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The meaning of life (in video games)

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dc.contributor.authorMourato, Fausto
dc.contributor.authorMorais, João
dc.contributor.authorLima, Edirlei Soares de
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-21T15:51:59Z
dc.date.available2023-11-21T15:51:59Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores how the concept of life has been used in video games through time. Life is an essential element in different types of action games and several nuances have been used to provide various types of emotions and effects during gameplay. However, the details and patterns have not been extendedly analyzed. Primarily, we survey works regarding the description and formalization of game analysis with emphasis on works in which the concepts have impact in the arguably accepted notion of life. Multiple examples are provided to show different approaches to the concept of life and the impact of such approaches in overall gameplay, namely in the game difficulty and emotions. The examples are then generalized, resulting in a proposal of framework to describe life representation in games. The proposed framework was evaluated in a user study, having participants with gaming culture (professionals, academics, and students of game development courses). Each participant was assigned with the task of fitting a preselected set of games within the framework. The results indicate good coverage of the main concepts with satisfactory consistencypt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationMourato, F., Morais, J. & Lima, E. (2023).The meaning of life (in video games). In P. Ciancarini et al., Entertainment Computing – ICEC 2023, 59-71.pt_PT
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8248-6_5pt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn978-981-99-8248-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/48050
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-8248-6_5pt_PT
dc.subjectGame Terminologypt_PT
dc.subjectLifept_PT
dc.subjectGame Designpt_PT
dc.subjectGame Analysispt_PT
dc.titleThe meaning of life (in video games)pt_PT
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oaire.citation.startPage59pt_PT
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