Submitted by VANESSA DA SILVA ALMEIDA null (vanessaalmeidafranca@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-04-01T19:22:42Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Mestrado Vanessa Almeida.pdf: 7332068 bytes, checksum: 0eb32f37e6b7de5695d55be45627c6dc (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Paula Grisoto (grisotoana@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-04-05T19:10:59Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 almeida_vs_me_mar.pdf: 7332068 bytes, checksum: 0eb32f37e6b7de5695d55be45627c6dc (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-05T19:10:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 almeida_vs_me_mar.pdf: 7332068 bytes, checksum: 0eb32f37e6b7de5695d55be45627c6dc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-07 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / A criança com Paralisia Cerebral (PC) apresenta dificuldades nas aquisições de algumas habilidades psicomotoras. Através de atividades motoras essas habilidades podem ser adquiridas, uma nova forma de terapia que é uso do video game, como ferramenta de intervenção e para aumentar a motivação e até mesmo a respostas dessas crianças. O objetivo deste estudo foi elaborar e analisar os efeitos de um programa de jogos virtuais na aquisição de habilidades psicomotoras e funcionais de alunos com PC e verificar quais habilidades psicomotoras tiveram maior êxito com o programa para cada participante. Foi utilizada uma abordagem metodológica quanti-qualitativa com um modelo de investigação quase experimental. Para a caracterização dos participantes foram utilizados os seguintes dados: a idade, o gênero e a ano escolar, além dos níveis da GMFCS, da MACS e da FMS. Os instrumentos utilizados nas avaliações foram a GMFM, EDM e IAR. Após a avaliação inicial foi elaborado o programa de intervenção de acordo com as necessidades de cada participante diagnosticadas nas avaliações. Foram realizadas vinte sessões de intervenção e em cada sessão houve o preenchimento do diário de campo, com as tarefas realizadas e os objetivos que foram alcançados por cada participante, além de filmagens que auxiliaram nesse preenchimento. Após as intervenções foram realizadas as avaliações finais. Nos resultados apresentados estão: 1) o programa com seus objetivos e resultados, assim como as atividades e adaptações realizadas durante as intervenções de cada participante; 2) o resultado geral de cada instrumento utilizado durante as avaliações que apresenta uma melhora motora, assim como uma melhora psicomotora considerável, principalmente na organização espacial dos particiapantes; e 3) os resultados detalhados de cada participante durante as avaliações inicias e finais. Concluiu-se que o uso do video game possibilitou aos participantes terem contato com uma nova forma de ensino e aprendizagem, além de mostrar a eficácia nas aquisições de habilidades psicomotoras de crianças com PC através do uso do video game. / Children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) presents difficulties in the acquisition of some psychomotor skills. Through motor skills these skills can be acquired, a new form of therapy that is using the video game, as an intervention tool and to increase motivation and even the answers to these children. The aim of this study was to prepare and analyze the effects of a program of virtual games in the acquisition of psychomotor and functional abilities of students with PC and check which psychomotor skills were more successful with the program for each participant. A methodological approach quantitative and qualitative research with an experimental model was used. For the characterization of the participants the following data were used: age, gender and school year, beyond the levels of GMFCS, the MACS and FMS. Instruments used for the evaluations were GMFM, EDM and IAR. After the initial assessment was drawn up intervention program according to the needs of each participant diagnosed in the ratings. They were held twenty intervention sessions and each session was filling the diary with the tasks performed and the goals that have been achieved by each participant, as well as footage that helped in this filling. After interventions were carried out the final evaluations. The results presented are: 1) the program with its objectives and results, as well as the activities and adjustments made during the interventions of each participant; 2) the overall result of each instrument used during the evaluations having a motor improvement, as psychomotor considerable improvement, especially in the spatial organization of particiapantes; and 3) the detailed results of each participant during the initial and final evaluations. It was concluded that the use of the video game allowed participants to have contact with a new way of teaching and learning, and show the effectiveness of the acquisition of psychomotor skills of children with PC through the video game use.

