Research Article

Formal Analysis and Game Genres in Digital Game Studies: Survival Games Genre

Number: 12 December 31, 2019
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Formal Analysis and Game Genres in Digital Game Studies: Survival Games Genre

Abstract

In this paper, selected games under survival game genre are analyzed from the perspective of game form. Digital games are complex systems that operate on material, representation, communication and mental layers. Analysis of games requires a form-centric perspective which focuses on the unity of game and player, and the meanings which emerge during play as process. Following this perspective, sample games are analyzed with tools dedicated to genre analysis and game form. Different qualities which require further analysis are defined: Game world, character needs, crafting, loss and compensation methods. As a contribution to existing models, new conceptual tools have been developed in these sub-categories. With these tools, survival game mechanics have been examined. Results of this analysis show that there are significant game mechanic differences and uses of these mechanics between selected games. This result also shows that it is more fruitful to define this group as games with survival game mechanics, rather than similar games under survival game genre.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Communication and Media Studies

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 31, 2019

Submission Date

November 15, 2019

Acceptance Date

December 31, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Number: 12

APA
Demirbaş, Y. (2019). DİJİTAL OYUN ARAŞTIRMALARINDA BİÇİMSEL ANALİZ VE OYUN TÜRLERİ: HAYATTA KALMA OYUNLARI TÜRÜ. Ege Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Yeni Düşünceler Hakemli E-Dergisi, 12, 15-32. https://izlik.org/JA22HY65XR
AMA
1.Demirbaş Y. DİJİTAL OYUN ARAŞTIRMALARINDA BİÇİMSEL ANALİZ VE OYUN TÜRLERİ: HAYATTA KALMA OYUNLARI TÜRÜ. Yeni Düşünceler Dergisi. 2019;(12):15-32. https://izlik.org/JA22HY65XR
Chicago
Demirbaş, Yavuz. 2019. “DİJİTAL OYUN ARAŞTIRMALARINDA BİÇİMSEL ANALİZ VE OYUN TÜRLERİ: HAYATTA KALMA OYUNLARI TÜRÜ”. Ege Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Yeni Düşünceler Hakemli E-Dergisi, nos. 12: 15-32. https://izlik.org/JA22HY65XR.
EndNote
Demirbaş Y (December 1, 2019) DİJİTAL OYUN ARAŞTIRMALARINDA BİÇİMSEL ANALİZ VE OYUN TÜRLERİ: HAYATTA KALMA OYUNLARI TÜRÜ. Ege Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Yeni Düşünceler Hakemli E-Dergisi 12 15–32.
IEEE
[1]Y. Demirbaş, “DİJİTAL OYUN ARAŞTIRMALARINDA BİÇİMSEL ANALİZ VE OYUN TÜRLERİ: HAYATTA KALMA OYUNLARI TÜRÜ”, Yeni Düşünceler Dergisi, no. 12, pp. 15–32, Dec. 2019, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA22HY65XR
ISNAD
Demirbaş, Yavuz. “DİJİTAL OYUN ARAŞTIRMALARINDA BİÇİMSEL ANALİZ VE OYUN TÜRLERİ: HAYATTA KALMA OYUNLARI TÜRÜ”. Ege Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Yeni Düşünceler Hakemli E-Dergisi. 12 (December 1, 2019): 15-32. https://izlik.org/JA22HY65XR.
JAMA
1.Demirbaş Y. DİJİTAL OYUN ARAŞTIRMALARINDA BİÇİMSEL ANALİZ VE OYUN TÜRLERİ: HAYATTA KALMA OYUNLARI TÜRÜ. Yeni Düşünceler Dergisi. 2019;:15–32.
MLA
Demirbaş, Yavuz. “DİJİTAL OYUN ARAŞTIRMALARINDA BİÇİMSEL ANALİZ VE OYUN TÜRLERİ: HAYATTA KALMA OYUNLARI TÜRÜ”. Ege Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Yeni Düşünceler Hakemli E-Dergisi, no. 12, Dec. 2019, pp. 15-32, https://izlik.org/JA22HY65XR.
Vancouver
1.Yavuz Demirbaş. DİJİTAL OYUN ARAŞTIRMALARINDA BİÇİMSEL ANALİZ VE OYUN TÜRLERİ: HAYATTA KALMA OYUNLARI TÜRÜ. Yeni Düşünceler Dergisi [Internet]. 2019 Dec. 1;(12):15-32. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA22HY65XR