For many people, a good game is synonymous with good graphics. One thing that is often forgotten, is that the graphics only makes up one part of the games. An aspect of the games that is far to often forgotten, is the game’s content and ability to tell stories. Through analyses of the games of the Zelda series, the development of content and storytelling aspects of computer- and video games, since the later half of the 1980:s and up till today, are examined. / Bra spel är för många synonymt med bra grafik. Något som allt för ofta glöms bort är att grafiken bara är en del av det hela. En aspekt av spelen som ofta glöms bort, är dess innehåll och möjligheter att berätta historier. Genom grundliga analyser av spelen i Zelda-serien undersöks hur berättandet inom TV-spelen sett ut, och förändrats sedan andra halvan av 1980-talet och fram tills idag.

The evolution in physical and emotional impairment that accompanies chronic kidney disease directly affects quality of life (QoL). One way to recover biopsychosocial conditions is through physical exercise. Although this approach is still not very routine in dialysis clinics, physical training is capable of improving QoL. Incentive tools such as virtual reality (VR) facilitate engagement through the playfulness of proposed activities. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effects physical training combined with VR on the functional capacity and QoL of patients in hemodialysis. Methods Randomized experimental study for control and intervention groups in which intradialytic training was combined with RV three times a week. The results were oriented at baseline and after 12 weeks. Functional capacity tests include walking speed (T10), Timed up and go (TUG) and Duke activity status index (DASI). To evaluate a QoL was used KDQOL-SFTM1.3 and to investigate depressive symptoms, the Center for Epidemiological Scale - Depression. An analysis of variance of repeated measures was used to evaluate how the rest of the groups in our main results and the level of significance of 5%. Results The exercise improved functional capacity (TUG_ p = 0.002, DASI _p <0.001) and QV in the physical and specific domains (physical function p = 0.047, physical performance p = 0.021, PCS p <0.001, renal disease effect, p = 0.013). There was no influence on depressive symptoms (p = 0.154). Conclusion Physical training combined with virtual reality with the capacity to improve functional capacity and some quality of life domains of hemodialysis patients. / A evolução no comprometimento físico e emocional que acompanha a doença renal crônica afeta diretamente a qualidade de vida (QV). Uma forma de recuperar as condições biopsicossociais é através da prática de exercícios físicos. Embora esta abordagem ainda seja pouco rotineira nas clínicas de diálise, o treinamento físico é capaz de propiciar melhoras na QV. Ferramentas de incentivo como a realidade virtual (RV) facilitam o engajamento pela ludicidade das atividades propostas. Desta forma, o objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar os efeitos do treinamento físico combinado com RV sobre a capacidade funcional e QV de pacientes em hemodiálise. Métodos Estudo experimental randomizado para grupos controle e intervenção no qual realizou-se treinamento físico intradialítico combinado com RV três vezes por semana. Os resultados foram avaliados no início e após 12 semanas. Os testes de capacidade funcional incluíram a velocidade de caminhada (T10), Timed up and go (TUG) e o Dduke activity status index (DASI). Para avaliar a QV foi utilizado KDQOL-SFTM1.3 e para investigar os sintomas depressivos, o Center for Epidemiological Scale - Depression. Utilizou-se análise de variância de medidas repetidas para avaliar as diferenças entre os grupos nos principais resultados com nível de significância de 5%. Resultado O treinamento físico combinado com RV melhorou a capacidade funcional (TUG_ p = 0,002, DASI _p <0,001) e QV nos domínios físicos e específicos (função física p = 0,047, desempenho físico p = 0,021, PCS p <0,001; efeito da doença renal, p = 0,013) . Não houve influência sobre os sintomas depressivos (p = 0,1554). Conclusão O treinamento físico combinado com a realidade virtual foi capaz de melhorar a capacidade funcional e alguns domínios de qualidade de vida de pacientes em hemodiálise. / Aracaju

