Thesis On The Effects World View Of Games In Concept Design For Games

There emerged two most influential and widely used products in the latter half of the 20th century—television and personal computer, which have greatly hastened social changes. With the emergence of these two carriers, video games began to thrive. In the last decade, video games have affected and changed the entertainment concept of most people. The miraculous virtual world created by video games has played and is still playing an irreplaceable role in improving people's life quality and satisfying people's spiritual needs. Based on researches and personal experimentations, this paper elaborates on the interrelation of game world views and game concept designs in production of video games, and analyzes the influence of game world views over game concept designs.Game world view herein refers to the fundamental assumption of the game world in pre-design phase. In any video games, all elements are determined by the game world view, whose three properties are assumability, describability, and classifiability.Game concept design refers to the application of concept designs in the field of video games. It is the most creative part in game designs and the most dynamic link in creational process.Based on the study of game world views and concept designs used before by others, the paper approaches the two themes in a new way. From the perspectives of creative thinking and innovative presentation, the paper analyzes the successful video game cases home and abroad, conducts the research from several aspects, including the assumption of game world views, the methodologies of game concept designs, and the influence of game world views over game concept designs, puts forward creative methods and provides reliable design principles and creating directions for originality planning staff and game concept designers.The paper makes up for the shortage of design theories in the game market, provides useful theory support for game designs and guidance for design practices.The novelty of this paper lies in the following facts:it provides design directions of game world views for game designers according to players'understandings, opinions and viewpoints on game world views, emphasizes on the influence of game world views over concept designs, and provides design basis and conceptive directions for game concept designers, which leads to the conclusion that game concept designs should comply with the principles of integrity, reasonability and feasibility.