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Devido a uma grande preocupação com relação ao sedentarismo, obesidade e os riscos que estes processos causam à saúde das pessoas, associada ao grande número de usuários de jogos virtuais, os benefícios dos jogos conhecidos como exergames (EXGs) vêm sendo discutidos com maior frequência. Participaram do estudo 18 voluntários de ambos os gêneros, com idade média de 22 anos (±1). Os instrumentos utilizados para coleta de dados foram o IPAQ (International Physical Activity Questionnaire) – Versão Curta, a fim de mensurar o nível de atividade física de cada uma das participantes. Foi utilizado o POMS (Profile Of Mood States), aplicado antes e depois de cada sessão de intervenção de 40 minutos com EXGs. Outros instrumentos utilizado foram a Escala de Percepção Subjetiva de Esforço baseada na escala de 0 a 10 proposta por Borg et al. (1982) e o Inventário de Motivação, Jogos Virtuais e Prática de Atividades Físicas / Esportes, composto de 108 questões, divididas em duas seções, Videogame e Atividades Físicas / Esportes. Ao final do período de 4 semanas, foi realizada uma entrevista, pautada no Roteiro de Entrevista, a fim de colher dados sobre os aspectos motivacionais, atividade física e jogos virtuais. Para a prática dos EXGs foi utilizada uma Tv LED Samsung 40” (modelo 5300 series 5), um Microsoft Xbox360® com Kinect® e jogos relacionados a esportes e atividades físicas. A partir dos dados encontrados e os relatos das participantes, corroborados pela recente literatura, notou-se que as TDICs e os ambientes imersivos de realidade virtual estão fortemente presentes no cotidiano das jovens participantes do presente estudo. Com os resultados do presente estudo pode-se perceber que os EXGs funcionam como fator motivacional para a prática de atividades físicas. Os relatos dos participantes, bem como os dados coletados referentes aos seus estados emocionais durante as sessões de intervenção (POMS e Inventário de Motivação, Jogos Virtuais e Prática de Atividades Físicas / Esportes), puderam contribuir para a comprovação da hipótese inicial de que os EXGs contribuem para que seus praticantes se motivem a realizar as atividades fora do ambiente virtual. / The contemporary context has increasingly demanded that the various spheres of human life to acclimate to the new technologies of information and communication. Due to concern with respect to physical inactivity, obesity and the risks that these processes cause to human health associated with the large number of virtual game users, the benefits of games known as exergames (EXGs) have been discussed more often. The study included 18 volunteers of both genders, with a mean age of 22 (± 1). The instruments used for data collection were the IPAQ (International Physical Activity Questionnaire) - Short Version, in order to measure the physical activity level of each of the participants. Was used POMS (Profile of Mood States) applied before and after each 40 minute session with intervention EXGs. Other instruments used were the Effort Subjective Perception Scale based on the scale 0- 10 proposed by Borg et al. (1982) and the Inventory of Motivation, Virtual Games and Practice of Physical Activities / Sports, composed of 108 questions divided into two sections, Videogame and Physical / Sports Activities. At the end of 4 weeks, an interview was conducted, based on the map interview in order to collect data on the motivational aspects, physical activity and virtual games. For the practice of EXGs we used a Samsung LED TV 40 "(5300 series 5 model), a Microsoft Xbox360® with Kinect® and games related to sports and physical activities. From the data found and the reports of the participants, supported by recent literature, it was noted that the TDICs and virtual reality immersive environments are strongly present in the daily lives of the young participants of this study. With the results of this study can be seen that the EXGs work as a motivational factor for physical activity. The reports of the participants, as well as the data collected pertaining to their emotional states during the intervention sessions (POMS and Inventory Motivation, Virtual Games and Practice of Physical Activities / Sports), could contribute to the confirmation of the initial hypothesis that the EXGs contribute to its practitioners be motivated to carry out activities outside the virtual environment.