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:39:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rosangela Guimaraes Romano.pdf: 1098989 bytes, checksum: f51f24fa8fd2a68da8e9838fe10773d5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-02-09 / Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa / The aim of this study was to evaluate the static equilibrium from the use of the Nintendo Wii Fit - Balance Board (WBB) and compare the anterior-posterior and lateral-side in children and adolescents age 7-14 years, with eyes open and closed. The subjects were 80 children and adolescents enrolled in a public school in the region of greater Sao Paulo, paired by gender and age, dichotomized at ages 7 to 10 (children) and 11-14 years (adolescents). For the collection the Balance Board (BB) and LabView software version 11.0 were used. The assessed remained in bipedal support for 60 seconds, running three measures with eyes open and closed with three measures. The results were compared to age for the two axes X and Y shift from the four sensors located at the ends of the BB. Data were analyzed using the Student t test with significance level of 95%. For statistical analysis we used the statistical software Minitab 16. The results indicated that children and adolescents in the displacements of the axes X and Y were similar in the two age groups, however, adolescents have greater variability in some measures, no statistical significance. When comparing the behavior of groups of dislocations in X and Y axes with eyes open and closed there was no significant difference, contrary to what has been pointed out by the literature, there is similarity in the oscillations with or without visual stimulation. It is concluded that the WBB could be an alternative equipment for the assessment of static balance from the adaptation of the LabView software, and that further studies should be performed so that the knowledge about the use of this equipment as a tool for assessment of balance can be expanded and applied with greater confidence in the accuracy of the data. / O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o equilíbrio estático a partir da utilização do Nintendo Wii Fit Balance Board (WBB) e comparar as oscilações ântero-posteriores e látero-laterais em crianças e adolescentes com a idade de 7 a 14 anos, com olhos abertos e fechados. Os sujeitos foram 80 crianças e adolescentes, regularmente matriculados em uma escola pública da região da Grande São Paulo, pareados por gênero e idade, dicotomizada nas faixas etárias de 7 a 10 (crianças) e 11 a 14 anos (adolescentes). Para a coleta foram utilizados o Balance Board (BB) e o software LabView versão 11.0. Os avaliados permaneciam em apoio bipodal, por 60 segundos, sendo executadas três medidas com olhos abertos e três medidas com olhos fechados. Os resultados foram comparados, para as duas faixas etárias para os eixos de deslocamento X e Y a partir dos quatro sensores localizados nas extremidades do BB. Os dados foram analisados com o teste t de Student com o nível de significância de 95%. Para a análise estatística foi utilizado o programa estatístico Minitab 16. Os resultados indicaram que crianças e adolescentes nos deslocamentos dos eixos X e Y não diferiram nas duas faixas etárias, porém, os adolescentes apresentaram maior variabilidade em algumas medidas, sem significância estatística. Quando comparado o comportamento dos grupos nos deslocamentos dos eixos X e Y com olhos abertos e fechados não foi encontrada diferença significativa, ao contrário do que vem sendo apontado pela literatura, havendo semelhança nas oscilações com ou sem o estímulo visual. Conclui-se que o WBB pode ser um equipamento alternativo para a avaliação do equilíbrio estático a partir da adaptação do software LabView e que novos estudos devem ser realizados para que o conhecimento sobre o uso deste equipamento como instrumento de avaliação de equilíbrio possa ser ampliado e aplicado com maior segurança na precisão dos dados.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:40:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Raquel Daffre de Arroxellas.pdf: 1889141 bytes, checksum: 07e930a39238d807ca84844bd95c67f3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-09 / The boccia is a sport that, although it appeared to meet people with severe cerebral palsy, now allows the participation of other deficiencies, since the athletes are quadriplegic and fall into one of four functional classes of the sport. to date, no studies were found that related to biomechanics of bocce throw and the biomechanics of throw in virtual games, these games, which allow manipulation of the virtual world through real movements. based on these concerns, the objectives of this study are to describe and correlate the kinematic analysis of the upper limb in the throw of the boccia and throw of the bowling kinect sports, microsoft game studios® xbox video game (bowling kx). best throws of 6 subjects were analyzed (3 to bc2 class and 3 to bc4 class) with both the balls of boccia as the bowling kx. to make collections, we designed a kinematic analysis protocol, which has been shown effective for the proposed. the treatment was conducted at images dvideow program, being possible to analyze the elbow and wrist angles as well as the linear velocity of each marker in each frame of