Game Characters Research Articles

Living the American Dream: Playlist GTA in the Third World Country

AbstractThis research critically examines the nexus between video games, specifically the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) series, and the nuanced perceptions of the American Dream among teenagers in developing nations, primarily focusing on India. Situated within the broader exploration of the American Dream across academic disciplines, my qualitative research employs semi‐structured interviews and online surveys. Targeting participants aged 13 to 22 with extensive GTA exposure, my purposive sampling strategy ensures diverse perspectives. Thematic analysis of game content, encompassing narratives, characters, and themes, serves as the methodological core. Adopting a case study approach, this study aims to investigate the influence of the GTA game series on teenagers from developing nations, particularly India, and how it shapes their perception of the American Dream.

Efficient method for finding nearest neighbors in flocking behaviors using k-dimensional trees

<p>Flocking is a behavior where a group of objects travel, move or collaborate together. By learning more about flocking behavior, we might be able to apply this knowledge in different contexts such as computer graphics, games, and education. A key steppingstone for understanding flocking behavior is to be able to simulate it. However, simulating behaviors of large numbers of objects is highly compute-intensive task because of the n-squared complexity of nearest neighbor for separating n objects. The work in this paper presents an efficient nearest neighbor method based on the k-dimensional trees (KD trees). To evaluate the proposed approach, we apply it using Unity-3D game engine, together with other conventional nearest neighbor methods. The Unity-3D game simulation engine allows users to utilize interaction design tools for programming and animating flocking behaviors. Results showed that the proposed approach outperform other conventional nearest neighbor approaches. The proposed approach can be used to enhance digital games quality and simulations.</p>

Improving the Service Quality In A Board Game Café with Quality Function Deployment Method

Customers are the most important factor in business because it is undeniable that customers are a source of income and the main goal of business. Given this, an enterprise must pay attention to customer satisfaction for sustainable operations. Enterprises show their concern for customer satisfaction by continuously improving and developing their service processes, as it requires a significant investment, so it should be done following the customer's preferences. Therefore, a business needs to measure customer satisfaction with its service process. This study aims to measure customer satisfaction with the service process and analyze the results of these measurements to provide improvement suggestions for service processes that customers find unsatisfactory. This study also analyzes Green Practice because previous research stated that Green Practice can indirectly increase customer satisfaction with a service. The results of this study indicate that the quality of the board game café services as a whole is still not good. They still need improvement and determine the priority for improving service processes according to the level of customer interest. In addition, customers considered the Green practices of the café to be satisfactory, so it does not require much improvement.

Therapeutic games to reduce anxiety and depression in young people: A systematic review and exploratory meta-analysis of their use and effectiveness.

The development of serious games for mental wellbeing is a topic of growing interest. The increase in acceptance of games as a mainstream entertainment medium combined with the immersive qualities of games provides opportunities for meaningful support and intervention in mental wellbeing. We conducted a systematic review and exploratory meta-analysis to examine if aspects of the interventions influenced outcomes as measured via overall effect sizes. We employed a multilevel meta-analytic approach to accommodate the interdependency of effect sizes (18 effect sizes from 14 studies, with 2027 participants). Overall, the main effect for gaming interventions on any outcome variable was small to medium sized, d = .35 (confidence interval [.23, 47], p < .001). Results revealed that the only significant moderator was the nature of the intervention. Specifically, only interventions that included a rational emotional behavioural focus significantly predicted an improvement in depression and/or anxiety in participants. The findings reveal promising effects for therapeutic games for mental health, but replications are needed, alongside the addressing of methodological and procedural concerns.

EVALUATION OF VIDEO CHALLENGE SYSTEM IN VOLLEYBALL FROM THE POINTS OF CLASSIFICATION REFEREES

EVALUATION OF VIDEO CHALLENGE SYSTEM IN VOLLEYBALL FROM THE POINTS OF CLASSIFICATION REFEREES

Exploring the Effects of Female Characters Objectification in Video Games on Gender Perception

The pervasive issue of objectifying female characters in video games has garnered widespread attention and is now a matter of great importance in society. There is growing concern about the negative impact it has on players mindsets and perspectives. This thorough analysis will explore the various methods through which female characters are objectified and stereotyped in video games. Additionally, it will closely scrutinize the broader gaming environments in which objectification takes place.Based on the principles of Objectification Theory , this research paper presents various approaches to lessen the objectification of individuals in video games. Furthermore, it advocates for the promotion of inclusivity and diversity in the development of games. By specifically examining the depiction of female characters in GTA, this study contributes to the wider conversation surrounding the objectification of women in gaming. Additionally, it provides valuable insights into how healthier representations can be fostered within the entire gaming industry.

