes relating to this work were examined through a contextual review that focused on previous professional practice as well as critical games produced during the last 30 years. The contextual review involved a detailed textual and visual-based historical survey of virtual landscapes, resulting in a practice-based exploration of virtual natural environment design in computer and video games. One of the main artefacts produced in this research, a three-volume book series titled Virtual Landscapes, presents for the first time these virtual spaces in a digitally enhanced manner through high-resolution panoramic imagery. A review of existing literature and current practice revealed that virtual natural environment design has so far been driven by mainly aesthetic principles and hinted that future emergent design practice should involve a cross/multi-disciplinary approach. The research proposes a new design framework for the creation of virtual landscapes that uses Landscape Character Assessments amongst other elements of environmental design. ShadowMoss Island is a practice-based exploration of how virtual natural environmental design can incorporate elements from Environmental Psychology and Geology, as well as personal reflections and observational analysis based on a field trip. The research proposes that psychological elements added to this new design framework can radically improve the success and impact of the final virtual natural environment. Another practice-based artefact, MindFlow, was created as a pre-production tool for the purpose of environmental design. The proposed tool enables the direct visualisation of collated multimedia (audio, images, video, annotations, design and decisions) in much more natural setting of a single visual space, allowing designers/artists to draw and influence the design and creation of virtual natural environments by bringing together all the different aspects in an intuitive and user-friendly manner. MindFlow helps solve the problem of designers/artists having to retain mental maps of image repositories structure by creating a single visual non-folder tree hierarchy virtual space. The research has significance to both professional and pedagogic practitioners working in the area of computer and video game natural environment design.
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Hsu, Carolyn P. "Interactions between physical and virtual space : the influence of game environments on graphic design problem solving /." Online version of thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/4843.
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Kazlauskaite, Milda. "Yn's Travels : A re-examination of the misguided viewpoints and societal benefits of Video Games." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för design (DE), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-105193.
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This project is about storytelling, community building & management, and altering preconceived negative notions surrounding video games as a whole. Originally starting off as an idea of creating a game alongside people coming from both gaming and non-gaming backgrounds, the focus was then shifted towards creating with the former to be then exposed to the latter. More specifically, non-gaming individuals exhibiting doubt and criticism on video games and their legitimacy as a creative/entertainment medium, by showcasing the benefits and debunking instigated stereotypes with the games’ story-rich narrative.
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Gartland, Connor. "Making Mori: Emotional Depth and the Art of Video Games." Ohio University Honors Tutorial College / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1400681933.
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Kellert, Heather McCreery. "Mining and Crafting Mathematics: Designing a Model for Embedding Educational Tasks in Video Games." The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1531507586198251.
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Taylor, Joshua. "The Procedural Generation of Interesting Sokoban Levels." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc801887/.
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As video games continue to become larger, more complex, and more costly to produce, research into methods to make game creation easier and faster becomes more valuable. One such research topic is procedural generation, which allows the computer to assist in the creation of content. This dissertation presents a new algorithm for the generation of Sokoban levels. Sokoban is a grid-based transport puzzle which is computational interesting due to being PSPACE-complete. Beyond just generating levels, the question of whether or not the levels created by this algorithm are interesting to human players is explored. A study was carried out comparing player attention while playing hand made levels versus their attention during procedurally generated levels. An auditory Stroop test was used to measure attention without disrupting play.
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Ferrari, Simon. "The judgment of procedural rhetoric." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/33915.
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This thesis establishes a theoretical framework for understanding virtual spaces and roleplaying in relation to Ian Bogost's theory of "procedural rhetoric," the art of persuading through rule systems alone. Bogost characterizes the persuasive power of games as setting up an Aristotelian enthymeme--an incomplete argument--that one completes through play; however, I argue that the dominant rhetoric intended by a team of game designers is subject to manipulation through player choice. Discrete structures within the play experience cause the meaning-making possibilities of a game object to pullulate in a number of directions. Procedural rhetoric is not comprehended or created when reflected back upon after play: we interrogate it, piece it together, and change it through play.