the throw. the handle angles showed significant statistically data between the throw made with the boccia and performed on the bowling kx for three subjects, while the elbow angles to only one subject. the results indicate that statistically is not possible to say that the engine manager boccia throw is similar to bowling kx throw, however, the graphics of such throws when analyzed, can indicate some similarities in angulation wrist and elbow. the average linear velocity of the throws was similar for all subjects analyzed. thus, the bowling kx practice can assist in training the linear velocity of throws made in the circumstances of this study. / A bocha adaptada é um esporte que, apesar de ter surgido para atender às pessoas com paralisia cerebral severa, hoje em dia permite a participação de outras deficiências, desde que os atletas sejam tetraplégicos e se enquadrem em uma das quatro classes funcionais da modalidade. até a presente data, não foram encontrados estudos que relacionassem a biomecânica do arremesso da bola de bocha adaptada com a biomecânica do arremesso realizado nos jogos virtuais, jogos estes, que permitem a manipulação do mundo virtual por meio de movimentos reais. partindo dessas inquietações, os objetivos deste estudo são descrever e correlacionar a análise cinemática do membro superior no arremesso da bola de bocha adaptada e no arremesso no jogo de boliche do kinect sports, microsoft game studios® do videogame xbox (boliche kx). foram analisados os melhores arremessos de 6 sujeitos (3, pertencentes a classe bc2 e 3, a classe bc4) tanto com a bola de bocha adaptada quanto no jogo do boliche kx. para realizar as coletas, foi elaborado um protocolo de análise cinemática, que se demonstrou eficiente para o proposto. o tratamento das imagens foi realizado no programa dvideow, sendo possível analisar os ângulos de punho e cotovelo, assim como a velocidade linear de cada marcador, em cada quadro do arremesso. não houve diferença significante entre os ângulos de punho nos arremessos realizados com a bola de bocha adaptada e nos arremessos realizados no jogo do boliche kx para três sujeitos, enquanto os ângulos de cotovelo foram iguais para apenas um sujeito. os resultados obtidos indicam que estatisticamente não é possível afirmar que o gestor motor do arremesso da bola de bocha adaptada é similar ao arremesso do jogo do boliche kx, porém, quando analisados os gráficos de tais arremessos, pode-se indicar algumas semelhanças na angulação do punho e do cotovelo. a média da velocidade linear dos arremessos foi semelhante para todos os sujeitos analisados. dessa forma, a prática do jogo do boliche kx poderá auxiliar no treinamento da velocidade linear dos arremessos realizados nas circunstâncias deste estudo.

Inlevelse i den digitala spelvärlden är ett utspritt begrepp bland spelare och spelutvecklare, men har termen samma innebörd för alla. Detta forskningsarbete tar upp tidigare forskning inom ämnet inlevelse i digitala spel men också vad spelare idag anser om termen och vilka faktorer de anser är viktiga att fokusera på när man vill skapa ett inlevelserikt spel i genren first-person shooter. Genom en litteraturundersökning av tidigare forskning samt en enkätundersökning framgår det att inlevelse kan delas in i tre olika nivåer: involvering, försjunkning och total inlevelse. Forskningsarbetet bekräftar tidigare forskning på området och för ämnet om inlevelse i first-person shooter genren vidare, där inlevelsen styrs av spelelementens fyra pelare: estetik, spelmekanik, story och teknik men är också högst beroende av en spelares personlighet, mentalitet och inställning till det spel denne spelar. Enkätundersökningen pekar också på ytterligare faktorer som kan stärka respektive hämma inlevelsen i FPS. / The term immersion is widely used in the video game industry, but there is still a lack of signs on what immersion really is, or if people are using the term with the same meaning behind it. This paper describes previous research relating to the subject but also what gamers think about immersion, and what different factors that they deem important to focus on when creating an immersive digital video game in the first-person-shooter genre. With research of previous work in the field and a survey on immersion showed that immersion can be seen in three different levels: engagement, engrossment and total immersion. This research paper confirms previous research in the field and moves the research of immersion in first-person shooters forward, where immersion is governed by the four pillars of game elements: aesthetics, game mechanics, story and technology but is also highly influenced by the gamers personality, mentality and attitude towards the game the gamer is playing. The research paper also indicates other elements which can enhance or limit the feeling of immersion in FPS.