An Analysis of Character Design in Video Games

Video games are a very common entertainment activity in life, and with the advancement of technology, they have become available on all kinds of electronic devices. Every year, countless console, online, and mobile games are released to great acclaim in the gamer community, and many games that have been released for many years are still regarded as masterpieces by their enthusiasts. The success of a game and its appeal to gamers depend in large part on the quality of the games CG art. Game CG art often includes scenes, props, characters, creatures, buildings, and other types of art, and excellent design attracts more peoples attention. As a new industry in the 21st century, game original art is now actively developing, but research on game original art, especially game character images, is relatively rare. This paper will focus on the character design in in-game original art by comparing the character images in different kinds of games, investigating how much players like the characters, and searching the number of fanarts in the fan community to analyze the types of characters that players of different age groups like and explore how to design more attractive characters.

Examining User Viscosity in the Mobile Gaming Market: A Case Study of Mihoyo

Although the mobile game industry is still growing, its rate has gradually slowed. Due to the background of the Chinese mobile game license crunch, mobile game companies need to adapt their production models and focus on improving user retention. This report begins with a basic introduction to the current situation of the mobile game industry. It then analyzes existing research on user retention and uses Mihoyo as a case study to explore why its user retention rates are higher than other companies. The report provides a reference for other mobile game companies through this case study. The study found that Mihoyos competitive advantage in user retention comes from its high-quality products and engagement with platforms that target the same audience. In addition, Mihoyos game development approach, which focuses on building intellectual property (IP), encouraging user-generated content, and creating a solid community that fosters a game-creator-player relationship, are also critical factors for its success. Other mobile game manufacturers should focus on improving game quality, carefully selecting partners, developing IP across multiple industries, and actively engaging with users.

PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF ATTACK PREPARATION IN THE GAME OF TENNIS

In the last decades, the game of tennis has evolved considerably due to several factors, among which we enumerate: the improvement of the learning methodology and the improvement of technical procedures, the improvement of tactical thinking, the appearance of fast playing surfaces, the increase of the effort capacity of the players, the participation in competitions throughout the year. The relationships of interdependence between technique and the previously listed factors are obvious, they determine the increase in the quality of the tennis game. Due to the same causes, the vision of the specialists regarding the order of importance of the shots has fundamentally changed. Training has an increasingly perfected methodology in all aspects, being a specialized activity that represents the basic means of the entire training system of the tennis player and includes: practical training lesson and basic factors: physical, technical, tactical, mental (recovery, health, medication, motivation). Thus a professional player plays 32 tournaments a year. The tactical register, in top matches, registers remarkable progress on all levels, with special emphasis on game strategies and choosing a tactic according to the type of own and opposing player. Players prove solid theoretical knowledge.

Компьютерная игромания и кризис идентичности: социально-философский аспект

Gambling addiction as a social problem is becoming more and more relevant in conditions of almost complete transition of society to digital ways of interaction, when people spend most of their working and personal time on the Internet. The author considers computer game addiction as a factor affecting the processes of personal identification and self-identification. This is due to the fact that, immersed in a virtual gaming environment, a gamer has the opportunity to independently form his identity, using a game character and transferring its external data, attributes, character, habits and other parameters, ultimately on himself. In addition, interaction in the network community of players also does not require the demonstration of a real image, practically not limiting the player in the choice of means of personal identification. In the article, the author identified the signs of computer game addiction, including complete immersion in the game, inability to control their behavior during the game and immediately after leaving it, inability to manage time, loss of connection with reality, transformation of goals and interests, leading to an increase in aggression, implementation of antisocial behavior patterns, destruction of social ties and almost complete loss of skills of constructive interpersonal interaction. Substitution of values, loss of moral ideas and guidelines, inability to empathy, aggression, increased anxiety, isolation, decline in general intellectual level — these are not all the consequences of computer game addiction. According to the author, the prevention of cybernetic gambling addiction requires active information work with the population, as well as the development of a mechanism of legal regulation of online gambling.