If rules are how the designers express themselves through videogames, then the player expresses herself by forming a personal ruleset--a modus operandi or ethical system--in response to the dominant rhetoric. Furthermore, game space is not merely the place where this dialectic occurs; it also embodies a ruleset in the way it organizes objects and directs the flow of play. The thesis proposes a model by which games, which are "half-real" according to theorist Jesper Juul, can be judged intersubjectively--that is, in a way that accounts for the objectivity of their rulesets and the subjectivity of player experience. By fully understanding the dynamic between the three procedural influences of rules, space, and identity, we can learn more about designing persuasive game systems and enhance the possibilities of subversive play.
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Oakley, Samuel. "White by Default: An Examination of Race Portrayed by Character Creation Systems in Video Games." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1563874480029597.
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Thomas, Bryant David. "New Retro: An Exploration of Modern Video Games With A Retro Aesthetic." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1493401505332341.
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Niklasson, Alfred. "Game design of multiple genre, testing player experience on shifting combat." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Interaktiva och kognitiva system, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-159834.
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As more and more people get in to video games. We look at what makes for a good experience. Psychological factors which enriches gameplay like flow and immersion. And Game design factors which provides conditions for flow and immersion. We gather knowledge and use these factors to implement a video game prototype with two versions for testing a scenario. In this scenario the player is set out in the world to fight terrorists in a top-down shooter. Version 1 keeps top-down shooter throughout the entire level while version 2 changes the combat system to a Japanese Role-Playing Game style on the end boss. We then sent out both versions to testers to measure their experience with both versions. Measurement is done with the Game Experience Questionnaire and interviews were held with the testers. The results from this study indicates that the experience is largely unaffected. This may however be due to many causes as, sample size, the scenario itself and more.
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Al, Shehabi Ahmad, and Cecil Quiroga. "Queerness In Games." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för teknik och estetik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-19856.
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The theme of this bachelor thesis was Queer Games. We discussed how queerness is applied in video games for queer people. We made some observations on how LGBTQ characters were represented within a few games that had representations of Queer experiences. We explored the topic of Queer Mechanics as presented by game creator Avery Mcdaldno (2014) and we researched discussions about Queerness in games by a select number of scholars. Namely, Bonnie Ruberg (Campus Gotland GAME, 2017), Naomi Clark (2017, Chapter 1) and Edmond. Y. Chang (2017, Chapter 2). We explained why we used Gay Memes as our anchoring topic for our Queer Game design and then we went through the methods and design process that we had while developing our Queer Game. These methods included Innovation By Boundary Shifting (Löwgren and Stolterman, 2004), Design Pillars (Max Pears, 2017) and The Crystal Clear method (New Line Technologies, 2018). Then, we broke down the design process starting with how we came up with the game concept, what design pillars we used and the programs and tools we used in the development of the game. We also explained the relation between our design process and the information we learned from the previously mentioned scholars and creators. At the end of this bachelor thesis, we discussed the effectiveness of the chosen methods, the results we found through research which included questioning the role of empathy and fun in games, putting less focus on superficial forms of representation and creating game mechanics that are queer. We described the finished video game we made and we introduced our ideas for future research on Queer Game Design.Temat för detta kandidatarbetet var Queer Spel. Vi diskuterade hur queerhet appliceras i digitala spel för HBTQ personer. Vi gjorde några observeringar kring hur HBTQ karaktärer representerades inom några spel som innehöll representationer av queer upplevelser. Vi undersökte ämnet “Queer Mechanics” som presenterades av spelskaparen Avery Mcdaldno (2014) och undersökte diskussioner från vissa forskare om Queerhet i