Essays about: "game aesthetics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 essays containing the words game aesthetics.

  1. 1. Exploring the aesthetical qualities of scaled game maps through Human-AI Collaboration

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS)

    Author : Petter Rignell; Christian Sjösvärd; [2023]
    Keywords : game design; scale; scalability; aesthetics; AI; Human-AI Collaboration; MAP-Elites; EDD;

    Abstract : The primary objective is to explore the scalability of two-dimensional game maps while preserving certain aesthetical qualities in scaled representations. By either upscaling or downscaling the maps, features of the map inducing these aesthetical qualities may diminish. READ MORE

  3. 2. Recreating the aesthetic experience of Orwell’s book nineteen eighty four as a Tabletop roleplaying rule set : A systemic perspective on rules as the aesthetic space in Oceania 2084

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Johan Eriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : tabletop roleplaying games; abstraction; game design; design process; semiotics; iterative design; aesthetics; symbols;

    Abstract : By examining the results of an iterative design process, specifically a tabletop roleplaying game, Oceania 2084, this thesis aims to formulate a generalizable design process applicable when translating a work of fiction into a ruleset. The object that was translated into a ruleset was the book Nineteen Eighty-Four written by George Orwell in 1949. READ MORE

  4. 3. An Exploration of Interactions and Design Implications of Low-interactivity Games

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Xiaoding Zhou; [2023]
    Keywords : Low-interactivity games; interactivity; interaction; inaction; slowness; game aesthetics; game design;

    Abstract : This paper introduces low-interactivity games as a new term to refer to games that provide players with very limited interaction by design. A grounded theory approach is conducted for this research, with reviewing literature and analyzing games specifically under the categories of casual games, idle games, walking simulators and minimalist games, in order to identify the available types of interactions in low-interactivity games. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Hypnotic Digital Artefact

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Micaela Cederlund; [2023]
    Keywords : Gurdjieff; NLP; Neuro Linguistic Programming; Neuro-Linguistic Programming; Flow; Trance; Ericksonian Hypnosis; Hypnosis; Hypnotic; Trance-Hypnotic; Trance-Hypnotic Experiences; Trance-Hypnotic Experience; consciousness; alternate state of consciousness; Flow Theory; hypnotic artefact; hypnotic artefacts; Milton Erickson; Ericksonian; Bandler and Grinder; Grinder; Bandler; Grinder and Bandler; decadence; autotelic experiences; autotelic experience; autotelic; phenomenology; Cultist Simulator; Cultist; Simulator; Csikszentmihalyi; Weather Factory; Alexis Kennedy; Lottie Bevan; Ian Bogost; Procedural Rhetorics; Game Design; Games Design; Games; Computer Games; Computer Game; Game; Digital Design; Games Design Rhethorics; Game Design Rhetorics; Absorption; Inwards Attention; Interiorly; Inwards Spaces; Hypnotic Digital Artefact; Hypnotic Digital Artefacts; Digital Artefacts; Digital Artefact; Neurolinguistic; Neuro Linguistic; Neuro-Linguistic;

    Abstract : This essay investigates what may constitute a hypnotic digital artefact from a design standpoint. This essay is meant to help designers who want to create hypnotic digital artefacts in the shape of a game, or researchers who wants to further this field. READ MORE

  6. 5. User Interface Design in Game Development : How does the game industry create user interface design?

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Joakim Maeda Palm; [2022]
    Keywords : Game Development Research; User Interface Design; Interaction Design; User Experience Design; Game Industry; Entertainment Games;

    Abstract : The game development processes behind entertainment games are not well understood. While there are studies that report on user interface evaluation in game production, there are very few studies that report on user interface design. READ MORE