Submitted by Haroudo Xavier Filho (haroudo.xavierfo@ufpe.br) on 2016-03-02T19:23:13Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) TESE - Igor Lemos [Versão final].pdf: 11760788 bytes, checksum: 3f3213494a7f23b54a947d5aec824760 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-02T19:23:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) TESE - Igor Lemos [Versão final].pdf: 11760788 bytes, checksum: 3f3213494a7f23b54a947d5aec824760 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-08-21 / Os jogos eletrônicos são uma forma contemporânea de mídia, que possuem uma estética própria e demandam estratégias em tempo real. Vários benefícios são relacionados a este usufruto, sendo alguns deles a aprendizagem de línguas estrangeiras e a interação em grupo. Em paralelo, o Manual de Diagnóstico e Estatístico dos Transtornos Mentais - 5ª edição (DSM-5) inseriu, na sua última edição, o transtorno do jogo pela Internet. Credita-se uma estimada importância em pesquisar este tema, considerando que uma parcela da população mundial esteja apresentando sinais desta dependência. Porém, um dos problemas para a compreensão desta possível adição é a falta de uniformidade nos critérios de diagnóstico que mensurem este fenômeno. A validação de uma ferramenta que sirva a esse fim poderá contribuir para que profissionais da área da saúde mental possam compreender e avaliar a dependência de jogos eletrônicos em adultos. A hipótese do estudo foi verificar se a Game Addiction Scale (GAS) e o Video Game Addiction Test (VAT) são instrumentos seguros e válidos para mensurar a dependência de jogos eletrônicos em adultos brasileiros. O objetivo do estudo foi adaptar os instrumentos GAS e o VAT para serem usados em usuários brasileiros adultos de jogos eletrônicos e testar suas propriedades psicométricas em uma amostra de adultos universitários. O capítulo de material e métodos revelou o processo de validação e suas etapas, o tipo de estudo, o procedimento de coleta e análise de dados e os procedimentos éticos da pesquisa. No capítulo de resultados há um manuscrito, o “Validity and reliability assessment of the Brazilian version of the Game Addiction Scale (GAS)”. Outros cinco artigos, já publicados, encontram-se no apêndice: “Comorbidade entre dependência de jogos eletrônicos e depressão: uma revisão sistemática”, “Neuroimagem na dependência de jogos eletrônicos: uma revisão sistemática”, “Internet and video game addictions: a cognitive behavioral approach”, “Avaliação da equivalência semântica e consistência interna da Game Addiction Scale (GAS): versão em português” e o “Cross-cultural adaptation and evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Video Game Addiction Test”. O processo de adaptação transcultural e semântica da GAS e da VAT demonstrou um ótimo nível de compreensão dos participantes, sendo realizadas poucas alterações nas terminologias e estruturas de sintaxe. Os instrumentos evidenciaram um alto nível de consistência interna e uma alta correlação entre eles; a GAS e a VAT obtiveram moderada correlação com o Inventário Beck de Depressão (BDI) e o Internet Addiction Test (IAT) e moderada à baixa correlação com a Escala de Fobia Social de Liebowitz (LSAS). Outros pontos relevantes na validação da GAS e da VAT é que ambos apresentaram uma satisfatória estabilidade temporal. Sugere-se, para futuros estudos, que os mesmos instrumentos sejam aplicados para diferentes populações, com um intervalo de reteste menor (uma a duas semanas) e que seja avaliada uma melhor solução fatorial, assim como a determinação de pontos de corte para a classificação de níveis sintomatológicos da GAS e da VAT. / Video games are a contemporary form of media, which have their own aesthetic and require real-time strategies. Several benefits are related to this usufruct, some of which are foreign language learning and group interaction. In parallel, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - 5th Edition (DSM-5) inserted, in its latest edition, the Internet gaming disorder. It is credited an estimated value in researching this topic, considering that part of the world's population is showing signs of this addiction. But one of the problems to understanding this possible addiction is the lack of uniformity in diagnostic criteria that measure this phenomenon. The validation of a tool that serves for this purpose can contribute to mental health professionals to understand and evaluate the video game addiction in adults. The hypothesis of the study was to determine whether the Game Addiction Scale (GAS) and the Video Game Addiction Test (VAT) are safe and valid instruments to measure the video game addiction in Brazilian adults. The objective was to adapt the instruments GAS and VAT to be used in Brazilian adults gamers and test its psychometric properties in a sample of university adults. The chapter of material and methods revealed the validation process and its stages, the type of study, the data collect and analysis procedures and ethical research procedures. In the chapter of results there is one manuscript, the “Validity and reliability assessment of the Brazilian version of the Game Addiction Scale (GAS)”. Other five articles, already published, are at the appendix: “Comorbidade entre dependência de jogos eletrônicos e depressão: uma revisão sistemática”, “Neuroimagem na dependência de jogos eletrônicos: uma revisão sistemática”, “Internet and video game addictions: a cognitive behavioral approach”, “Avaliação da equivalência semântica e consistência interna da Game Addiction Scale (GAS): versão em português” and “Cross-cultural adaptation and evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Video Game Addiction Test”. The cultural and semantics adaptation process of the GAS and VAT demonstrated a great level of understanding of the participants, being held a few changes in terminology and syntax structures. The instruments showed a high level of internal consistency and a high correlation between them; the GAS and the VAT achieved moderate correlation with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and moderate to low correlation with the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS). Other relevant points in validating the GAS and the VAT are that both showed a satisfactory temporal stability. It is suggested for further studies that these instruments should be applied to different populations with a lower retest interval (one to two weeks) and that a better factor solution should be assessed, and determining cut-off points for symptom classification levels of the GAS and the VAT.