Spel. Nämligen, Bonnie Ruberg (Campus Gotland GAME, 2017), Naomi Clark (2017, Kapitel 1) and Edmond. Y. Chang (2017, Kapitel 2). Vi förklarade varför vi använde “Gay Memes” som vår huvudämne för vår Queer-Spelgestaltning och sedan tydliggjorde våra metoder och designprocess som vi hade under utvecklingen av vår Queer-Spelgestaltning. Dessa metoder inkluderade Innovation By Boundary Shifting (Löwgren and Stolterman, 2004), Design Pillars (Max Pears, 2017) och The Crystal Clear method (New Line Technologies, 2018). Sedan bröt vi ner designprocessen till sina olika steg från hur vi kom fram till spelkonceptet till vilka “Design Pillars” vi använde och vilka datorprogram och verktyg vi använde för att utveckla spelgestaltningen. Vi förklarade också relationen mellan designprocessen och informationen vi lärde oss från de sistnämnda forskare och spelskapare. I slutet av detta kandidatarbetet diskuterade vi hur bra de valda metoderna fungerade och resultaten vi hittade genom vår undersökning. Dessa inkluderade att ifrågasätta rollen av empati och vikten av att ha roligt i spel, att lägga mindre fokus på ytliga former av representation och att skapa spelmekanik som är Queer. Vi beskrev den färdiga spelgestaltningen som vi skapade och introducerade våra egna idéer för framtida undersökningar om Queer Speldesign.
Arbetets resultat ledde till ett digitalt spel som kan laddas ner via denna länken https://ahmad-al-shehabi.itch.io/boyles-queer-quest-for-tea
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Hagström, Anders. "Poetically Man Dwells in Game Space : A Phenomenological Investigation of Video Games as Art." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för speldesign, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-326132.
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The studies of digital games is a young scientific field notable for its interdisciplinary nature that seeks to unite several epistemological positions in order to properly encompass the wide array of questions raised by the subject matter. During the last two decades strides have been made towards the introduction of a unified game theory, with several of the more recently suggested methods coalescing towards a similar end. This paper posits a phenomenological game theory which circumvents the usual aesthetic arguments for a focus on game as space, and analyses what it means to be in that space. The result of the initial reading of mainly three well-known and critically acclaimed digital games strongly indicates that using Heideggerian phenomenological thought reveals things about games as art that a) reinforces the validity of commonly held beliefs in current game theory, and b) suggests new ways forward for game design to improve games through enhancing the player’s comportment into their spaces by means of phenomenological game theory.
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Lake, Eric M. "Mapping the process of product innovation : contextualising the 'black box' of computer and video games design." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1826/4154.
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The academic literature hitherto has mainly addressed the 'effects' of video
games and not their creation. The thesis seeks to gain an understanding of
the motivations behind the design choices in creating home computer and
video games software in light of this 'gap'.
The research sought to understand the process of constructing games by
examining: (i) the individual designer's aims and how these were mediated
by the contexts of. - (ii) the development team and organisation; (iii) the needs
of the audience and their presence in the innovation process and (iv) the
impact of the hardware manufacturer's quality assessment upon the game's
design.
These aims were met by outlining the industry structure operating in the
video games' market from the period between the early 1980s to mid-1990s.
This was performed with reference to the rise of Sega and Nintendo's
hardware and software strategy, covering their diffusion from Japan to the
US and UK. This highlighted the context surrounding the creation of three
computer games from initial concept to actual commodity that served as the
subject of case study analysis.
The discussion seeks to explore the implications of the choices made in
designing the games and widens the debate to the creation of other games. It
is argued that the design of games mirrors aspects similar to the creation of
other entertainment media but possess certain problems associated with
aesthetic conventions, labour, industry and technical issues unique to this
medium.
Consequently the thesis outlines certain dimensions that impinge'upon the
process of product innovation in entertainment software. From a theoretical
perspective the application of a social constructivist approach to the
emergence of a leisure technology is a novel one and demonstrates the
contingent nature of game design.