The essay is a manifesto-like personal take on painting, and a redefinition of painting in the digital age. Careless usage of the term ”painting” has led to a diluted descriptive function and a waning categorizing capacity; almost anything can be called painting, which in turn puts actual painting in an awkward position – where it, apart from being itself, could be almost anything. The term “painthing” is introduced to distinguish painting from works that beside its two-dimensional visual information also makes a point of its specific materiality. It brings up cave paintings and links to video-games, suggesting that video-games have gone through the reversed evolution of the history of painting – from abstraction to representation. It speaks of the problems of documentation – the translation of visual information (or re-flattening of a flat surface) – and the cultural equalization of information and images on the internet through the common denominator the pixel. It also describes “information painting”, which in short is digital painting where there is no physical object to be translated to a documentation of itself, but rather a painting that is original in its documentation form (its digital form), painting that strives to be nothing but the utopia of an image – the untouchable/unreachable visual information.

This is a paper concerning storytelling in video games. It’s based on the assumption that power gives people the possibility to tell stories. We will have a look at what that means when in contact in video games, as the interaction between player and story world may result in creation of a story. Aim will be taken at three categories: agency, power and communication. Communication is of great importance in video games, as one of very few mediums that allows agency and communication within the actual story world. One can look at it as agency being the possibility to demonstrate power, whilst power is through which means the player can express their agency. This will be analysed through different parts of what constitutes a video game, such as rules, characters, space and game world.

Digitalization has given rise to new opportunities for small and medium-sized video game development studios. No longer bound by physical products and creative restrains, the de-veloper has been empowered with independency. This qualitative study is aimed to under-stand how a development studio develops their business model and how underlying strate-gy is formulated. Additionally we evaluate the degree of innovativeness of the business model in terms of radical and incremental innovation according to Damanpour (1991). To achieve this we present a comprehensive literature review as to gain a more theoretical un-derstanding of industry mechanics and to be able to comprehend reasoning behind existing business models. We structure the dynamics of the business model by analyzing nine busi-ness model aspects as suggested by Osterwalder, Pigneur and Clark (2010). Following our theoretical framework we gain practical input from four separate case studies. An interpret-ative research method is used to gain better understanding of reasoning and choices made. We interpret our findings following a narrative approach which shows that the digitaliza-tion has preluded a paradigm shift in the sense that development studios have started to adopt activities otherwise performed by key partners. As barriers dissipate small and me-dium-sized development studios try to make sense of the current industry, but struggle in doing so. Having to reinvent themselves we conclude that a focus towards creating thicker customer relationships is considered and the idea of seeing games as a service is acknowl-edged to depict the future of the industry. The conclusions of this study contribute to both academic science and industry practice.

