Essays about: "Horror"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 96 essays containing the word Horror.

  1. 16. Examining the role of soundscapes for player experience : A Case Study of Darkwood

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Sam Aziminejad; Alexander Agfemalm; [2023]
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    Abstract : This study is about audio design in horror games, by looking at the horror game Darkwood. Its goal is to answer the questions on how the soundscape of Darkwood affects player experience, what sounds Darkwood utilizes, and what emotional registers it evokes. READ MORE

  3. 17. Frighteningly Female - Subversion of horror film tropes in Oz Perkins’ Gretel & Hansel

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Sofia Lövgren Hansson; [2022-04-13]
    Keywords : Feminism; Horror; Gretel Hansel; Subversive; Women;

    Abstract : This essay aims to examine the portrayal of the reproductive and aging female body as horrific in Oz Perkins’ Gretel & Hansel (2020). It proposes that the reinterpretation of the Grimm brothers' classical fairytale as a feminist coming of age story, centering Gretel as the protagonist and the witch as a mentor, allows for a subversion of horror film tropes pertaining to the reproductive female body. READ MORE

  4. 18. The effect of red-light sources on the player experience of a horror game level

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Irma Andersson; [2022]
    Keywords : Horror games; 3D modeling; lighting in video games; color study; color psychology; red;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how the color red can potentially affect the player’s perception of horror game environments. The test was conducted by asking participants to play through a horror level made in Unreal Engine 4 which used realistic-looking assets. READ MORE

  5. 19. Representations of gender in Wuthering Heights : An analysis of Masculinity and femininity and women as the abject

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Saga Vindelhag; [2022]
    Keywords : Feminist Literatur analys; Feminist litteraturs analysis. Wuthering Heights; female authors;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to analyse gender representations in Wuthering Heights byusing French literary criticism. French literary critics thought that the language ofliterature was predominantly phallocentric as male authors, who helped shape thatlanguage, dominated it. READ MORE

  6. 20. A Close Reading of Two Invisible Survival-Horror Characters: : A comparison between the Kaernk from Amnesia: The Dark Descent and the Walrider from Outlast

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Ariana Morgana; Ricky Lilja; [2022]
    Keywords : character design; close-reading; enemy design; horror games; invisible enemy; survival horror; video games; Walrider; Outlast; Kaernk; Amnesia: The Dark Descent;

    Abstract : This thesis looks at two invisible characters, the Kaernk from Amnesia: The Dark Descent and the Walrider from Outlast, to investigate how these characters are incorporated into and contribute to elements found within survival-horror games, and how their design affects the player. The thesis uses a close-reading methodology adapted for video-games to generate data used to first describe each of the characters and the scenario where they are first encountered, and later analyze and discuss the data, as well as compare the data from each character to one another. READ MORE