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Baldwin, Alexander J. "Balancing act : the effect of dynamic difficulty adjustment in competitive multiplayer video games." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2017. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/102669/1/Alexander_Baldwin_Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis deconstructs and investigates the use of Multiplayer Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment (MDDA) features in competitive multiplayer video games as a means of balancing player performance between differently skilled players. As enjoyment can be negatively affected by unbalanced challenge, MDDA features seek to adjust player performance to improve enjoyment and motivation for continued play. This research deconstructs MDDA features using a framework and tests the effects on the player experience of both low and high-performing players. As a result of this research, more optimal methods of using MDDA to balance player performance are identified.
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Karlén, Jonathan, and Oscar Sandell. "Visualization in games: How is health and health-changes visualized in games? : An analysis of game graphics in current games." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Medieteknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-40599.
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The following study investigates how recent games (2014 - 2018) visualize health and health changes, with a focus on the player character’s health, the player character taking damage and the graphical user interface (GUI). 50 games were coded via gameplay videos on YouTube and then analysed. The codes were then grouped together based on patterns and theoretical grounding. These groups were then examined with other studies and game design practices.Följande studie ämnar att undersöka hur spel från senaste tiden (2014 - 2018) visualiserar hälsa och hälsoförändringar, med ett fokus på spelarkaraktärens hälsa, när spelarkaraktären tar skada och GUI. 50 spel kodades via s.k. “gameplay” videor på YouTube och har sedan blivit analyserade. Koderna var sedan grupperade baserad på mönster och teori. Dessa grupper var sedan undersökta med andra studier och speldesign sedvänjor.
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Braaf, Adele. "A grounded theory for active video game design to promote gamer engagement and immersion." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2724.
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Thesis (MTech (Information Technology)--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017.Active Video Games (AVGs) are a form of video games that rely on gamer motion as the main source of interaction between the AVG and the player. These AVGs serve a number of purposes, such as medical rehabilitation, education, social development, and motor skill development, among others. Prolonged play of AVGs is not sustainable as gamers lose interest in playing AVGs after the initial period of acquiring them. Therefore, the following research question was posed: “What design factors contribute to an engaged and immersed AVG experience?” The aim was to explore the inhibiting and enhancing factors influencing engagement and immersion among AVG gamers, as well as to develop a theory of AVG design. Constructivist Grounded Theory (CGT) was used as the methodology to carry out this study, which adopted an inductive approach towards the research to construct a theory firmly grounded in the data. Play Active Theory (PAT) is the outcome of this process, which explores the engagement and immersion factors related to AVG design as well as the abandonment and replayability of AVGs. PAT was compared to existing engagement and motivation theories as part of the CGT process, and further refined. In closing, the research question was answered and the aims of the study were met. A reflection account of the research journey concludes the thesis.
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Ostendorf, Pim. "Analog input in gaming: Investigating the possibilities of new controller affordances in video games." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22899.
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This report covers the eight week design project for the Thesis Project 1 and it looks at both the process and the results of this project. Through an iterative prototyping process a prototype was created to answer the research question: “What gameplay mechanics are required for a fighting style video game to allow for analog input in its character movements and do these mechanics allow for more natural controls and mastery?” Together with research into academic writing in the fields of neurology, embodied design and game design it was concluded that an analog control scheme, within the context of a video game that allows for that type of affordance, gives the user more natural control over the character they are playing. This was validated by playtesting the prototype with several users. However, the richness of the mastery of a game relies heavily on the implemented game elements in a finalized game and was therefore unanswered in this project. There were also constraints and game mechanics identified for game designers to keep in mind when designing a game that relies on this type of analog input. The project also raised a number of questions and new design opportunities that were unable to be explored due to the limited scope of the project.
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ACED, LOPEZ SEBASTIAN. "Accessible Human Computer Interaction: Video Games and Assisted Living for Persons with Severe Disabilities." Doctoral thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2646739.