Experiment of Fuzzy Logic on Game System

Abstract: Applications of fuzzy logic in game creation have proven useful, especially when it comes to modelling the behavior of non-player characters (NPCs) in video games. NPC behavior in video games has historically been governed by strict rule-based systems or scripted sequences, which frequently led to restricted and predictable interactions. On the other hand, fuzzy logic adds a degree of flexibility and ambiguity to the decision-making processes of NPCs. By improving the naturalness, adaptability, and emotional resonance of NPC behavior, fuzzy logic may greatly enhance player experiences in games. It provides players with progressively more engaging and dynamic gaming experiences as it continues to be incorporated into game production, opening up new possibilities for interactive narrative, gaming, and immersive virtual worlds. Based on Utku Kose's article, "Developing a Fuzzy Logic Based Game System," I have investigated the use of fuzzy logic in gaming contexts for NPC decision-making in this study.

The Relationship Between Game Online Addiction and The Tendency for Verbal Agressiveness in Multiplayer Online Battle Arena

Playing online games is an activity that is popular with various groups, not only children or adolescents, playing online games is also widely practiced by early adults to the elderly. Verbal aggression occurs due to online game addiction, so self-control is needed for Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) users. This game emphasizes the cooperative nature of each player, the players will choose and control one game character that is mastered, and will form a strategy for the team which is a strong unit of various abilities and advantages that are unique and different from each character. in the game being played. This study aims to determine the relationship between online game addiction and verbal aggressive tendencies in Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) players. The research method used is quantitative research methods. The subjects in this study were men and women aged 18-25 years, who were obtained using a nonprobability sampling technique with the accidental sampling method. The research data was tested using the Cronbach's alpha reliability test using the SPSS 23.0 application. The measuring tools used in this research are online game addiction scale and verbal aggressiveness scale. The results showed that there was a positive relationship between addiction to online games of the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) type and the tendency for verbal aggressive behavior was 0.709 (p &lt;0.000) meaning that there was a significant positive relationship between online game addiction for moba and verbal aggressive behavior.

Perancangan Game Kasual Pongo Tap Pixel Art 2D

Interactive multimedia applications play a very important role as a medium for information, socialization and education. Video games as part of interactive digital applications have the opportunity to be an effective entertainment and learning medium, if designed appropriately. The casual game PongoTap can be used as a socialization medium to increase public awareness of the importance of preserving orangutan habitat. Information about orangutans in 2017, orangutans are included in the Red List of critically endangered (CR) animals whose population is estimated to continue to decline. Based on these reasons, the game concept tells the story of a young orangutan who has lost his habitat, and must go on an adventure to try to survive by finding a comfortable place for him. Pongo is the main character in this casual game. The methodology in game design uses research and development (Research &amp; &amp; Development). Data collection was carried out by searching for library data (supporting theories) and factual data (creation sources) and then data processing was used as a reference in preparing the game design concept. The visual appearance of Pongo Tap 2D is in pixel art style. The game is designed in 4 stages, each stage is identical with a different level regarding; gameplay, characters, and environment. The final result of the creation stage is an interactive application in the form of a video game for Android-based smartphone devices. Conclusion of design analysis; side scrolling platformer gameplay, orangutan characters, and endemic animal habitat environments.

A review of AI-based game NPCs research

The application of artificial intelligence has increasingly penetrated into the field of game development. Among them, the non-player characters in the game, namely NPC, are part of the applications of AI. The virtual characters in the game characters are collectively called NPC, which enhances the fidelity and complexity of the game by having contact with with the players. Using AI can make NPCs in the game more vivid, thereby increasing the playability of the game and creating more possibilities. This article will review the research and application of AI-based game NPCs in recent years.

The application of virtual reality: Authenticity and interactivity

In recent years, with the continuous advancement of science and technology, virtual reality technology has also been further developed and gradually applied to various fields. In the field of games, virtual reality technology has been fully applied, and virtual reality games provide the public with a more playable virtual space. At present, the research and analysis on virtual reality games is not sufficient enough to fully analyze and summarize the uniqueness of virtual reality games. Therefore, this paper makes the following research. First analyzes the characteristics of traditional computer games, then focuses on the application of virtual reality technology in games, elaborates from three aspects of game quality, authenticity and interactivity, and finally summarizes some shortcomings of the game at current virtual reality. Game quality refers to the improvement in game design, and the entire virtual reality game provides players with more realistic pictures and different interaction methods. At the end of the article, this article summarizes the full text and looks forward to the future research direction.

The narrativization of ludic elements in videogame fanfiction

Existing scholarship on videogame fanfiction focuses on how these fictions transform game characters and narrative settings. However, this misses out on an important trope in videogame fanfictions, where authors transplant game procedures, systems, mechanics, and play styles into their stories. We term this trope the narrativization of ludic elements. This article examines how three popular fanfictions based on the Chinese MMO Jian 3 narrativize ludic elements in a way that reinforces hegemonic masculinity. The article contributes to a fuller understanding of the rhetorical strategies of fanfiction writers and explores the ideological implications of the intermedial relation between fanfictions and their source texts.

