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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Percepción étnica, sentido de identidad y su influencia en la conceptualización de videojuegos peruanos / Ethnic perception, sense of identity and its influence in the conceptualization of peruvian videogames

Fernandez Flores, Joyce Jazmin 27 November 2019 (has links)
En esta investigación se evaluaron las estrategias de representación gráfica utilizadas para construir la identidad étnica en la conceptualización de videojuegos peruanos, a lo cual se postuló la hipótesis de que esta representación identitaria logra el objetivo de generar un interés e influencia sobre los jugadores peruanos. Para llegar a esta conclusión, se analizaron documentalmente seis videojuegos locales y de concepto peruano producidos del 2009 al 2019. Asimismo, se encuestó a sesenta usuarios peruanos, a quienes se les presentaron tráilers de estas entregas seleccionadas para que evalúen la percepción identitaria en su gráfica, y respondan si es que consideran importante la representación peruana y si esta influye en su intención adquisitiva. Los resultados del análisis documental sugieren una tendencia al tema de la cosmovisión y cultura andina, con casos excepcionales en donde las locaciones son la selva peruana o Lima Metropolitana. En los resultados de las encuestas se encontró que los usuarios consideraban la jugabilidad mucho más importante que la representación peruana en los videojuegos, además que el 50% de los usuarios consideró que este concepto peruano afectaba su interés. Podemos concluir entonces que existe un estereotipo no discriminante que coincide con la percepción internacional que se tiene del peruano exclusivamente andino. Las opiniones de los usuarios presentaron un indicio respecto a que, aunque la representación peruana fuese importante hasta cierto punto, no es indispensable y no es competencia junto a la importancia de la jugabilidad o trama de una entrega. / In this paper we evaluated the graphic representation strategies that were used in the construction of ethnic identities in the conceptualization of peruvian video games, in which we offered the hypothesis about how this ethnic representation successfully accomplishes at developing interest and influencing over peruvian gamers. To achieve this conclusion, six local video games with a peruvian concept that were produced between 2009 and 2019 were evaluated. Likewise, sixty peruvian gamers tested and were shown the trailers of the previously chosen games so they could evaluate their self-identity perception in the graphic and answer if they consider such peruvian representation as important or influential over their purchase intention. The results of this analysis suggest a tendency towards andean worldview and culture, with exceptional cases where games were in the peruvian rainforest or the city of Lima. The user tests found that most users considered playability, as much more important than peruvian representation and, 50% of the users considered that this representation influenced their interest in the releases. Therefore, we can conclude that there’s a non-discriminative stereotype that matches the international perception that the world has of the exclusively andean peruvian. The general user opinions showed an indication that, even if peruvian representation is important to a degree, it isn’t essential and doesn’t compete against the importance of the playability and story of a videogame release. / Trabajo de investigación
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Video game design for empathy : a better understanding of game mechanics and player interactions

Aguilar, Edgar Eduardo 08 1900 (has links)
La recherche scientifique sur les jeux vidéo s'est longtemps concentrée sur l'impact de ceux-ci sur le niveau d'agressivité des joueurs, avec un accent mis sur le contenu des jeux. Initialement perçus comme ayant une influence négative par le public et même un certain nombre de chercheurs, des résultats plus récents montrent que les jeux vidéo provoquent une expérience cathartique plutôt que directement stimulante. La motivation principale derrière la recherche ici présente est la possibilité d'employer des jeux vidéo pour développer l'empathie et autres comportements pro-sociaux. En effet, des études récentes montrent que les mécanismes d'interactions entre les joueurs (plutôt que le contenu du jeu en question) ont un impact certain sur leur comportement futur. Or, ces mécanismes sont généralement un sous-produit du mode de jeu visé, ils sont régis par une interaction émergente. On propose que, en appliquant des principes de design qui sont déjà appliqués dans d'autres objets ludiques (i.e. les jeux de société thérapeutiques), à la conception de jeux vidéo, un effet positif et durable pourrait être obtenu au sujet des comportements pro-sociaux des joueurs. Ainsi, en joignant des éléments narratifs et visuels à un mode de jeu qui promeut l'empathie, on pourrait transformer l'expérience traditionnelle du jeu en un outil psycho-pédagogique important. Une analyse d'un jeu vidéo commercial à travers la lentille du cadre théorique développé ici donne un aperçu de ce qui se fait actuellement dans l'industrie et de ce qui peut être fait pour améliorer davantage la conception de jeux vidéo. / Research regarding video games has long focused on the effects they have on the aggression levels of the players, with an emphasis on the content of games. These effects have generally been regarded as negative by early researchers and the general public, even though more recent findings have shown that they have a cathartic effect rather than pure arousal on the player’s emotions. The main motivation behind this work is the potential positive effects video games may have on empathy and other prosocial behaviours. Recent studies on video games have shown that the interactions between players and other social components present while playing have a greater influence on the players future behaviour than the content of the game. These interactions are often a by-product of the intended play patterns such as cooperative gameplay and are very few times elicited intentionally by the designers. It is proposed that by applying design principles that are currently present in other ludic artefacts, such as therapeutic board games, to the design of video game mechanics, a positive and lasting effect on the players prosocial behaviours can be achieved. Game mechanics that compel players to interact in positive ways in coordination with narrative and visual components have the potential to transform the ludo-narrative experience of video games into powerful psycho-educational tools to improve the development of empathy and other prosocial behaviours in children. An analysis of a commercially available video game through the lens of the theoretical framework developed here provides insight into what is currently done in the industry and what can be done to improve video game design further.

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