O objetivo deste trabalho é investigar o desenvolvimento e a consolidação da linguagem gráfica dos videogames do ponto de vista de seu design gráfico, separando seus vetores de influência em três grandes eixos: história, tecnologia e linguagem. Enquanto o desenvolvimento da indústria do videogame traz as influências de economia e crescimento de mercado, a evolução da tecnologia mostra a ascendência desta sobre a mídia do videogame determinando e dando forma à sua expressividade do ponto de vista da sintaxe. O amadurecimento da linguagem gráfica dos videogames acontece dentro da lógica da remediação proposta por Bolter e Grusin (1999) e este eixo de influência, construido em paralelo aos outros dois, demonstra como as mídias digitais são permeáveis e emprestam linguagens de outras mídias tradicionais, tanto sintaticamente como semanticamente, estabelecendo assim sua própria linguagem. / The proposal of this work is investigate the development and consolidation of the graphic language of video games, from a graphic design point of view, splitting the influence vector in three axis: history, technology and language. While the development of the video game industry shows the economy influence and the growing of the market, the evolution of technology brings the ascendency in the medium of video game, determining and giving form to its expressivity by the sintax point of view. The matureness of the graphic language od video games happens into the logic of remediation proposal by Bolter and Grusin (1999) and this influence axis, built in parallel with the other two, shows how digital midia are permeable and borrow languages from other tradicional midia, as in sintax as in semantic way, establishing its own language.

Estudo de estruturas narrativas no cinema e nos games construídas a partir do elemento onírico. As obras analisadas são elaboradas como emulação/simulação de sonhos, memórias ou alucinações dos personagens. A análise servirá para o desenvolvimento do roteiro de um jogo eletrônico baseado no conceito de sonho lúcido, fenômeno em que o sujeito adquire consciência da realidade onírica. / The Master Thesis\'s objective is to study narrative structures in cinema and games that is constructed with oneiric elements. The films and games studied are representation or emulation/ simulation of the character\'s dreams, memories or hallucinations. The research will serve as basis to write a screenplay and a Game Design Document to a electronic game based on the concept of Lucid Dreaming. Lucid Dream is when one adquire conscious thought and lucidity in their dream state

O objetivo geral deste trabalho é cartografar as práticas e experiências que ancoram os discursos dos diversos actantes em torno da questão da dependência de videogames. O intuito é simular, ainda que de forma provisória, um parlamento das coisas (LATOUR, 1994) acerca dos debates sobre o assunto. Por meio de uma investigação das práticas e discursos de atores humanos e não-humanos, desfazendo as fronteiras entre os chamados mundos reais e virtuais, pretende-se, então, descrever as suas relações em rede. Neste sentido, aqui há uma inversão em relação à maioria dos estudos sobre o tema: o vício não é entendido como uma explicação, mas exatamente o que precisa ser explicado. / The effort to be undertaken in this research will be mapping the practices of the various agents around the issue of video game addiction by investigating the manner in which the rhetoric of drug addiction works in the social regulation of the use of electronic games. In this sense, well map the varied semantics of notions, categories or concepts of dependence and addiction, such as enunciated and practiced by the various individuals involved in the controversy: the players themselves (in its multiple gaming environments such as home, school or work), parents or people close to these players, the games industry professionals, scientists from different fields (psychiatry, psychotherapy, education, game studies), politicians, laws and news. Through the analysis of practices and discourses of the actors, articulating the dimensions of the so-called \"real\" world and the virtual worlds, without, however, falling into an asymmetrical dichotomy between true and false, we intend to understand the meanings of their relationships with videogames.

