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Förberedd eller inte - Vetskapen om skräck i skräckspel
Södertörn University, School of Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies, Media Technology.
Södertörn University, School of Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies, Media Technology.
2019 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Prepared or Not - Knowledge of horror in horror games (English)
Abstract [en]

This study examines how the knowledge of that a game belongs to the horror genre affects the players gameplay experience and choices in the game. Ten participants were recruited for the study. First, the participants had to fill in a pre-study form to make sure that they were a part of our target group. During the data gathering the participant was informed of what kind of prototype they were about to play, either a horror prototype or a puzzle prototype. Then they proceeded to play the horror prototype. To gather the data, stimulated recall and semi-structured interviews were used. The data was analysed with an EPP-method. No significant connection were found between the play experience or the choices the player made and the type of information given beforehand to the participant. A connection were found between fear and expectations, that could be linked to knowledge of the horror.

Abstract [sv]

I studien utreds hur vetskapen om att ett spel är av skräckgenren påverkar spelarens spelupplevelse och val i spelet. Tio deltagare rekryterades. Deltagarna fick svara på en förundersökning för att säkerställa att de tillhörde målgruppen, sedan informerades de skriftligt att de skulle spela antingen en skräck -eller pusselspelsprototyp. Efter den skriftliga förvarningen fick deltagarna spela en skräckspelsprototyp som utvecklats för datainsamlingen. Stimulerad återkallelse och semistrukturerade intervjuer användes till datainsamling. Datan analyserades med en EPP-analys. Ingen signifikant koppling hittades mellan spelupplevelsen eller val deltagarna gjorde i spelet samt vilken skriftlig information spelarna tagit emot innan speltillfället. Däremot hittades en koppling mellan rädsla och förväntningar som kunde anknyta till vetskap om skräck.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2019. , p. 35
Keywords [en]
Knowledge of horror, horror, horror games
Keywords [sv]
Vetskap om skräck, skräck, skräckspel
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Media Engineering
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-38016OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-38016DiVA, id: diva2:1305785
Subject / course
Media Technology
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Technology
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Available from: 2019-04-18 Created: 2019-04-18 Last updated: 2019-04-18Bibliographically approved

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