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Accessible Human Computer Interaction is a very wide area of study, which covers
many topics and addresses several interesting problems; but there is a common goal
that researchers of this field usually share: to use technology for improving the
quality of life of persons with disabilities. In fact, this thesis stems from the will
of helping persons with disabilities in different moments of their lives (i.e., during
their childhood and in their adult age), by using different interactive technologies.
In particular, this document explores two challenges: first, the problem that children with motor disabilities face as they cannot access dynamic video games as their normally developing peers do, leading them to reduced participation at leisure and playful educational activities, and finally to a potential social exclusion. The second challenge is faced by professional caregivers that work with adults motor and cognitively disabled, within assisted living facilities. Such caregivers need to effectively monitor the people under their care, as well as to be alerted of potentially
hazardous situations that happen to these persons while they are alone. This thesis contributes to the improvement of the quality of
life of persons with motor and cognitive disabilities, by supporting them in specific situations through different moments of their lives: in their childhood, by allowing them to play dynamic video games; and in their adulthood while they live and are cared by caregivers in assisted living facilities. Moreover, the research presented in this document constitutes a potentially valuable contribution to bring together the technical capabilities of engineers and HCI researchers, with the experience and knowledge of healthcare professionals that work daily with persons with disabilities.
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Mittra, Anirudh. "Libero." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76688.
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Libero is a 2D video game that aims to explore the concepts of dealing with personal issues such as insomnia and anxiety. It is a 2D stealth puzzle game that takes influence from older dungeon-crawlers and rogue-likes from the 1990s as well as inspiration from modern games designed for mobile platforms such as iOS and Android phones. The game experiments with new 2D normal mapping technologies for a unique take on pixel art.Master of Fine Arts
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Sharp, Weston Taylor. ""LET THE FEAST OF FOOLS BEGIN, BATMAN!": THE TRADITIONAL AND GOTHIC CARNIVALESQUES IN THE SOUND DESIGN OF THE BATMAN: ARKHAM VIDEO GAMES." OpenSIUC, 2017. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/2141.
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This paper intends to study carnivalesque elements in the music and sound design of the Batman: Arkham video game franchise. This will be done by examining the ontology of the Batman mythos through the lens of carnivalesque social theory related to the European-American carnival as articulated by Bakhtin and Rabelais.Two expressions of the carnivalesque, the traditional and the Gothic, can be seen and heard in the Arkham video games. These two carnivalesques are essential to understanding both the games themselves and the Batman mythos as a whole. The music and sound design related to selected in-game locales and characters of the Arkham franchise will be studied and linked to the carnivalesque ontology of Batman as an American icon. This study will support the hypothesis that the European-American carnivalesque still plays a literal and figurative role in twenty-first century American society through such icons as Batman.
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Saenz, Marshall. "Networks of Interaction: Writing Course Design through Fourth Generation Activity Theory and Principles of Play." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1555108005074448.
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Swahn, Clara, and Niki Eriksson. "Does the devil wear Prada? A content analysis of costume design in video games as a tool for conveying narrative and functionality : A study concerning costume design and its current use in games." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Medieteknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-40587.
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This study examines how costume design is used as a narrative and functional part of video game character design. The purpose being how costume design is currently utilized, what common design trends can be found and in which instances costume design goes against the functionality and believability of the character. One character from each top selling single player third person game between the years 2015-2018 were chosen for the sample. A character analysis and a coding scheme were created to find common design trends used to visually display information to players. The results showed a prevalent use of real-world cues and signs to visually display instant information. Contradicting real-world cues used together can show a divergence from reality, but even with a lack of real world examples a uniform design language can be seen. The results also show the use of objects with contextual meaning being an important part of costume design, giving it more depth. The instances found of contradicting costume design were predominantly used to make the character stand out or to emphasize their attractiveness.Denna studie undersöker hur kostymdesign används som en narrativ och funktionell del inom design av spelkaraktärer. Syftet är att se hur kostymdesign nuvarande används, vilka vanliga design trender som kan hittas och vilka instanser som finns där kostymdesign går emot trovärdighet och funktionalitet. En karaktär från varje toppsäljande spel med enspelarläge och tredjepersons perspektiv mellan år 2015-2018 valdes. En karaktärsanalys och ett kodschema skapades för att hitta gemensamma design trender som används för att visuellt förmedla information till spelare. Resultatet visar en övergripande användning av signaler från verkligheten för att visuellt förmedla omedelbar information. Motsägande verkliga signaler som visas tillsammans kan påvisa en avvikelse från verkligheten men även scenarion med en avsaknad av verkliga exempel kan ett uniformt designspråk ses. Resultaten visade även den vikt som läggs på användningen av objekt med kontextuell mening för att ge kostymdesigner mer djup. Instanser där kostymdesign sågs som motsägande var mestadels för att få karaktären att stå ut eller för att framhäva attraktiva drag.