Guidelines for the development of Escape Room genre games utilizing the emotion-based MDA framework and its application on the Logic Gates project

The maturing and growth of the game industry made stagnant genres get back into popularity, as it is the case of Escape Room. This process increased the expectations related to the quality of games that were being developed, something that is directly connected to the enjoyment that the player will experience through the product. The enjoyment is a result of a variety of emotions in different intensities that the player goes through while playing the game. However, there is a lack of research, articles and information in how to think, plan and develop the emotions intended to be transmited to the player by the designer, especially in the Escape Room genre. Thereby, this article suggests alterations on the MDA framework, indicating which mechanics and dynamics should be inserted for the player go through the intended feelings, proposing a emotion based MDA framework. This framework is utilized to propose guidelines for the development of games in the Escape Room genre. And then those guidelines were applied to the production of a Game Design Document of an educational game called Logic Gates.

Story Shaping: Teaching Agents Human-Like Behavior with Stories

Reward design for reinforcement learning agents can be difficult in situations where one not only wants the agent to achieve some effect in the world but where one also cares about how that effect is achieved. For example, we might wish for an agent to adhere to a tacit understanding of commonsense, align itself to a preference for how to behave for purposes of safety, or taking on a particular role in an interactive game. Storytelling is a mode for communicating tacit procedural knowledge. We introduce a technique, Story Shaping, in which a reinforcement learning agent infers tacit knowledge from an exemplar story of how to accomplish a task and intrinsically rewards itself for performing actions that make its current environment adhere to that of the inferred story world. Specifically, Story Shaping infers a knowledge graph representation of the world state from observations, and also infers a knowledge graph from the exemplar story. An intrinsic reward is generated based on the similarity between the agent's inferred world state graph and the inferred story world graph. We conducted experiments in text-based games requiring commonsense reasoning and shaping the behaviors of agents as virtual game characters.

Video Game Music and Cultural Dissemination

As the internationally one of the most-played multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game, Honour of Kings (HoK) has created a unique cultural phenomenon apart from its gaming appeal. HoK weaves its aesthetically-pleasing game character, plot, scene, background, and music with Chinese traditional culture (CTC) elements. This contributes to popularise CTC across the world and Chinese music works, accordingly. Therefore, this article starts with the CTC elements and music works in HoK and explores the effect of Video Game Music (VGM) on cultural dissemination. Further, it explores the new ways and trends of traditional culture transmission. Lastly, this article comprehensively discusses the current problems and solutions of cultural and musical promulgation in games. It can be explained that the effort in terms of VGM composition would contribute to the HoK game develop better. These findings can also provide research ideas for developing VGM in Chinese style.

Avatar legal protection as an atypical copyright object

The legal protection of an avatar as an atypical copyright object has been investigated. The originality and objective form of an avatar have been established and characterised, which will allow correlating an avatar with atypical copyright objects, and the atypicality of an avatar as an object of copyright has been emphasised.&#x0D; It has been determined that the phenomenon of an avatar as a legal category is that it is a complex category which has a different legal regime. It has been noted that it is most appropriate to relate an avatar to an object of rights, in particular, in the field of personal non-property rights and intellectual property rights. Creating objects with the help of a neural network, in particular, an avatar in the form of a computer copy of a person, is a complex work of different people. At the same time, this work has signs of intellectual, scientific and creative activity. Due to the complexity of such activity, it may fall under different legal regimes of intellectual property rights, in particular copyright and patent law. An avatar as a game character can be considered as an object of copyright. If an avatar is created using digital tools offered by the developers of a computer game, the copyright belongs to the respective developers.&#x0D; It has been proved that an avatar is an intangible benefit that can include such virtual objects as: a game character tied to a specific user; a social network profile of a person; a computer copy of a person with unique identification features, originality and objective form. It has the following characteristics: the presence of a digital objective form that makes it possible to perceive the avatar in the digital environment, originality, uniqueness, and the availability of legal access to use the avatar. The legal protection of an avatar within the framework of copyright may be carried out under two legal regimes: copyright protection; and the institute of rights of a special kind (sui generis). It would be appropriate to supplement the Law of Ukraine “On Copyright and Related Rights” with a definition of an avatar and rights to it.