Context. Most games make use of graphics to create an environment that fits the mood they wish to convey. To use a game's graphical attributes such as colour, shape and texture to their utmost ability, knowing how these are perceived could help. Objective. This paper tries to determine how graphical attributes such as colour, texture, and shapes affect the perceived safety of a path inside a 3d environment. Method. To reach the objective, an experiment was conducted with 20 participants. The experiment was a two-alternative forced-choice (2AFC) test of 38 pairs of images, where each pair contained two versions of a tunnel entrance scene rendered using different graphical attributes. Each difference was based around either colour (warm and cold colour schemes), shape (round, wide, angular and thin), or texture (rugged, neutral and sterile). Results. The experiment generated results that varied compared to the expected results. For instance, the wider shapes were seen as safer compared to the thinner shapes, as was the same result with rounder shapes being perceived safer than angular shapes. Although a few preferred the cold colour scheme, the warmer colour scheme was seen as safer by the majority. While expected to be perceived as less safe than neutral textures but more than the rugged ones, the sterile texture was actually most commonly seen as safe. Conclusions. The main conclusion that was made is that colour, texture and shape can be applied to change the perception of safety in a scene. However, when opposing attributes are used in combination, the result might be based on how dominant the attribute is. The dominance of the graphical attributes could be an interesting topic for future work.

El presente trabajo universitario desarrollado por Jorge Tulio Pickmans León, en calidad de estudiante de la facultad de Comunicaciones en la especialidad de Audiovisual y Medios Interactivos, de la Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, tiene como finalidad ser un trabajo de investigación con tema principal el desarrollo de videojuegos en el Perú, precisamente de Lima provincia, y cómo estos son vistos en un entorno internacional. Además de analizar los factores de desarrollo que están impulsando o retrasando esta joven industria. Para ello, se investigará el mercado y el público objetivo a través de un estudio mixto de investigación. Y con ello, analizar las principales empresas del rubro: Bamtang Games y Leap Game Studios, y sus aportes en el mercado. / The present university work written by Jorge Tulio Pickmans León, as a student of the Communication faculty in the specialty of Audiovisual and Interactive Media, of the “Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas” (Peruvian University of Applied Sciences), aims to be an investigation project having as a main topic the development of video games in Peru, precisely from Lima City, and how they are seen in an international environment. Plus, to analyze the development factors that are improving or delaying this young industry. In order to do this, the market and the target audience will be investigated through a mixes research study. And with that, analyze the main companies in the work field: Bamtang Games and Leap Game Studios, and their contributions in the market. / Trabajo de investigación

This paper looks at the practice and history of video game translation, with the goal of expanding the definition of translation. Video game translation is a complex process that incorporates a number of aspects from other types of translation, such as literary, audiovisual, and software translation, to form a dynamic whole. As a new medium, video games also present their own challenges to translation in the form of interactivity, technology, non-textual and extra-textual elements, audience involvement, and new business practices. Even though video games are a relatively new medium, the practice of translating them has undergone drastic transformations over the years. A case study of the various official translations of Final Fantasy IV provides a brief overview of this development to help the reader get a complete understanding of the video game translation process. The paper concludes by arguing that the different sign systems present in video games are integral to the player’s understanding of the game, and should be considered as aspects that can be translated. Parallels are also drawn between the translation process and the medium of the video game, to show that different approaches to translation can provide the audience with a more holistic view of a work.

Companion characters in are present in many video games across genres, serving the role of the player's partner. Their goal is to support the player's strategy and to immerse the player by providing a believable companion. These companions often only perform rigidly scripted actions and fail to adapt to an individual player's play-style, detracting from their usefulness. Behavior like this can also become frustrating to the player if the companions become more of a hindrance than they are a benefit. Other work, including this project's precursor, focused on building companions that mimic the player. These strategies customize the companion's actions to each player, but are limited. In the same context, an ideal companion would help further the player's strategy by finding complementary actions rather than blind emulation. We propose a game-development framework that adds complementary (rather than mimicking) companions to a video game. For the purposes of this framework a "complementary" action is defined as any that furthers the player's strategy both in the immediate future as well as in the long-term. This is determined through a combination of both player-action and game-state prediction processes, while allowing the companion to experiment with actions the player hasn't tried. We used a new method to determine the location of companion actions based on a dynamic set of regions customized to the individual player. A user study of game-development students showed promising results, with a seventeen out of twenty-five participants reacting positively to the companion behavior, and nineteen saying that they would consider using the framework in future games.