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Poivet, Rémi. "Virtual agents’ perceived intelligence and believability in video games : exploring the relation between design factors and players’ expectations." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Sorbonne université, 2023. http://www.theses.fr/2023SORUS524.
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Les personnages non joueurs (PNJ) sont un sous-type d'agents virtuels qui peuplent les jeux vidéo. La façon dont ils sont perçus par les joueurs est au cœur de l'expérience de jeu. En particulier, l'intelligence et la crédibilité perçues des PNJ contribuent fortement à créer une expérience engageante et immersive. Ces deux aspects sont influencés par les attentes des joueurs lors de leur interaction avec les PNJ. Cependant, les connaissances sur la manière dont les joueurs évaluent les PNJ sont insuffisantes, ce qui pourrait expliquer l'écart entre les attentes des joueurs et leur évaluation réelle de la conception des PNJ. L'objectif de cette thèse est de faire progresser les connaissances sur l'évaluation des PNJ par les joueurs en fonction des facteurs de conception et des attentes des joueurs. Notre hypothèse est que l'amélioration de la cohérence entre la conception des PNJ et les attentes des joueurs conduirait à une amélioration de l'intelligence perçue et de la crédibilité. Trois études ont été menées pour examiner l'évaluation par les joueurs de l'intelligence et de la crédibilité des PNJ. La première étude s'est concentrée sur l'évaluation par les joueurs de l'hostilité des PNJ dans un jeu de tir militaire, en examinant les paramètres de conception de l'apparence et des comportements et leur relation. Les résultats ont montré que les comportements des PNJ étaient le seul facteur significatif pour transmettre l'hostilité indépendamment de l'apparence. La deuxième étude a manipulé l'apparence et les comportements des PNJ dans un jeu de tir militaire afin d'étudier l'impact de la violation des attentes des joueurs sur leur expérience de jeu et leur évaluation de l'intelligence et de la crédibilité des PNJ. Cette recherche a impliqué des mesures comportementales et physiologiques et a mis en évidence l'importance de la cohérence des facteurs de conception des PNJ dans l'élaboration de l'expérience de jeu. En outre, la manipulation des facteurs de conception des PNJ a induit des changements significatifs dans les réponses physiologiques et les comportements des joueurs dans le jeu, suggérant l'émergence de nouvelles formes d'attentes. La modalité verbale n'a pas été abordée dans les deux premières études. La troisième étude a été menée sur l'expérience et l'évaluation par les joueurs de l'intelligence et de la crédibilité perçues des PNJ lors d'interactions verbales. La recherche a consisté à manipuler le rôle explicite des PNJ dans la narration et le style de communication en utilisant la méthode du Magicien d'Oz. L'évaluation de l'intelligence et de la crédibilité des joueurs a été principalement influencée par le rôle explicite des PNJ, tandis que le style de communication des PNJ a eu un impact sur les comportements des joueurs au cours des conversations. Tout au long de ces études, les facteurs de conception des PNJ ont été manipulés pour étudier les expériences et les évaluations des joueurs en matière d'intelligence et de crédibilité. Les différents résultats de la recherche ont mis en évidence l'impact significatif de la cohérence entre les facteurs de conception et les attentes des joueurs sur l'expérience de jeu. En outre, les résultats soulignent l'importance des attentes des