This thesis seeks to introduce the concept of role language in translation in the context of video game localisation. There is very little written on the subject of role language in translation from Japanese to English, and none which pertains to role language in video games. There is also a seeming deficiency of reliable literature regarding the product of translation in video game localisation, analysing what was done and what effects it may have had on the finished product. By analysing the particular role language profiles of selected characters from Bokujō Monogatari: Hajimari no Daichi for the Nintendo 3DS, this thesis hopes to serve as a stepping stone towards a new area of video game localisation. Eight non-playable characters, four male and four female, were analysed to create their respective role language profiles. Four scenarios were chosen for each character: the first and last heart event, the love confession and the married life sequence. The translations of each of these scenarios were analysed, along with how the respective characters were linguistically portrayed. The study found that although many characters were found to retain most of their original linguistic profiling in translation, there were instances where misconception of the source text could have been a factor. The translations where this rather than a different linguistic profile altered the character’s perception, the translations were often ST-oriented. In translations where the characterisation had been unaltered, predominantly it seemed the result of a critical distance from the ST and willingness on the translator’s part to take creative liberties. Role language is an integral feature of Japanese popular fiction, and it would seem that the fictional realms of video games are no exception. Although this thesis has studied only a limited sample, it would not be entirely out of line to draw the initial conclusion that to take a step back from the source material and instead focus on conveying a perception of a character rather than follow the written script, seems to result in a character portrayal in the target text similar to that in the source text. / Denna uppsats ämnar introducera översättning av rollspråk som en del av spellokalisering. Det finns inte mycket skrivet om rollspråk i översättning från japanska till engelska, och inget som åsyftar rollspråk i spel. Det finns även en märkbar brist på studier som behandlar översättning som slutprodukt inom sammanhanget spellokalisering. Genom att analysera utvalda karaktärer från Bokujō Monogatari: Hajimari no Daichi till Nintendo 3DS och hur deras respektive rollspråksprofiler ter sig i översättning, är förhoppningen att denna uppsats ska tjäna som ett första steg mot ett nytt område inom spellokalisering. Åtta karaktärer, fyra manliga och fyra kvinnliga, valdes ut och analyserades för att bygga deras respektive rollspråksprofiler. Fyra videoklipp valdes ut per karaktär, första och sista hjärte-händelsen, kärleksbekännelsen, och livet som gifta. Översättningarna av dessa analyserades, tillsammans med hur de respektive karaktärerna framställdes språkligt. Studien fann att trots att flera av karaktärerna i stort behöll sina ursprungliga språkprofiler i översättning, fanns det tillfällen då källtexten kan ha missuppfattats. Översättningar där detta snarare än en annorlunda framställning av karaktären var skillnaden, visade sig ofta vara mer källtextsorienterade. I översättningar där karaktäriseringen tedde sig likartad, verkar det vara resultatet av ett kritiskt omdöme och avstånd från källtexten tillsammans med översättarens villighet att ta sig friheter med källan. Rollspråk är en väsentlig del i japansk populärlitteratur och populärkultur, och det verkar inte som att spel i sammanhanget skulle vara något undantag. Trots att denna uppsats endast har analyserat ett begränsat urval verkar det inte helt omöjligt att kunna dra en första slutsats där att ta ett steg tillbaka från källtexten och istället lägga fokus på att förmedla en uppfattning av en karaktär, snarare än det skrivna manuset, mycket väl kan leda till en karaktärisering i måltexten som är mer lik samma i källtexten.

This thesis examines whether character creators in fantasy role-playing games allow players to create ethnically diverse characters. We studied eight games following a procedure to record perceivable data about the available options, and conducted interviews. The results show that options for minority ethnicities are usually either very few and lack variation or are non-existent. All the interviewees answered that they were generally dissatisfied with the options given to them in character creators and could rarely make a representation of themselves. This highlights the need to diversify the options in order to not exclude players. / Denna avhandling undersöker om karaktärsskapare i fantasy dator-rollspel tillåter spelare att skapa karaktärer av etnisk mångfald. Vi studerade åtta spel efter bestämda riktlinjer och samlade information om de tillgängliga alternativen, och genomförde intervjuer. Resultaten visar att alternativ för minoritetsetniciteter är vanligtvis antingen mycket få och har ingen variation eller är helt obefintliga. Alla de intervjuade svarade att de var allmänt missnöjda med de alternativ som ges i karaktärsskapare och kan sällan göra en representation av sig själva. Detta belyser behovet av att diversifiera alternativen för att inte utesluta spelare.