joueurs et l'influence conséquente des facteurs de conception en tant que rétroaction sur l'évaluation de l'intelligence et de la crédibilité perçues par les joueurs. La thèse se termine par des recommandations à l'intention des concepteurs de jeux et sur la manière dont ils peuvent tirer parti des expériences comportementales pour créer des PNJ percutants dans leurs jeuxNon-player characters (NPCs) are a subtype of virtual agents that populate video games. How they are perceived by players is central to gaming experience. In particular, NPCs’ perceived intelligence and believability highly contribute to creating an engaging and immersive experience. These two aspects are influenced by players’ expectations during their interaction with NPCs. However, the knowledge of how players evaluate NPCs is insufficient, which might explain the actual gap between players’ expectations and their actual evaluation of NPCs’ design. The aim of this thesis is to advance knowledge on players’ evaluation of NPCs as a function of their design factors and players’ expectations. Our hypothesis is that enhancing coherence between NPCs’ design and players’ expectation would lead to enhanced perceived intelligence and believability. Three studies were conducted to investigate players' evaluation of NPCs' intelligence and believability. The first study focused on players' evaluation of NPCs' hostility in a military shooter game, examining the design parameters of appearance and behaviors and their relationship. The results indicated NPCs’ behaviors were the only significant factor in conveying hostility, regardless of appearance. The second study manipulated NPCs’ appearance and behaviors in a military shooter game to investigate the impact of violating players' expectations on players’ gaming experience and evaluation of NPCs’ intelligence and believability. This research involved behavioral and physiological measures and highlighted the importance of coherent NPCs’ design factors in shaping gaming experience. Additionally, the manipulation of NPCs’ design factors induced significant changes in players’ physiological responses and behaviors in the game, suggesting the emergence of new forms of expectations. The verbal modality was not addressed in the first two studies. The third study was conducted on players’ experience and evaluation of NPCs’ perceived intelligence and believability during verbal interactions. The research involved the manipulation of NPCs’ explicit role in the narrative and the communication style using a Wizard of Oz method. Players’ evaluation of intelligence and believability was primarily influenced by the explicit role of NPCs while NPCs’ communication style impacted players’ behaviors during conversations. Throughout these studies, the design factors of NPCs were manipulated to investigate players’ experiences and evaluations of intelligence and believability. The different research findings highlighted the significant impact of coherence between the design factors and players’ expectations on the gaming experience. Furthermore, the results underlined the importance of players’ expectations and the consequential influence of design factors as a feedback on players’ evaluation of perceived intelligence and believability. The thesis concludes with recommendations for game designers and how those can leverage behavioral experiments to create impactful NPCs in their games
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Eksi, Murat, and Markus Pihl. "Video Game Network Analysis : A Study on Tooling Design." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-276768.
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Crackshell is an indie game studio situated in Stockholm. They released particular iterations of a game called Hammerwatch, which is developed with their in-house game engine and they are still working to extend both the Hammerwatch and the game engine. Hammerwatch is a rogue-like multiplayer game played by up to four players in a single session by using peer to-peer network topology. These days, Hammerwatch has gotten significantly popular and the planned features have led the team to question of whether their network utilization is performant and in what ways they can improve this utilization. Even though they the are ones who implemented the network part of Hammerwatch, they don’t exactly have an understanding of the underlying behavior of the utilization, nor they have any way to analyze it currently. This project is aimed to design and implement a proper tooling implementation for their data analysis needs by identifying the network topology, datastructures, extraction, storage and providing an environment that is easy to analyze the network utilization. In order to achieve this aim, an iterative approach through design thinking has been conducted with Crackshell. In this regard, there were certain decisions to be made in accordance with the constraints and the purpose of the tooling, which is defined with the help of Crackshell by the conducted workshops as a module of the design thinking approach. The above-mentioned strategy allowed a swift understanding of the problemthat led the tooling to be approved as both helpful and easy-to-use by Crackshell. The data analysis tool was implemented by using a local data extraction solution, MongoDB and Jupyter Notebook in Python together with extensions that helped further with the analysis of the collected data. The results of the data analysis deemed itself as a significant success, where problems such as the game events being sent unnecessarily frequently, stale data issues, caching opportunities, and potential data clustering issues in network packets were pointed out. Crackshell was happy with the provided ability to look at their network utilization in a detailed manner, which led them to use the implemented tooling for further analysis as Hammerwatch is kept developing.Crackshell är en indie-spelstudio belägen i Stockholm. De har släppt ett antal spel som heter Hammerwatch, vilket är utvecklat med sin egen spelmotor. Hammerwatch och dess spelmotor utvecklas fortfarande kontinuerligt. Det är ett rogue-liknande multiplayer-spel som spelas av upp till fyra spelare i en enda session med hjälp av peer-to-peer-nätverkstopologi. Hammerwatch blev snabbt populärt och de planerade funktionerna har lett teamet till en fråga om deras nätverksanvändning är effektiv ur prestandasynpunkt och på vilka sätt de kan förbättra den. Även om det är de som implementerade nätverksdelen av Hammerwatch, har de inte exakt en förståelse för det underliggande beteendet hos nätverkskommunikationen, och de har inte heller något sätt att analysera det för närvarande.Detta projekt syftade till att utforma och implementera verktyg för att dataanalys genom att identifiera nätverkstopologi, datastrukturer, extraktion, lagring och tillhandahålla en miljö som gör det lätt att analysera nätverksanvändningen. För att uppnå detta mål valdes en iterativ metod baserad på “design thinking” denna genomfördes tillsammans med Crackshell. Under designfasen fattades beslut kring begränsningar och syfte med verktyget.Ovan nämnda strategi möjliggjorde en snabb förståelse av problemet som ledde till utvecklandet av ett verktyg som både godkänts som användbart och lätt att använda av Crackshell. Dataanalysverktyget implementerades med hjälp av en lokal lösning för utvinning av data, MongoDB och Jupyter Notebook i Python tillsammans med tillägg som hjälpte till vidare med analysen av insamlade data.Resultaten av dataanalysen löste in sig som en betydande framgång, där problem som spelhändelser som skickades onödigt ofta, data som var gammal när den nådde fram, cachemöjligheter och potentiella problem med datakluster i nätverkspaket kunde hittas. Crackshell var nöjd med resultatet och nya förmågan att titta på deras nätverksanvändning på ett detaljerat sätt. De kommer kunna använda det utvecklade verktyget till framtida analyser vid fortsatt vidareutveckling av spelmotorn.
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Crowell, Robin April. "Gender Bias and the Evaluation of Players: Voice and Gender in Narrated Gameplay Videos." PDXScholar, 2016. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3156.
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This study evaluates perception differences of male and female narrators in video game tutorials. Video games have long been considered a masculine pursuit, and because of this, women have endured unpleasant surroundings and interactions in gaming and related communities. With the proliferation of technologies like Twitch and YouTube gaming, gaming is more communicative than ever, increasing potential for problematic interactions. Recent booms in these technologies emphasize the importance of understanding how varying demographics are perceived, as these perceptions influence interactions, potentially limiting the likelihood of women and others' involvement and interest.
Involvement in technology during youth is associated with interests in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers--all fields with disparities in women's employment. Measures included confidence, credibility, performance, trustworthiness, and leadership ability to better understand how the integration of communicative technologies into gaming influences perceptions based on cues--in this case, specifically voice. Male narrators were hypothesized to be evaluated as more confident and credible than female narrators overall, while performance, trustworthiness, and leadership evaluations were hypothesized to be moderated by one's own gender identity. No significant differences emerged, which suggests a positive change in climate for female gamers and leaders in the industry.